Experience

Career, education, and operating range.

I bring experience across AI infrastructure, product development, QA, partnerships, visual production, and software delivery.

2025 - Present

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

Immersive

Building the Immersive AI API and leading AI product direction across image, video, audio, and 3D generation.

  • Shipped a unified REST + MCP API spanning image (Flux, Nano Banana, Seedream, Z-Image Turbo), video (Veo 3.1), audio (TTS, music, Whisper), 3D, and text models
  • Implemented x402 + USDC autonomous billing on Base so agents can pay per call without a human in the loop
  • Connected business direction, design ambition, and technical execution into one AI product surface

2024 - 2025

Head of AI

Advantage

Led AI strategy and implementation planning for growth-oriented products and automation opportunities.

  • Mapped AI use cases into realistic delivery opportunities
  • Combined strategy work with product and operational thinking
  • Focused on practical business outcomes rather than speculative AI ideas

09/2023 - 2024

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

Sumo Apps

Developed Sumo Paint AI and led the transition from ideas into production-grade AI experiences.

  • Built AI APIs for generation, editing, and scaling inside Sumo Paint
  • Shipped the AI feature set that helped take the company into an AI Accelerator program
  • Connected technical capability with commercial product direction

04/2022 - 08/2023

Head of Partnerships

Sumo Apps

Combined AI feature development with business development and collaboration work.

  • Contributed to the Create, Instruct, and Reimagine AI modes in Sumo Paint
  • Managed partnerships and collaborative initiatives
  • Oversaw customer support quality and internal coordination

05/2020 - 04/2022

Quality Assurance Manager

Sumo Apps

Led product quality and supported the organisation with testing, content, and workflow improvements.

  • Owned manual QA processes for feature releases
  • Created support and community content
  • Helped evolve the internal Laravel environment

2017 - 2020

Customer Service Specialist

DNA

Developed sales, communication, and team coordination skills in a customer-facing environment.

  • Co-managed a six-person sales team
  • Produced sales presentations and proposals
  • Consistently earned strong customer feedback

Education

2018 - 2022

Information and Communication Technology Engineer

Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences

Software development engineering studies with a strong technical foundation.

2013 - 2016

Vocational Qualification in Business Information Technology

POKE Vocational College

Built the base for ICT, development, and business understanding.

Capabilities

AI product developmentGenerative media systemsAI automation systemsCRM and business growth toolingNode.js, TypeScript, Python, PHPReact, React Native, Next.jsStable Diffusion and image pipelinesPhotoshop, Lightroom, and creative directionTesting, QA strategy, and CI/CDPartnerships and product storytelling

Certifications and focus

  • AI product strategy through hands-on delivery
  • Visual content production and creative tooling