Summary
Mikko Ronkainen is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 12 years of hands-on experience in real-time graphics, photorealistic rendering, GPGPU/CUDA optimization, and AI-driven vision systems. As Co-Founder and head of Tech & AI at Ikon AI and an active freelance consultant, he has shipped cross-platform, performance-critical systems—from Windows-native game streaming with GPU-accelerated H.264 to CUDA-accelerated stereophotogrammetry and embedded Raspberry Pi video pipelines. He combines deep research experience (Aalto University master’s work on synthetic-data-driven facial geometry) with product-focused engineering, having led sensor firmware, drivers, and real-time visualization for a commercial 3D point-cloud startup. Notably, he has repeatedly turned complex algorithms into 30x faster GPU implementations and built CI, testing, and cross-platform build systems that raised code quality across teams. Based in Espoo, Finland, he blends electrical engineering roots with modern ML and graphics stacks to deliver production-grade, low-latency systems.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (Tech.) Automation and Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (Tech.) Automation and Electrical Engineering at Aalto University
Finnish Matriculation Examination (High School), Finnish Matriculation Examination (High School) at Helsingin yliopiston Viikin normaalikoulu