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I took a break from IT and learned about the human body and wellbeing. I graduated from a massage school and worked for a while as a massage therapist while working with some code projects on the side. The skills learned as a massage therapist will be useful throughout my life despite making a decision not to make it a career.

UX Designer / Web Developer

Avanade Finland Oy - Helsinki, Finland

Avanade is a global consulting firm focusing on Microsoft products. I did projects with some of the largest companies in Finland. Projects ranged from building an intranet for a large retailer to designing an developing an enterprise CRM system to one of the leading energy companies in Finland. My main work areas were UX/UI design, service design, front-end development with Typescript, React and Sass.

UX Designer / Web Developer

Nairobi Garage Ltd - Nairobi, Kenya

I spend a summer in Kenya working with a local startup-hub. I worked on improving the usability of their website created different marketing materials and helped to develop integrations with in-house companies' services and the hub's website.

UX Designer

Sibesonke Oy - Espoo, Finland

Sibesonke makes marketing tools for agribusiness for African market. I worked as a designer on a large project with World Food Programme for creating an mobile app for their field workers in Tanzania. The app was later on introduced to several other African countries. I also designer their mobile app for agricultural businesses and did user research on-site in Tanzania and Kenya.

International Business

Haaga-Helia UAS - Helsinki, Finland

I graduated with a business degree with a focus on service design and web marketing. I did my internship and thesis for a Finnish IT start-up.