Jaakko Särelä
Chief Technology Officer at aie.eu
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolJaakko Särelä is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in Helsinki with 11 years of industry experience building and scaling AI-driven products and teams. He has led cross-functional ML organizations at Unity, deploying production deep learning systems on Google Cloud and automating infrastructure with Terraform and Jenkins to directly improve advertising revenue. At Reaktor he helped grow an AI consulting practice tenfold while delivering mission-critical solutions for clients like Metso, Yle, HBO, and Dow Jones, including robotic ML for harsh industrial environments and recommendation engines. His career bridges deep academic roots—a PhD in machine learning and technical physics—with hands-on startup and executive roles from founding game and robotics companies to serving as chief scientist. Known for turning research into production-grade systems, he combines strategic vision with technical rigor and an unusual mix of product, sales, and fundraising experience.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Valkeakosken lukioPhD MSc Machine Learning Technical Physics, PhD MSc Machine Learning Technical Physics at Aalto University (formerly Helsinki University of Technology)
English, German, Swedish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (6)
apartment10
css-selectors6
iframe6
xpath6
selenium-webdriver6
python6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kennuu/GAN
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
kennuu/LKH
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 8 days
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