I am the author and CEO of Dragons Out,  a fantasy book to teach software testing to children. I am currently working in Finland at Knowit (knowit.fi), which is a Nordic ICT services company. I have a M.Sc. from Aalto University (aalto.fi). I studied in University of Wisconsin-Madison (wisc.edu) in United States.

I am the Secretary of ISTQB (istqb.org), Treasurer of Finnish Software Testing Board FiSTB (fistb.fi), I have been included in IT–magazine “Tivi” 100 most influential people listing. I am the co-author of Agile Testing Foundations –book.

I am a singer, snowboarder, kayaker, husband, dad.

You can find me on Twitter (twitter.com/kkakkonen) and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/karikakkonen).