Summary
Merja Halonen is a software developer with 8 years of experience building full-stack financial management systems and reporting solutions at Visma Finland. With dual master’s degrees in software engineering and business administration, she combines strong technical skills in data science and programming with deep domain knowledge in financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting. Known for reliability, persistence and clear user training, she has driven testing and requirements processes and led deployments as a bridge between business users and engineering teams. Merja is passionate about bringing AI and data science techniques into business software to improve processes and decision-making. Beyond enterprise finance, she pursues computational biomedicine and genomics research interests on GitHub, reflecting a curiosity that spans applied analytics to predictive medicine. Colleagues rely on her calm problem-solving under tight schedules and her eagerness to learn new tools.
8 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree, Economics and Business Administration, Master’s Degree, Economics and Business Administration at University of Easter Finland, Business school, Kuopio Campus
Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration, Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration at Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Savonia Business
Master’s Degree, Software Engineering, grade: Excellent, Master’s Degree, Software Engineering, grade: Excellent at University of Jyväskylä, Department of Mathematical Information Technology
Finnish, English, Swedish