Addr.: Rua Dona Antônia de Queiros 532 - Consolação - São Paulo - SP
Telefone: +55 (11) 8989-9456
E-mail: matti.vahatalogmail.com
Nationality: Finnish
Areas of interest Web Coordination / Digital Media / Web design & Development
Work History
T:mi Matti Vähätalo (Oct 2007 - current)
Position:
Entrepreneur
Sole proprietorship: Online media services and web development
CNA Higienópolis (Mar 2010 - Maio 2010)
Place
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Position:
Teacher
Teaching English for groups and privately - teenagers to adults of all levels
BS2 Sistemas para Internet (Feb 2009 - Dec 2009)
Place
Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Position
Web developer
Traineeship (AIESEC exchange)
Web design and development (HTML/PHP/Javascript/MySQL)
Assisting in international communications
Technology Centre Hermia Ltd (Jan 2007 - Dec 2008)
Place:
Tampere, Finland
COSS (The Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions)
Coordination of coss.fi portal
Responsible of social media and student connections
MindTrek Conference (2007 - 2008)
Technical coordinator
Web Design and online presence
MindTrek Competition pre-review
MindTrek Startup Launchpad pre-jury 2008
MindTrek (Apr 2006 - Aug 2006)
Place:
Tampere, Finland
Position:
Researcher
Taking inventory on the history of MindTrek Competition for the anniversary book and exhibition. Going through all applicants and reviewing them
Scandinavian Fundraising (Nov 2004 - Aug 2005)
Place
Tampere, Finland
Face-to-face fundraising for UNICEF
Education
TAMK University of Applied Sciences (Ago 2004 - Dez 2008)
Place
Tampere, Finland
Degree
Bachelor of Media
Field:
Interactivity Design
Pirkanmaa Polytechnic University (Aug 2003 - May 2004)
Place:
Virrat, Finland
Field:
Rich Media studies
Status:
Incomplete / 66 credits
Porlammi Upper Secondary School (Aug 1999 - May 2002)
Place:
Lapinjärvi, Finland
Degree:
Matriculation examination, High school level diploma
Social Media Projects
CHEPETTO (Chemical Plant Environment Training Tool for Operators) (Jan 2007 - Nov 2008)
University final project (Designing Games for Educational Purposes - Case: Chepetto)
Designing an educational gaming concept for chemical plant operators to enhance safety and prevention of hazards. Collaboration project with Okayama University, consisting of workshops in Tampere, Finland and Okayama, Japan
Audionce.com (Nov 2007 - Dec 2008)
User interface design and development (site under construction)
Virhe.org (Mar 2003 - Feb 2005)
Administration and concept design
Other projects and responsibilities
AIESEC Finland (Oct 2007 - Dec 2008)
Alumni Coordinator, AIESEC Tampere
AIESEC in Finland 60th Anniversary conference organizing committee member
Alumni relations, Web design
Dream of Jazz (Jul 2008)
Place:
Loulé, Portugal
Voluntaary work camp, working at 14th International Loulé Jazz Festival
Military Service (Jan 2004 - Sep 2004)
Karelian Artillery Regiment / Military rank: Lance Corporal
Culture Is an Alternative (CIA) (Sep 2004 - Sep 2005)
European Union youth initiative project
Supporting young Finnish artists by creating online gallery Virhe.org and organizing cultural events, galleries and meetings
Language skills
Finnish:
Native
English:
Fluent
Portuguese (Brazil):
Advanced
Swedish:
Intermediate
French:
Basic
Computer skills
Advanced
HTML / CSS / JavaScript / jQuery / AJAX
PHP / MySQL
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Dreamweaver
Content Management Systems (Joomla!, Drupal, Wordpress)
