Creative Technologist

Summary

New media artist and digital fabrication specialist with 15 years of experience in 3D printing and laser cutting. Combines technical knowledge with a passion for experimentation, learning, and teaching others. Comfortable guiding users in workshop environments and helping translate ideas into physical outcomes.

Experience

Technical Project Worker

Aalto University — Espoo, FI — aalto.fi

Feb 2025 – Present

Field work with drone videography and 3D scanning. Video and audio editing to produce content for several immersive AR exhibitions.

Graphic Designer

Aalto University — Espoo, FI — studios.aalto.fi

Dec 2024 – Jul 2025

Designed 80+ informational posters for Aalto Studios to unify and showcase work spaces and technology available. Collaborated with colleagues through an iterative design process.

Exhibition Assistant

ARTS Infra – Aalto University — Espoo, FI — aalto.fi

Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

Provided support to students and faculty using exhibition spaces at Aalto University including setup of lighting & equipment, and operation of scissor lift.

Technical Assistant

FabLab, Aalto — Espoo, FI — fablab.aalto.fi

Feb 2022 – Jun 2022

Opened workshop on weekends, provided introductory training for various machines and guidance to students in the workshop.

Software Engineer

Funding Circle — San Francisco, US — fundingcircle.com

Jun 2018 – Sep 2020

Developed features for several Clojure applications. Hosted Clojure meetups.

Software Engineer

CircleCI — Remote / Toronto / San Francisco — circleci.com

Feb 2017 – Aug 2017

Collaborated with a diverse and distributed team, remotely and asynchronously.

Site Reliability Engineer

CircleCI — Remote / Toronto / San Francisco — circleci.com

May 2015 – Apr 2017

On call responder, created runbooks for faster outage response.

Instructor

MakerKids — Toronto, CA — makerkids.com

2014

Taught kids aged 6–13 in project-based programs: 3D printing, laser cutting, woodworking, electronics, and programming.

Education

MA New Media

Aalto University — Espoo, FI

BFA Digital Futures

OCAD University — Toronto, CA

Languages

English (Native Speaker)

Finnish (A2)

Skills

Fabrication

3D PrintingLasercuttingCADPrototypingElectronics

Thinking

Problem SolvingCritical ThinkingTechnical TroubleshootingSystems Thinking

Execution & Work Style

AdaptableOrganizedDocumentationAttention to Detail