Petri Savolainen
Principal Display Engineer at Distance Technologies
Helsinki, Mainland Finland
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Top SchoolPetri Savolainen is a seasoned principal display engineer with 15+ years of experience advancing display technologies across consumer, automotive, and mixed-reality products from Nokia to Huawei and now Distance Technologies. He combines deep materials and module-level expertise (LCD, OLED, AR HUD, foldable/rollable stacks) with proven supplier development and reliability programs that delivered multi-million euro savings and dramatic field-failure reductions. Petri has led upstream verification, SPC-driven process improvements, and hands-on reliability labs, translating academic Dr.Tech. training in interconnection and polymer/packaging technologies into robust product outcomes. Currently focused on boosting LCD module brightness for next‑gen AR HUDs, he also brings practical software-side security chops from contributing authentication features to a widely used PyPI server implementation. Known for turning complex requirements into measurable supplier capabilities, he blends research rigor with pragmatic engineering leadership.
15 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
YO, YO at Vieremän lukioDr.Tech., Interconnection and Packaging Technology, Polymer Technology, Dr.Tech., Interconnection and Packaging Technology, Polymer Technology at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
English, Finnish, German, Swedish, Japanese
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Github Skills (16)
user-authentication10
authentication10
pypi10
python10
package-management10
overriding9
command-line-interface9
documentation7
json6
windows6
sequence-diagram6
csv6
uml6
signal6
setuptools6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
pypiserver/pypiserver
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
Minimal PyPI server for uploading & downloading packages with pip/easy_install
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 20 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Petri implemented authentication features for package listings and downloads within the PyPI server. They modified core files to include authentication logic, added options for specifying authenticated actions, and integrated with an htpasswd file for user management. The user's work included adding and refining command-line options, updating documentation, and correcting potential errors. This significantly enhanced the security and access control aspects of the PyPI server.
downloadingpythoneasy-installpippypi
psolin/cleanco
Aug 2015 - Nov 2021
Company Name Processor written in Python
Contributions:5 releases, 86 commits, 23 PRs in 6 years 4 months
pythonpython3
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