IMPROVISE, INVENT & IMPROVE
Software concepts, products, and businesses
Services
I specialize in supporting small, tiny and even conception phase companies in getting good software out to the hands of the customers. Flexible deals fit any client — as long as you have a decent idea!
CTO-as-a-Service
Running startups is tough.
Sometimes you lose a co-founder.
Sometimes things get hot in the
early days, sometimes your approach just doesn't work without extra brains. You give me your idea,
I will give you the budget and lead through all of the
development efforts.
IP generation
Having the experience of
developing over two dozen
patents and invention disclosures
in Japan, Sweden, Singapore, and
U.S., we can facilitate
your process of generating a
defensible IP strategy to protect
the bright future of your business.
For many startups, this is a must.
MVPs
I specialize in making the most out of a
limited startup budget for what it comes to building
Minimally Viable Products.
Yet, development has to be started on the right
track to avoid future bottlenecks. The trickier the software,
the more valuable my help is.
CTO mentoring
Startup CTOs duties see no end: planning, design, coding, testing, team management, investor meetings... this requires a lot from a person.
I can support you to identify and tackle many risks before they actualize and grow your technical leadership along the way.
Freelancer coaching
Imagining to be a free and independent happy freelancer able to live anywhere?
I went straight to the top in less than a year,
now mainly worrying about how to decline all new customer requests
(and where to dump coconut husks). Want to know my not-so-secret recipe?
Due diligence & audit
Software startups often get questions from investors about their technology.
Young companies may get surprised when others take a look under the hood.
Let me do internal inspections in an objective and constructive way before you
go impress investors.
Technical consultation
Sometimes it is worth
paying a guy who has walked
down your road before, to avoid
pitfalls. The roads I
have walked through (without
much falling) are paved with all
sorts of Augmented/Mixed/Virtual
Reality technologies and all sorts
of fun high-end gadgets.
Scientific consultation
Doing your PhD? Getting strange
conflicting advice from reviewers,
professors, and other pure
academics? With the experience
of finishing one of the world's
toughest degrees in 3 years,
I offer advise and
pragmatism for getting your thesis
finished (by yourself).
The consultant
Mikko J. Rissanen, Ph.D., a.k.a. Dr. Mike
"Time is infinite — results are finite"
- Founder
- Chief improvention officer
- Solopreneur
- Consulting professor
- One-man software booster
- Serial startup CTO
- "Time is infinite — results are finite"
My consulting business | the short story
Since 2009 my dream has been to live in sunny Penang, Malaysia, write good code on a beach, and run a company that produces great results without the overwhelming overhead that so many bigger companies suffer from. In May 2014 I realized this dream and founded my company called Improventions. Today, its extension, I2 Network LLC, is of size 175 — cm! And likely to stay at this overheadless size. ;-) Yet, our collaborators count in hundreds.
Good improventions start from genuine fun! Even if the outlook is not all serious, the results are usually award-winning.
The services I provide and the products it makes are built on the wide experience of software product development, inventions and innovations, solid scientific basis, and leadership experience. Application domains I have delivered award-winning results cover software business, industrial automation, power utilities, medicine, training & education, eldercare, accounting, construction, wellness, and entertainment.
I2 Network acts as a founder node of a trusted network consisting of great freelance software developers, designers, and testers as well as leading scientists and consultants, which enables project teams to be formed based on the competence needed to solve a practical problem within the vast field of information technology... with ludicrous speed!
Portfolio
What clients (those who haven't required a strict NDA) say
"Mikko is the best at understanding projects and bringing your idea to life! I am very grateful to have met him as I feel I have gained a friend as well. Very transparent and very fast turnaround. Mikko was always available throughout the duration of the project as well. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!" — A Californian startup founder
"It's been a pleasure working with Mikko on a UX project for our VR sailing app — MarineVerse Cup. Mikko play-tested our tutorials in the game and provided us with a comprehensive report highlighting issues and suggesting opportunities for improvement. If you have a chance, I would recommend working with Mikko." — An Australian startup founder
"He's amazing!" — A Singaporean startup founder
"Mikko is extremely knowledgeable in the field of virtual reality but also understood and contributed to the business elements of the project. I have found this to be a very valuable and rare quality. Particularly to the level Mikko showed. He went over and above and there was quality in everything he did. Highly recommended." — An Australian startup founder
Construction crane VR training simulator
"Mikko was crucial in delivering a successful VR crane simulator to our client. He is smart, extremely talented and has a strong solutions-focused mindset."
See more at Achievr.Zone!
Kinect-based shopping mall game installation
"Some are poets with words, others are poets at writing code, nevertheless the amazement is felt at the same level of perception."
See more on YouTube!
Kinect-based Coca-Cola's event installation
"Mikko is my go-to developer when it comes to big clients. This time it was a Kinect app for Coca-Cola, and, as always, Mikko did an awesome job."
Infrared finger tracker research tool
"He knew the Kinect application upside down, and was willing to accommodate the time-dependent requirements of the client. Let alone perfect work ethics."
Unreal + FEMFX plugin based sawing simulator
"Mikko is great to work with and open to explorative projects. Really happy with the output."
Balance training game for the elderly
"The karate girl praised with a 'Wow!'"
Augmented reality 4D mirror with face tracking
"The challenge was to track user's face with a webcam and send the video to a projector onto a mannequin's face! Fun project, thanks again Mikko for your time!"
Mixed reality trading card game for HoloLens
"As a budding entrepreneur, Mikko's help has been invaluable! He even helped develop MVPs and provided technical support which helped me earn two US patents. I even had the opportunity to meet with Mikko to get hands on help which was really useful. Mikko is great, has fast, quality turnaround, and provides fantastic support. If you want to get your product off the ground and need someone to help, Mikko is the person I would go to. Highly recommended!"
Hole-in-the-wall event installation for Bosch
"A great freelancer, very fast, very easy to communicate with and extremely professional. Highly recommended!"
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