Summary
Tuukka Puranen is a CTO and veteran software engineer with nearly two decades of experience building products across desktop, web, server and database platforms and 12 years in leadership roles. He combines hands-on development in languages from C to C# and JavaScript with deep expertise in software architecture, test-driven delivery, and agile product planning. His academic background—a PhD in Software Engineering and Operations Research—underpins advanced work in mathematical modeling, linear and combinatorial optimization, and complex vehicle routing and logistics. At NFleet he sets product and platform direction while still coding, integrating systems, and leading research efforts, bridging theory and production. Formerly a university researcher and postdoc, he has a track record of turning combinatorial optimization research into practical scheduling and routing software. Based in Finland, he’s one of the rare leaders who pairs rigorous OR methods with pragmatic system design for real-world logistics problems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Software Engineering, Operations Research, PhD, Software Engineering, Operations Research at University of Jyväskylä
Finnish, English, German, Swedish