Risto Päärni
Chief Executive Officer at Lifetime Group
Finland
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Top SchoolRisto Päärni is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and CEO with over a decade of experience building cloud-native, AI-enabled products, currently leading Lifetime Group and the DWS IQ 6 climate intelligence platform from Helsinki. He combines hands-on chief software engineering chops with executive responsibilities—strategy, fundraising, partner programs and governance—bridging product management, ML/AI and multi-cloud operations. His background spans deep operational IT and project leadership since the 1990s, from enterprise infrastructure rollouts to modern GitHub/Microsoft Copilot-driven development practices. A practiced mentor and educator, he has guided university and youth mentoring programs while also running consulting and property management roles, reflecting a pragmatic, systems-level thinker. Notably, he pairs formal studies in industrial management and intelligent industries with long-term, boots-on-the-ground software and networking experience, giving him a rare blend of technical depth and organizational leadership.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Intelligent industries, Master's degree Intelligent industries at Metropolia University of Applied SciencesMaster's degree Industrial Management, Master's degree Industrial Management at LUT UniversityBachelor of Software Engineering (B.Se.) Software engineering Object-Oriented Programming, Bachelor of Software Engineering (B.Se.) Software engineering Object-Oriented Programming at Espoo-Vantaan teknillinen oppilaitosICT Project Manager datanomi IT, ICT Project Manager datanomi IT at Taitotalosecondary school graduate ylioppilas, secondary school graduate ylioppilas at Myyrmäen lukioCloud Computing, Cloud Computing at Microsoft Azure AkatemiaGDPR Ready EU:n tietosuoja-asetus, GDPR Ready EU:n tietosuoja-asetus at Ohjelmistoyrittäjät RyJET Johtaminen Strategia Myynnin johtaminen, JET Johtaminen Strategia Myynnin johtaminen at Helsinki Business College OyMacroeconomics Microeconomics Philosophy English, Macroeconomics Microeconomics Philosophy English at University of Helsinki
English, Swedish, German, Finnish
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Github Skills (24)
visual-studio-code10
electron10
microsoft10
typescript10
editor10
webforms7
nuget6
lifetime5
blazor5
e-mail4
visual-studio4
oms4
intelligent4
agile-development3
aws3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
blogtheristo/blogtheristo
Oct 2021 - Jan 2026
Contributions:3 reviews, 5 PRs, 73 pushes in 4 years 3 months
blogtheristo/CV
Oct 2020 - Mar 2023
Curriculum Vitae
Contributions:96 commits, 8 PRs, 78 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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