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Lasse Koskela

Helsinki, Finland

About

Title: Vice President, Engineering

Lasse Koskela works as a coach, trainer, consultant and programmer, spending his days helping clients and colleagues at Reaktor create successful software products. He has trenched in a variety of software projects ranging from enterprise applications to middleware products developed for an equally wide range of domains. In the recent years, Lasse has delivered dozens of training courses and mentoring client teams on-site, helping them improve their performance and establish a culture of continuous learning. Aside from consulting leaders and managers, Lasse enjoys programming and works frequently hands-on with software teams, most recently around mobile technologies.

In his spare time, Lasse hacks on open source projects and writes about software development. He's published a book on Test Driven Development (Test Driven; Manning Publications; 2007) and unit testing (Effective Unit Testing; Manning Publications; 2013). He is one of the pioneers of the Finnish agile community and speaks frequently at international conferences. Today Lasse works in New York, helping Reaktor's clients in the US experience the joy of improving all aspects of their work.

Experience and services

  • Career history

    • 2005-07-01 - present - Reaktor (Principal Coach and Trainer)
    • 2002-02-01 - 2005-06-30 - Accenture Technology Solutions (Agile evangelist)