Personal Information
| Name: | Mika Tuupola |
| Location: | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Email: | tuupola@appelsiini.net |
| GSM: | +372-51-26667 |
| Date of birth: | 27.11.1973 |
| Nationality: | Finnish |
| Languages: | Finnish (native), English (fluent), Estonian (basics), Swedish (basics) |
Programming Languages
PHP, JavaScript, Ruby (on Rails)
Operating Systems
Solaris, Mac OS X
Professional Experience
11/2005 – date Technology Director, Adell Taevas OÜ, Tallinn
Responsibilities: To help start Internet oriented department similar to Taivas Ego Oy in Finland. Find people to hire. Setup direct marketing measurement tools and hosting infrastructure. Development using PHP, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails and various SQL databases.
6/2000 – 10/2005 Technology Director, Taivas Ego Oy (EGO Taivas Media Lab Oy), Helsinki
Responsibilities: Developing dynamic websites, extranet services and direct marketing measurement tools using PHP and various SQL databases. Maintaining company Internet and LAN infrastructure together with technical team in Solaris, Windows and MacOS platforms. Evaluate various software products such as search engines and content management systems to provide purchase recommendations for clients. Creative concept, marketing and service design with rest of the creative team.
10/1998 – 5/2000 Technical Designer, Taivas HEL Oy, Helsinki
Responsibilities: Developing websites using PHP, Perl and Director. Maintaining company mail, web and dns servers on Solaris and AIX platforms. Creative concept, marketing and service design with rest of the creative team.
7/1997 – 9/1998 Internet Administrator, SBS Radiot, Helsinki
Responsibilities: Inhouse developing of several of SBS group radio stations websites and online chat services using Perl in Solaris, Digital Unix and Irix platforms. Maintaining company mail, web and dns servers.
7/1996 – 6/1997 Internet Editor, Radio City, Helsinki
Responsibilities Inhouse developing and updating of company website using Perl in Solaris and Irix platforms. Maintaining company mail and web servers.
2005 Vice president, Wake Up Helsinki Ry, Helsinki
Appearances and Publications
18.1.2001 Speaker, Malibu Telecom Mobile Media Seminar What is i-mode and the technology behind it? Why is the system so popular, and what services does it offer? Can we learn anything from it?
29.2.2000 Article, Pacman-style Games in Director in Director Online Constructing array based mazes and implementing simple ai for Pacman style games in Director.
Awards
2005 Grand One 2006 – Best Infodesign, Honorable Mention Henry.fi cars (Ford Finland Oy)
2004 Grand One 2004 – Best B2B Campaign, Honorable Mention Elisa Catwalk (Elisa Communications Oy)
2003 E-Commerce Awards 2003 – Shortlist leftfootcompany.co.uk (Pomarfinn)
Huippusuora 2003 – Best Electric Direct, 3rd Place Elisa Harpoon Direct (Elisa Communications Oy)
The Big One 2003 – Best Infodesign, Bronze Pixel Ray.fi (RAY)
The Big One 2003 – Best Campaign, Bronze Pixel Utopia (Elisa)
The Big One 2003 – Best Self Promotion, Bronze Pixel Egotaivas.com (EGO Taivas Media Lab Oy)
2002 Cannes Lions 2002 – Finalist FoMoKu (Cityforum)
M&M Grand Prix 2002 – Best B2B Campaign Office Solution (Radiolinja)
The Big One 2002 – Best B2C Service, Bronze Pixel FoMoKu (Cityforum)
The Big One 2002 – Best Campaign, Bronze Pixel Moo Quiz (Radiolinja)
2001 RE:pekt 8/2001 – Best Campaign, 1st place Moo Quiz (Radiolinja)
RE:spekt 9/2002 – Best Campaign, 1st place Utopia (Elisa)
RE:spekt 10/2001 – Best Campaign, 2nd place Dark Or Not (Golden Cap / Sinebrychoff)
RE:spekt 12/2001 – Best Campaign, 1st place All Guns Do Not Kill (Finnish Salvation Army)
2000 RE:pekt 12/2000 – Best Campaign, 1st place Hotel Goldfish Launch (Kolumbus)
Vuodenhuiput – Honorable Mention Hotel Goldfish Launch (Kolumbus)
Vuodenhuiput – Book Entry Palace of Senses (Radiolinja)
1999 Vuodenhuiput – 2nd place Protokid.net (Diesel Spa)