Anssi Pannula

Data & AI Platform Lead

Data & AI Platform Lead with 15+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions. Driving the Data & AI platform at Nortal, enabling organizations to build modern cloud-native applications with agentic AI capabilities. Expertise in cloud architecture, platform engineering, system design, and digital transformation across diverse industries including IoT, finance, and sports tech. Active community contributor with 15 Microsoft certifications including Expert-level credentials in Solutions Architecture, Cybersecurity, and DevOps.

Work

Nortal Oy

Data & AI Platform Lead
– Present
Jyväskylä, Finland

Driving the design and delivery of scalable data & AI platforms that power enterprise analytics and AI applications. Leading cloud-native architecture and governance while enabling teams to build production-grade solutions with agentic AI capabilities through modern platform capabilities.

  • Acting as trusted advisor to guide clients and internal teams in adopting modern platform capabilities

  • Accelerating AI adoption through scalable, future-proof infrastructure

  • Main technologies: Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, AI Agents, Hybrid Cloud, Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD

Cloud Architect
–
Jyväskylä, Finland

Empowered enterprises to achieve digital transformation with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric through comprehensive consulting in cloud architecture, data platforms, edge computing, and AI solutions. Led development of production-grade applications from concept to deployment with client collaboration, with increasing focus on data analytics and AI platform capabilities.

  • Lead Technical Architect

  • Main technologies: Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, AI Agents, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, GitHub, IaC, CI/CD, C#, IIoT

Co-Founder

Viistech Oy
– Present
Jyväskylä, Finland

Co-founded and operate a part-time consulting business focused on digital transformation for small companies.

  • Main technologies: Azure, Azure DevOps, GitHub, IaC, TypeScript, Node.js, React, Tailwind CSS, NestJS, REST API

Farm Owner

Anssi Pannula
– Present

Owner and operator of a crop production farm.

Software Architect

Aidon Oy
–
Jyväskylä, Finland

Responsible for the system architecture and specifications of Aidon Gateware and Aidon One products.

  • Technical team lead.

  • Main technologies: Azure,Azure DevOps, IaC, TypeScript, Node.js, RabbitMQ, MS SQL, Octopus Deploy, IoT, GraphQL

Software Architect

Polar Electro Oy
–
Jyväskylä, Finland

Responsible for the system architecture and specifications of new features in Polar Flow product.

  • Main technologies: Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Ansible, React, MariaDB, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Bitbucket, Jenkins, IaC, Wearable IoT

Software Architect

Buildercom Oy
–
Jyväskylä, Finland

Responsible for the system architecture and specifications of new features in BEM product.

  • Responsible for architectural renewal and migration.

  • Scrum Master.

  • Main technologies: ASP.NET, C#, jQuery, Knockout.js, TFS, Git, SOAP, SQL

Software Developer

Kilosoft Oy
–
Jyväskylä, Finland

Designing and implementing desktop and web applications.

  • Main technologies: Java, Spring Framework, jQuery, Standard Widget Toolkit

Volunteer

Jyväskylä Azure User Group (JAUG)

Co-Founder & Organizer
– Present

Co-founded and organize a local community meetup group focused on Microsoft Azure technologies, bringing together developers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts in the Jyväskylä region.

  • Organize regular meetups and technical presentations

  • Knowledge sharing and networking in the Azure community

Education

Certificates

Skills

Cloud

  • Azure
  • Microsoft Fabric

AI & Machine Learning

  • Azure AI
  • Azure OpenAI
  • AI Agents
  • Semantic Kernel
  • Microsoft Agent Framework
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Community & Leadership

  • Public Speaking
  • Technical Presentations
  • Knowledge Sharing

Cloud Architecture

  • Architectural Decision Records (ADR)
  • Azure Well-Architected Framework
  • Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
  • C4 Model Diagrams

Data Analytics

  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Azure Databricks
  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure Data Factory
  • Azure Event Hubs
  • Azure Synapse Analytics

Architectural patterns

  • Event-driven
  • Microservices
  • Medallion architecture
  • Serverless

Infrastructure as code

  • Ansible
  • Bicep

Version control systems

  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub

Project Management

  • Kanban
  • Scrum

Programming Languages

  • C#
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Shell scripting

Application Frameworks

  • ASP.NET Core
  • .NET Core
  • gRPC

Container & Orchestration

  • Kubernetes
  • AKS
  • Docker
  • Dapr

Frontend

  • React

Databases

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis

IoT & Edge Computing

  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Azure IoT Operations
  • Edge Computing

Domains

  • Energy
  • Engineering and Construction
  • Healthcare
  • Industry 4.0
  • Property maintenance
  • Security
  • Sports and wellness

Languages

Finnish

Native speaker

English

Professional working proficiency