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A multidisciplinary professional across technical and creative fields, working as an entrepreneur since 2004 in web development, IT security, systems administration, deployment projects, graphic design, and music, audio and video production. My strengths include the ability to learn new things quickly and strong teamwork skills. I work methodically even under pressure and am skilled at prioritising my workload, having taken responsibility for successfully delivering complete projects across numerous assignments.
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Valtteri Virolainen
WORK EXPERIENCE
Jan 2004- Sola Systems / GearGeek / Särö
Entrepreneur
Key client relationships:
Menevä Oy: Development of web services and IT systems from the company’s early days in Nov 2017 to the present, initially working independently and later as the longest-standing member of the team. Responsible for scaling IT systems and web service solutions as the organisation grew from fewer than 10 office staff and €1 million in revenue to around 80 people across multiple locations throughout Finland and €40–50 million in revenue.
IT Manager for Keskikuljetus Oy, Jan 2004 to Dec 2010 and Jun 2011 to Oct 2017. Responsibilities included developing and maintaining the company website, IT support, and deployment projects for finance and logistics software.
Technical support for the Nokia Siemens Networks Showroom via Mediastore Oy, Jan 2011 to May 2011. Maintenance and operation of presentation systems, network infrastructure and IT equipment within the Showroom environment.
- Web service development and UX design. Design, implementation and ongoing development of an extranet portal for Menevä’s drivers and subcontractors, including interface design for users in different roles. Also design and development of numerous smaller web services, such as campaign sites, and design and implementation of functionality for public-facing websites. Built primarily on WordPress and Drupal.
- Video production, filming, recording and sound design for advertising and training videos, queue announcements and call-break idents, working alongside the client’s marketing team. Clients including Menevä Oy and Helsingin Taksipalvelu Oy.
Graphic design for print and digital media, for clients including Menevä Oy, Helsingin Taksipalvelu Oy, the Loikka Dance Film Festival, Fillarivelho, Art Films Production Oy, as well as personal projects, including website design, album artwork and marketing materials for the band Hundred Headless Horsemen, and the corporate identity for the GearGeek project.
System deployment projects. Key participant in two major system deployment projects at Menevä (2018 and 2025), each involving a full replacement of the company’s core dispatch software. Responsibilities included requirements definition, collaboration with the vendor on customisation and configuration, testing of customer and driver applications, and producing support materials for rollout. The projects required close collaboration with an international team of developers and specialists.
Microsoft 365 and device management. Responsible, as M365 administrator, for the deployment, configuration and ongoing maintenance of the Intune environment and device management, including configuring security profiles tailored to different teams’ needs, device management configurations, and group-based software distribution.
Jira and Confluence deployment and workflow automation. Led the deployment of Jira and Confluence for Menevä’s IT team and integrated it with Slack using the Make automation tool.
Presentation technology. Responsible for AV and presentation technology in meeting rooms. Technical support work at the Nokia Siemens Networks Showroom, together with freelance work as a sound and lighting technician on music projects, broadened my AV expertise well beyond meeting-room technology.
Live streaming production, filming, recording and live editing. Produced live streams of Menevä’s information and training events using our own mobile equipment. The album launch concert for Hundred Headless Horsemen was streamed from our own studio in partnership with collaborators.
Music production. Worked as a technician, mixing engineer and co-producer on clients’ music recordings, as well as lead producer on my own projects.
EDUCATION
2003–2012 University of Helsinki
Master of Arts
Major: English Philology
Minors: Musicology (Music Technology track), Communication
Minors: Musicology (Music Technology track), Communication
VISUAL WORKS
Selected visual works for print and digital media.
SOUND WORK
I have also provided audio for my clients for projects such as commercials, training videos, queue announcements, and break identifiers. As an example, a radio commercial I produced for Menevä Oy:
The largest recording projects I’ve worked on are the releases by my own bands. In these projects, I’ve served in a wide range of roles, including recording engineer, mixer, and executive producer. For clients, I’ve worked as a recording engineer and mixer on projects that have not yet been officially released.
Hundred Headless Horsemen – Apokalepsia (2021)
Production, mixing, composition, arrangement (together with the band Hundred Headless Horsemen), guitar, vocals, lyrics.
The Hundred Headless Horsemen’s debut album, Apokalepsia, was produced, recorded, and mixed entirely at our own studio in Sörnäinen, Helsinki.
HUNDRED HEADLESS HORSEMEN
No Clean Singing reviewed Apokalepsia as follows:
“Perhaps an even better comparison – or, at least, the best one I can come up with – would be to think of HHH as the Death Metal equivalent of their more “blackened” countrymen in Oranssi Pazuzu, a band with whom they not only share a love of sludgy grooves and psychotropic sounds, but also an almost pathological aversion to playing by the rules.
It all culminates with the dreamlike and doom-laden strains of “Cataclysm”, which marries infectious Post-Punk melodies and intriguingly off-kilter rhythms to a backbone of intricately woven Prog-Death guitar work, thus ending the record with one final display of dynamic cross-genre pollinisation which practically guarantees that you’re going to be jonesing for another fix of the band’s signature sonic stimulant again very, very soon.”
HANDLINGNOISE – s/t (2012)
Production, recording, mixing, composition, arrangement (together with the band HANDLINGNOISE), lyrics.
HANDLINGNOISE’s debut album was produced at several different studios; in addition to performing as a musician, I was responsible for most of the recording and the final mix.
HANDLINGNOISE
Postrockstar.com reviewed the album:
“Helsinki’s own HANDLINGNOISE almost slipped under our 2012 radar. In all fairness though the band’s potential almost slipped under their own radar 5 years ago. Originally formed for a one-off performance, the band noticed their potential and after finding a drummer and began recording in 2008 what would eventually be their first full length album. Using borrowed equipment and working in training spaces and cottages, the back story behind HANDLINGNOISE’s latest release is one of those tales of hardship and triumph that lends to the band’s character…
I noticed a lot of elements in the song writing and the way the songs were crafted that tend to be predominant in progressive death metal (think Agalloch, Opeth, etc). For example, in “Hannibal” the track doesn’t get heavy and aggressive the way most post-rock tracks do. Drumming leads the track into short passages where guitar work and vocals intensify only for a brief moment…
The end result of this Finnish band’s hard work is a fantastic blend of post-rock and shoegaze that captivates the listener and leaves nothing to be desired. As someone who isn’t always interested in shoegaze I found this album to be ridiculously accessible and loved every minute of it. This album is chalked full of quality craftsmanship from the music down to the mastering. Whatever you do, don’t miss this unique album.”
