Jaakko Nurkka
Co-Founder & CTO at avoltra
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolJaakko Nurkka is a founder and CTO with eight years of experience building cloud-native SaaS products and leading engineering organizations from idea to profitable growth. He co-founded Cliniserve, scaling it to 50+ European hospital customers and multi-million euro funding while delivering secure, compliant healthcare software with end-to-end encryption and hybrid cloud architectures. Now leading avoltra, he applies AI and real-time data to help industrial energy procurers cut costs and manage risk across EU markets. Practically minded, he architects scalable AWS/OpenStack infrastructure with Terraform, Kubernetes and robust CI/CD, and has hands-on experience hiring and retaining teams with low turnover. As a freelance CTO-on-demand he helps early-stage startups launch AI features rapidly and avoids common operational pitfalls he learned the hard way. His academic background spans TUM, CDTM and a research stint at UC Berkeley, blending management, analytics and product-focused engineering.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting Student Researcher Information Management, Visiting Student Researcher Information Management at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science (Tech.) Industrial Engineering and Management, Bachelor of Science (Tech.) Industrial Engineering and Management at Tampere University of Technology 1965-2018Master of Science (M.Sc.) Management & Technology (TUM-BWL), Master of Science (M.Sc.) Management & Technology (TUM-BWL) at Technical University of MunichHigh school graduate, High school graduate at Kimpisen lukioHonours Degree in Technology Management Technology & Management, Honours Degree in Technology Management Technology & Management at Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)
English, Finnish, German, Swedish
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Github Skills (65)
mobile-development10
app-framework10
typescript10
cross-platform10
android10
mobile10
ios10
react-native10
react10
javascript9
reactivity9
reactive-programming9
realtime9
npm9
build-system9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jnurkka/react-native-push-notification
Feb 2019 - Feb 2022
React Native Local and Remote Notifications
Contributions:6 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years 11 months
reactreact-nativepush-notificationsandroidnotifications
jnurkka/Smart_Delonghi
Feb 2020 - Sep 2022
Delonghi Magnifica made smart with a RPi
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 2 years 7 months
rpidelonghi
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