Vilppu Tuominen
Technical Director & Co-founder at Phantom Gamelabs
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
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Top SchoolVilppu Tuominen is a technical director and co-founder with 10+ years of experience building mobile and multiplayer game services, currently leading Supercell-backed Phantom Gamelabs from Tampere, Finland. He blends full-stack engineering and technical leadership, having architected live-operable systems, reusable Unity tooling, and mobile-optimized engines that powered award-winning titles and ~30M players. As a founder and former CTO/CEO he has scaled studios, led cross-studio collaborations, managed HR and M&A-level exits, and coordinated publisher relationships across Europe. His background is unusually cross-disciplinary: a PhD in cancer biology and a track record developing medical imaging and clinical software before pivoting to games gives him deep systems thinking and rigorous engineering practices. Active in the investor community as a member of a 220+ gaming angel syndicate, he pairs entrepreneurial insight with hands-on programming. Colleagues know him for rapid prototyping culture, pragmatic tooling, and shipping live games at scale.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Cancer Biology (Virtual Microscopy), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Cancer Biology (Virtual Microscopy) at Tampere UniversityProgramming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Oljenkorsi/ohtu-miniprojekti
Mar 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:3 releases, 22 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 month
veituomi/todolist
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 push in 1 year 7 months
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