Lari Strand
Developer at Koha-Suomi Oy
Joensuu, Mainland Finland
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolLari Strand is a pragmatic developer with 10 years of hands-on experience building and maintaining the Koha open-source library system, specializing in Perl, SQL, REST APIs and Unix shell scripting. Based in Joensuu, Finland, he combines a background in audio engineering and media production with formal studies in business information technology, bringing a user- and content-focused perspective to software for cultural and educational institutions. His work centers on making high-quality entertainment and educational media accessible, reflecting a long-standing interest in preserving and presenting historical audio material. Comfortable with both backend integration and systems-level scripting, he has grown from trainee roles into a core developer at Koha-Suomi Oy. Notably, his blend of sound engineering experience and library-system development offers a rare bridge between digital media preservation and practical library software engineering.
10 years of coding experience
Audiovisual Communication - Media Assistant, Radio, Television and Digital Communication, Audiovisual Communication - Media Assistant, Radio, Television and Digital Communication at Northe Karelia College OutokumpuMatriculation Examination, Matriculation Examination at Pyhäselän lukioBachelor of Business Administration, Information Technology, Business Information Technology, Bachelor of Business Administration, Information Technology, Business Information Technology at Karelia University of Applied SciencesAudiovisual Communication - Media Assistant, Audio Engineering, Audiovisual Communication - Media Assistant, Audio Engineering at North Karelia College Outokumpu
English, Swedish, French, Finnish
Github Skills (12)
bug-tracker10
gnu10
rest7
rest-api7
api6
discovery6
patch5
testing2
localization2
branches1
backup1
translation1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
KohaSuomi/koha-plugin-editx
Apr 2022 - Sep 2024
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 54 pushes in 2 years 5 months
koha-plugin
lmstrand/thingsapp
Oct 2016 - Jan 2022
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 5 years 3 months
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