Jussi Volanen

Co-founder, CTO

Jussi Volanen has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Helsinki University of Technology.  He has, as a senior architect, had responsibilities including planning and designing of a large IT platform for systems biology, especially its server side.

Jussi has long experience in software development and databases as well as in administrating multiple databases in terabyte range. He achieved the Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) certificate in 2008 followed by the Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) certificate in 2009. He has also achieved the Oracle SQL Expert certificate in 2009 and the Microsoft SQLServer certificate in 2003. His special interest areas are software architecture and relational databases.

Jukka Matilainen

Co-founder, Chief Software Architect

Jukka Matilainen has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Helsinki University of Technology. His thesis dealt with tools for probabilistic modelling in bioinformatics software systems. He worked on the specification and design on a large IT platform for systems biology together with Jussi and Christophe, before founding Euformatics.

Jukka has strong experience in systems biology and in modelling of biological systems. He also has strong experience in software development that he gained through creating several tools and libraries for the systems biology platform. Jukka has co-authored scientific articles in systems biology.

Christophe Roos

Co-founder, CSO

Christophe Roos started his career as a researcher studying the interaction of genes during germ line stem cell development. Bioinformatics nevertheless followed him since the ’80s when he tested the first Swissprot database versions and sequence analysis software packages. He initiated bioinformatics training at the University of Helsinki, and later worked together with Jussi and Jukka on a large IT platform for systems biology.

Christophe holds Master of Science degrees in Genetics, and Mathematics & Chemistry from the University of Helsinki as well as a PhD in Molecular Biology from the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg. He has worked as a lecturer at several universities and authored and co-authored a number of scientific articles in a wide range of journals. He is very well connected and versed in several fields and languages. His specific professional interest is to facilitate translational research through the application of a formalism borrowed from the exact sciences and through a better use of information technology.

Olli Pasanen

Chairman of the Board, CEO

Olli Pasanen has long experience in business development, marketing and sales. His special interest areas are operative management and corporate culture development in start-ups and entrepreneurial teams in growth ventures. He has a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Tampere University of Technology.  He also has a Master’s degree in International Business from Ecole supérieure de Commerce de Grenoble, France.

Allyana Thomas

Business Development Manager

Allyana Thomas is a native of Brooklyn, New York where she completed her dual Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Linguistics at CUNY Brooklyn College. After studying and living in several countries around the world including the Netherlands, China and Argentina she moved to Helsinki where she obtained her Master’s degree in Sociology at the Swedish School of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki. Over the years she has had the opportunity to work in hi-tech biotechnology and data encryption companies. These experiences, taken together with her knack for storytelling and passion for all things related to health and healthcare, have translated into her current position at Euformatics, where she is able to network with industry experts and opinion leaders in the field of NGS to explore collaborative opportunities that address the challenge of translating genomic information into clinical medicine.

Boris Vassilev

Senior Software Developer

Boris Vassilev was born in Bulgaria and obtained his first university education in Germany followed by a doctoral degree at the medical faculty of the University of Helsinki. Boris has a wide knowledge of programming paradigms, languages, platforms, and technologies. His experience ranges from embedded systems and safety-certified products through scientific computing to software integration and relational databases. Driven by a desire to create solutions that solve customer problems effectively and efficiently, Boris has the capacity to connect challenges from high throughput measurements in molecular biology and in particular genomics to software development.

Jamie McDonald

Sales & Marketing Assistant

Jamie McDonald was born in the UK but now calls Finland his home. He has a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh, and varied work experience from several different sectors, both private and public in the UK and Finland. He has a passion for people, and a strong desire to help solve problems, whether they be those of our customers or anyone else. His experience working both in B2C and B2B roles means that he has a well-grounded understanding of what makes people tick which he applies to his position at Euformatics working on both sales and marketing. When not in the office, you can find him enjoying Finnish nature whenever possible or playing some kind of musical instrument.

Purushottam Thapa Magar

Junior Software Developer

Purushottam is the newest member of the Euformatics family. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Media Engineering from the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, and experience in working with various application development frameworks and programming languages. He is also well-versed in several agile software development methods.

Currently, he is studying for a Master’s in Computer Science at the University of Helsinki, majoring in discrete algorithms. His academic interests are in computational biology, string algorithms and NGS data analysis. Apart from work and studies, Purushottam loves to do sports and enjoys learning music.