Niko Salminen
Versatile Tech Consultant
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolNiko Salminen is a versatile tech consultant based in Helsinki with 14 years of experience helping organizations translate digital uncertainty into sustainable product and team evolution. He blends deep hands-on engineering roots—18 years of coding early in his career—with senior consulting roles in front-end development, technical design and agile coaching across large enterprise programs. Niko has progressed from CTO of a major Finnish music portal to principal technologist advising teams on breaking silos and creating cross-functional, self-managing units that consistently deliver customer value. He is comfortable switching between strategy and implementation, even jumping into code when needed to unblock delivery. Known for pragmatic change leadership, he focuses on building high-quality, maintainable solutions rather than chasing buzzwords.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
High school, High school at Vaskivuoren lukioBachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Information Technology, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Information Technology at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
Finnish, English, Swedish, Estonian
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Github Skills (125)
polymer10
mysql10
error-handling10
nodejs10
redux10
php10
perl-module10
try-catch10
txt9
javascript9
syntax9
html9
lollipop9
lit-element9
perl9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Kaivosukeltaja/files-exist
Dec 2015 - Oct 2018
Contributions:1 release, 26 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 10 months
arrayjavascript-arrayjavascriptverifynodejs
Kaivosukeltaja/php-indefinite-article
Oct 2012 - Aug 2022
PHP port of the Lingua::EN::Inflect Perl module's A() and AN() subroutines
Contributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 2 pushes in 9 years 11 months
phpphp-portperlperl-module
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