CV
Jake Laisi, born in 1976, Karhula (Kotka), Finland, living in Vantaa, Finland
A well-seasoned architect for digital marketing technology, end to end, with hands-on, can-do attitude, entrepreneur-like mindset and enterprise-grade experience.
EDUCATION
- 06/1995 Senior High School (Karhula), graduate (M)
- 09/1997 – University of Jyväskylä, Department of Information Technology, Computer science as major, economics (corporate strategies and marketing) as minor subjects.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
- 02/2018 - current, Gravito Ltd, co-founder, CTO, technology strategist
- 12/2017 - current, Second Thought Ltd, co-founder, CTO, technology strategist
- 07/2016 - current, Millisecond Digital, co-founder, CTO, R&D architect
- 07/2015 - 06/2016, Microsoft, Senior Program Manager, engineering, digital marketing
- 02/2015 - 06/2015, Microsoft, Principal IT Enterprise Architect, digital marketing
- 04/2014 - 02/2015 ,Microsoft, Senior Capability Architect, BI/Analytics, Marketing Capability
- 08/2013 - 04/2014, Nokia Corporation, Senior Capability Architect, Sales & Marketing Insight
- 03/2013 - 07/2013, Nokia Corporation, Process Manager, Sales & Marketing Insight
- 11/2012 - 02/2013, Nokia Corporation, Capability Architect, Sales & Marketing Insight
- 01/2012 - 10/2012, Nokia Corporation, Senior Systems Analyst, Online Analytics & Reporting
- 01/2008 - 12/2011, Nokia Corporation, IT manager, Web Analytics
- 01/2006 - 12/2007, Nokia Corporation, Configuration Manager, PKI
- 01/2003 - 12/2005, Nokia Corporation, Test Manager, Portal Platforms + PKI
- 11/2001 - 12/2002, Nokia Corporation, System specialist, e-business Services
- 06/1999 – 11/2001, Law Office Marja-Liisa Järvinen Oy, IT consultant, IT systems renovation, personnel trainings, development of electrical library and digital communication channels, project co-operation with Tekes, The Finnish Bar Association (Asianajajaliitto) and West Finland Alliance.
- 09/2000 – current, Palasokeri.com, Editor in chief, technology development and editorial for one of the largest independent underground music related community in Finland.
- 05/1999 – 11/2001, PC-SuperStore Oy, Jyväskylä, computer sales representative, computer retails sales for consumers and corporations, IT systems configurations and setups, marketing material production
- 09/1997 – current, Freelancer, web development for various customers, portfolio of around 30 different web sites accessible via personal web page.
- 01/1996 – 11/1996, Military service, secondary telecommunications squad leader, responsible of maintaining messaging based military telecommunications system.
- 05/1993 – 08/1998, Visi Systems Oy, Kotka, mechanic/electrician, several employment periods (total ~ two years) consisting of manufacturing and installation of industry grade process automation, access control and surveillance systems.
SPECIAL EXPERTISE
- Adobe Marketing cloud (Sitecatalyst/Analytics, Survey, Discover, T&T, Tag Manager, Genesis)
- Tag management and frontend data layer (Tealium, Ensighten, Google)
- Doubleclick (DFA), Atlas, Bluekai
- Google Analytics, AdWords, AdSense
- Piwik and various other custom analytics tools
- Big Data and noSQL (Hadoop, Hive, Pig, Spark, MongoDB, Splunk, Sumologic)
- Cloud infra (AWS, Azure)
- IT, infra & vendor management
- LAMP stack
- iPlanet, Weblogic, Oracle
- Identity and Access Management
- PKI services
- Platform and data architecture
- Software testing and test management
- EA analysis (e.g Troux)
- CMS
LANGUAGES
- Finnish native
- English fluent
- Swedish average (rechargeable)
- German average (rechargeable)
- Powerpoint fluent
POSITIONS OF TRUST
- 03/2012 – 04/2014 Nokia/NSN Helsinki Area Hobby Clubs, Music club board member
- 01/2009 – 01/2010 As Oy Melasato, Executive board member
- 09/1999 – 08/2000 Dumppi ry, vice chairman & excursions & corporate visits rep
- 09/1998 – 08/1999 Dumppi ry (student association), excursions & corporate visits
OTHER SIGNIFICANT OUTPUT
- Two full length self financed documentary movies about Finnish Rock phenomenon Rockstarba.
- Several short films consisting of concert videos, documents (e.g. for Kotka Yachting Club) and artist portraits.
SPARE TIME ACTIVITIES
Drums, producing music in home studio, sailing and boat renovation, music & films, traveling, making (writing, directing, filming, recording and editing) independent films, photography etc.
REFERENCES
Would be provided upon request per expertise and experience area.