Hi, my name is

Valtteri Häkkinen.

I'm an aviator, a web hobbyist, and an aspiring BI-pro who makes things happen.

Studying Business Intelligence & Data Analytics (M.Sc.) at Aalto University.

Now looking for my next step!

Education

Aalto University School of Business

Aalto-yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu

M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration

2023 – 2025 (Expected)
  • GPA: 4.30 / 5.0 (87 ECTS)
  • Areas: Business intelligence, data analytics, management
  • Skills: Data-driven analytics & operations planning, simulation & optimization, network analytics, predictive & financial modeling, machine learning, compliance & reporting, ESG & impact analysis
  • International minor in the M.Sc. Management program at EMLYON Grande École de Commerce in Lyon, France

B.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration

2019 – 2023
  • GPA: 4.22 / 5.0 (180 ECTS); SAT: 1360 (95th percentile)
  • Areas: Marketing, accounting, finance, economics
  • Skills: Product & pricing strategy, consumer & market research, customer insight analysis, statistical modeling, regression analysis, data visualization, financial & cost accounting, investment & risk management
  • Thesis on user experience management awarded full marks (5.0 / 5.0) and recognized for academic excellence.

Muurame High School

Muuramen lukio

Finnish Baccalaureate

2013 – 2016
  • Final grades:
    • English (Advanced)
      Laudatur
    • French (Intermediate)
      Eximia Cum Laude Approbatur
    • Mathematics (Advanced)
      Eximia Cum Laude Approbatur
    • Swedish (Advanced)
      Magna Cum Laude Approbatur
    • Finnish
      Cum Laude Approbatur
    • Physics
      Cum Laude Approbatur
    • Chemistry
      Cum Laude Approbatur
    • Biology
      Cum Laude Approbatur
  • Study tours:
    • Strasbourg, France (2016)
      • Invited to represent Finland in the EU Euroscola program in the European Parliament, played a key role in securing €25,000 grant.
    • Geneva, Switzerland (2015)
      • Selected for a motivation trip to CERN for top-performing students of advanced physics.
    • Ontario, Canada (2015)
      • Selected for a 4-week Lions International Youth Exchange program.
    • New Taipei, Taiwan (2014)
      • Participated in organizing a two-week cultural exchange as the first Finnish high school to travel that far.

Work & leadership experience

MarkettiMaltaiden Mittelö 2024

Independent Event Organizer

Lead Organizer

11/2023 – 3/2024
  • The largest non-festival-related beer blind tasting event in Nordic and Baltic history!
  • Led the event production, from conceptualization to execution.
  • Took care of finances, fundraising, and communications.
  • Reached ~100 event participants, and used a voting system to generate empirical beer ratings.
  • Amazing times were had both working towards and enjoying the event put together by our agile, motivated, and experienced 7-member event team and a handful of assisting volunteers.

KY - Aalto University Business Students

KY - Aalto-yliopiston kauppatieteiden ylioppilaat ry

Project Coordinator

8/2023 – 1/2024
  • Managed an IT & AV renovation of a large event venue with a €50,000 budget, coordinating internal and external teams; delivered project over scope while remaining €5,000+ under budget.
  • Coordinated the trainings of the new systems to our organization personnel and community.

IT Coordinator

8/2022 – 8/2023
  • Directed organization-wide IT operations and practices, oversaw a €20,000 budget.
  • Redesigned and streamlined digital workflows, eliminating redundant steps and reducing meta work, leading to faster cross-team execution and decreased administrative overhead, as reported by all teams.
  • Overhauled the organization IT training practices, significantly improving the IT proficiency and autonomy of our organization personnel and community of 5,200+ members, reducing support workload.
  • Managed the organization-wide GDPR compliance.

TOPTIER Oy

Marketing Specialist

5/2021 – 11/2021
  • Developed the company sales strategy and brought fresh perspectives to the discussions.
  • Managed and developed the company website, including SEO and analysis of company online presence.

United Nations (UN)

Yhdistyneet kansakunnat (YK)

Peacekeeper

3/2019 – 8/2019

Positions of trust & volunteering

KY Foundation

Aalto-yliopiston kauppatieteiden ylioppilaiden säätiö sr

Board Member

1/2025 – Present
  • I currently contribute to the strategic oversight of €60M in assets through active roles on the Investment & Finance Committee, Real Estate Committee and Subsidies Committee.

KY – Aalto University Business Students

KY - Aalto-yliopiston kauppatieteiden ylioppilaat ry

Council Member, KY's Representative Council

1/2024 – 12/2025
  • Received the Most Active Council Member Award in 2024 for outstanding dedication and consistent involvement.

Committee Member, Master’s Committee (MC)

1/2024 – 12/2024
  • Held a key planning role in 10+ events; led and co-led three events; reached 500 attendees with a budget of €2,000.

Vice chair, Academic Affairs Committee (KOVA)

8/2022 – 8/2023
  • Co-led an 11-member committee focused on academic representation; managed an €8,000 annual budget.

Committee Member, Culture Committee (KUVA)

1/2022 – 12/2022
  • Led a 16-member team in organizing a major student parade of 1,000+ participants through central Helsinki.

Tutor for new Bachelor's and Master's students

4/2021 – 11/2024
  • Received thanks for the engaging onboarding of new students and building great team spirit from day one.  

Vice chair, Cultural Subcommittee (KUJ)

1/2020 – 12/2020
  • Co-led a 17-person subcommittee; oversaw a €30,000 annual cultural budget; managed planning of 20+ events with over 3,000 cumulative attendees; directly managed a 500-person event generating €9,000 in revenue.

Technical skills

Code

Python

  • Data analytics and visualizations
  • Personal projects include a Reservation Calendar, a Secret Santa Email Sender and some other practical solutions for personal use.

SQL

  • Most familiar with PostgreSQL

HTML5, CSS3, Javascript

  • Building, styling and functionalizing websites as a passion, sometimes for something useful too (see portfolio).

Software

Tableau
PowerBI
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft VS Code
PyCharm
Procountor
Google
Admin
Google Analytics
Microsoft Office 365
Windows Server 2010
Notion
Webflow

Languages

Finnish (Native, C2)

Suku Savosta kotosin ja murteita tarttuna mukkaan vähän sieltä täältä, mut hyvin on muut suana toistaseks selvää.

English (C2)

I owe the most of my near-native English to the many movies and video games of my youth.

Swedish (B2)

Jag skulle säkert kunna klara mig i Sverige, även om det ibland är svårt att komma ihåg vissa mer specifika ord.

French (B1)

J'ai survécu quatre mois à Lyon, et je suis sûr que je pourrais survivre même à Paris. (Probablement.)

Languages

Finnish (Native, C2)

Suku Savosta kotosin ja murteita tarttuna mukkaan vähän sieltä täältä, mut hyvin on muut suana toistaseks selvää.

English (C2)

I owe the most of my near-native English to the many movies and video games of my youth.

Swedish (B2)

Jag skulle säkert kunna klara mig i Sverige, även om det ibland är svårt att komma ihåg vissa mer specifika ord.

French (B1)

J'ai survécu quatre mois à Lyon, et je suis sûr que je pourrais survivre même à Paris. (Probablement.)

Valtteri Häkkinen

+358 40 1515 411
hakkinenval@gmail.com

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