CV

Software Generalist / Accessibility Specialist (IAAP CPWA)
Finnish (native) · Swedish & English (full professional)
toni@lxo.fi • github.com/tlxo • linkedin.com/in/tonilaakso

Summary

20+ years in software: release engineering, QA, product ownership, web development, and UX, with the last several years focused on digital accessibility, mostly through research, review, and direction rather than day-to-day implementation.

Skills

Accessibility: IAAP CPWA, WCAG 2.2, ARIA, screen reader testing (VoiceOver, NVDA), Deque tooling; Design tooling: Figma et al (design review, handoff to component); Frontend: Semantic HTML, design systems, React, TypeScript; Practice: AI-assisted development (GitHub Copilot), Git/GitHub workflows, UX research, product ownership

Experience

Eficode, Tampere

Senior UX & Accessibility Specialist | April 2023 – Present
Build accessible experiences with tooling matched to a team of specialists; own accessibility direction across projects.

Project Manager / Scrum Master | October 2022 – March 2023
Ran a scrum team on a large public-sector software project, clearing delivery obstacles.

UX & Accessibility Specialist | May 2021 – October 2022
UX research and web accessibility evaluations within a large, cross-disciplinary UX research team.

Geniem, Tampere

Testing Specialist | August 2020 – April 2021
QA for large WordPress projects; improved QA tooling and process; authored documentation; ran accessibility audits.

Seravo, Tampere

UX & Communications Specialist | May 2018 – July 2020
Defined brand and tone of voice; wrote and edited content in three languages; improved customer experience end to end.

WP-Translations (freelance)

Localization Specialist | May 2020 – December 2021
Finnish localization for high-profile WordPress/WooCommerce plugins and themes, including Yoast and Polylang.

TLXO Creative Services

Proprietor | September 2022 – Present (on hiatus)
Independent consulting for select clients on digital products.

Earlier experience

• Ookoohko, Co-Founder (2009–2018): ran a game studio; project management, game design, release operations.
• Sveriges Television, Web Editor (2016–2017): built the web experience for a kids’ TV show, prototype to production.
• Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, Marketing Communications Specialist (2012–2015).
• Digital Chocolate, QA → in-house webshop (2005–2008): corporate site overhaul, marketing sites for games.
• HAMOK ry, Information Officer (2002–2004).
• Bentley Systems, QA → release process owner (1997–2001).

Education

User Experience Specialist; University of Tampere (2018)
MSc, Media Mgmt; KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2011–)*
BA, New Media Design; Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia (2001–2007)

*) One day I’ll finish that final thesis.