Summary
Kalle Palokankare is a seasoned technology leader and Chief Technology Officer based in Salo, Finland, with 11 years of professional experience spanning startups and product-focused companies. He has progressed from web developer roles in the late 2000s to senior developer and long-tenured CTO positions, most recently taking the CTO role at Takomo Golf after leading technology at Klopal for over seven years. Kalle combines hands-on engineering instincts with strategic product and team leadership, guiding architecture, delivery, and cross-functional collaboration. His background in Business Information Technology and studies at the Finnish Aviation Academy reflect a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to building reliable software. Comfortable operating across the full stack, he has a history of turning customer needs into maintainable solutions while scaling teams and tech. Notably, his career shows a pattern of long commitments and steady upward mobility, indicating both technical depth and organizational trust.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Finnish Aviation Academy
Bachelor's Degree Business Information Technology, Bachelor's Degree Business Information Technology at Turku University of Applied Sciences
Finnish, English