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Tech Lead & CTO Helsinki, Finland

Pauli Mankinen.

I lead technology strategy and build dependable products across AI, cloud platforms, and connected hardware.

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01 / SELECTED WORK

Built. Shipped.
Still running.

Technology strategy, clinical AI reliability,
and products built for real-world use.

001 — MAY 2026 / NOWCTO

MustRead

Good journalism.
Better ways to reach people.

What I own
Technology strategy, the product roadmap, cloud infrastructure and DevOps.
The challenge
Developing new ways to discover journalism while keeping everyday publishing dependable.
What I deliver
Data visualization pipelines and AI product prototypes for a platform serving Finnish decision-makers.
PublishingProduct strategyAI
MEDIA / PLATFORMS / PRODUCT
002 — JUL 2021 / NOWCO-FOUNDER & CEO

UpCharge

A little power.
A much bigger network.

What I built
The device layer, cloud platform and mobile apps connecting a power-bank sharing network.
The challenge
Connecting custom hardware sourced in Shenzhen with payments and operations across Europe.
What shipped
An app to find a station, scan to rent and return at any UpCharge location, backed by a deployed physical network.
1,000+stations6countries50k+users
View UpCharge on the App Store
IOT / HARDWARE / FULL STACK
003 — IN THE APP STORESCTO

MateFootball

More time on the pitch.
Less friction in the app.

What I built
An iOS and Android training app with video, coaching bookings, camps and player progress.
The challenge
Reliable video streaming and membership access that stays in sync between RevenueCat purchases and Stripe web subscriptions.
What shipped
An app on both stores, with watch tracking, XP, levels and membership-only content.
iOS & AndroidVideo streamingRevenueCatStripe
View MateFootball screenshots
MateFootball welcome screen with training videos, coaching and progress features
01 / THE APP
Player dashboard showing XP, levels, upcoming camps and coaching options
02 / PLAYER PROGRESS
Training video library with skill filters, difficulty levels and completed drills
03 / TRAINING VIDEOS
Explore MateFootball Read the launch post
MOBILE / PAYMENTS / SPORT
004 — JUN 2021 / JAN 2026SENIOR TEST ENGINEER

Aiforia Technologies

Clinical AI.
Reliability that matters.

What I owned
QA strategy and automated verification and validation for a clinical AI platform.
The challenge
Resolving critical defects with ML, product and clinical teams while supporting FDA and CE-IVD compliance.
What I delivered
Verification frameworks for a platform processing over a million medical slides a year.
Clinical AIFDA & CE-IVDAutomated V&V
“He consistently delivered high-quality results on time, even in high-pressure situations and tight release cycles.”
Byron Humphrey LinkedIn recommendation
AI / QUALITY / REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

02 / A BIT ABOUT ME

Curiosity in.
Useful things out.

I’m Pauli. I connect the product thinking with the engineering that makes it real.

From co-founding UpCharge to building mobile products and verifying clinical AI, I’ve worked where software meets the world outside the screen.

Let’s build something

HOW I APPROACH THE WORK

Start with the product.
Connect technology strategy and roadmaps to what people actually need.
Follow it through.
Work across mobile apps, cloud platforms and connected devices — from the idea to the implementation.
Make it dependable.
Bring testing and verification into the work. My clinical AI experience keeps quality close to the engineering.

Studies in Bioinformatics Technology at Aalto University brought software and science together.

THE TOOLKIT

Different tools.
One connected product.

SOFTWARE

  • TypeScript
  • Go
  • Python
  • React

CLOUD & CONNECTED HARDWARE

  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Cellular IoT

03 / OUTSIDE THE DAY JOB

Room to explore.

Guitar playing, cooking, sauna and occasional gaming.
A few smaller builds and community projects, too.

ALSO ON MY WORKBENCH

01 / CONNECTIVITY

Cellular rescue toolkit

PCAP debugging and binary SMS commands to bring stuck IoT devices back online. No site visit needed.

GitHub profile
02 / AI INFRASTRUCTURE

llmcache

A semantic caching proxy for LLM calls, written in Go. Part of an ongoing interest in making AI useful and observable.

GitHub profile
03 / HACKATHON

Vernix

An AI meeting agent, built with a teammate at LotusHacks in Vietnam.

LinkedIn profile
04 / COMMUNITY

Helping good teams happen.

At Junction in 2018, I recruited and led a team of 26 event volunteers, coordinating on-demand support, the cloakroom and partner area.

More on LinkedIn

04 / INTERACTIVE EXPERIMENT

DESKTOP DERBYRace the record.

Roll the ball. Chase the record.
One button. A little timing.

desktop_derby.exe1,000 M / FAIRGROUND CLASSIC
Loading the leaderboard…FASTEST FINISH WINS
TIME0.00sTO THE LINE1,000mPOSITION—

READY FOR THE OFF?

Roll into the lead.
Beat their best.

  1. Wait for green. Watch the marker move into the green zone.
  2. Roll the ball. Click, tap or press Space. Repeat to build speed.
SIX HORSES · REAL REPLAYS + COMPUTER RIVALS

HOW TO PLAY

Hit the green window.

Click or tap Roll ball when the marker hits green, or press Space. Wait for the next pass; rushing costs energy.

100

Meet the six-horse field

    THE TOP TEN

    The leaderboard.
    Your name next?

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    05 / LET’S TALK

    Let’s build something
    people rely on.

    pauli@manki.fi

    Looking for a tech lead or CTO who can shape the strategy and build the product? Let’s talk about your team and what you want to bring into the world.

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