Petteri Kivimäki is one of Europe’s leading technical experts in digital government and interoperability solutions. His career spans from software development to crafting complex cloud and technology architectures for both companies and public administrations.
Petteri has worked as the technical lead responsible for implementing the X-Road data exchange layer as the national interoperability solution in Finland. He also coordinated the joint open-source software development of X-Road between Finland and Estonia. Before joining the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS) as its Chief Technology Officer in 2018, Petteri worked as a technology architect in a leading global consultancy.
Petteri earned a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. He is also a certified cloud and technology architect, holding multiple certificates from renowned entities like AWS, Microsoft, and Google. An active participant in the tech community, Petteri has authored several articles on topics such as open-source software and APIs. He is also a regular contributor to technical working groups and a sought-after speaker at software conferences.