Mikko Viitanen
Principal Product Manager, Open Source, OpenTelemetry at Dynatrace
Espoo, Finland
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Top SchoolMikko Viitanen is a Principal Product Manager specializing in open source observability and OpenTelemetry, bringing over 20 years in software development and 15+ years in leadership roles. Based in Espoo, Finland, he connects business opportunities to technical solutions across cloud, Kubernetes, SaaS, data platforms and IoT, with recent product leadership at Dynatrace and Mirantis. His background spans hands-on engineering and product roles at Ericsson and Caverion, giving him rare visibility from device-level IoT stacks to cloud-native observability. He excels at turning complex distributed systems requirements into pragmatic product roadmaps and developer-focused integrations. Known for bridging enterprise needs with open-source ecosystems, he actively drives vendor contributions to standards like OpenTelemetry. His blend of technical depth, long-term operator experience, and product agility helps organizations adopt observable, cloud-native architectures.
5 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Kauniaisten lukioMaster's degree, Networking Technology, Software Engineering, Master's degree, Networking Technology, Software Engineering at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
Github Skills (36)
kubernetes10
distributed-tracing10
opentelemetry-collector10
collector10
opentelemetry-go10
prometheus10
opentelemetry-rust10
jaeger10
opentelemetry10
k0s10
tempo10
telemetry10
otel10
k8s10
documentation10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mviitane/k0s
Jan 2021 - Apr 2022
k0s - Zero Friction Kubernetes
Contributions:58 pushes, 66 branches in 1 year 3 months
zerofrictionk8skubernetesk0s
mviitane/opentelemetry-demo
Jun 2022 - Jan 2025
OpenTelemetry Community Demo Application
Contributions:26 pushes, 37 branches in 2 years 7 months
distributed-tracingtracingopentelemetry
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