Pirkka Räisänen, Technical Product Owner

I am a Technical Product Owner and Founder based in Helsinki, Finland. I combine over two decades of creative and technical project delivery with deep expertise in building and scaling digital products.

My work bridges high-level business strategy with hands-on technical execution, directing the complete product lifecycle from early commercial music production to modern on-device AI architecture and international market expansion.

Core Competencies & Stack

• Product Leadership: Strategic roadmapping, technical specs, and go-to-market execution.
• Engineering: iOS Architecture, Apple Foundation Models (On-Device AI), Astro, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
• Growth: Driving continuous organic user acquisition and sustainable commercial growth. Experience spans high-retention technical video production and programmatic SEO, alongside targeted Instagram Ads and Apple Search Ads campaigns.
• Quality Assurance: Enterprise risk management, defect triage, and strict acceptance criteria.

On-Device AI (Independent Studio)

I conceptualize, architect, and publish native privacy-first iOS applications. Instead of relying on cloud infrastructure, each product utilizes Apple Foundation Models to run machine learning workloads entirely on local hardware, ensuring zero server latency, absolute privacy, and offline capability.

Current shipped portfolio:

• SpeechBeat: On-device creator studio for talking-head video
• LocalMemo: On-device audio transcription turning voice notes into drafts
• LocalPlan: Natural language processor turning text into Apple Calendar events
• Kaari: Data layer and focus timer tracking deep work milestones
• RollSearch: Local indexer to search camera rolls by system filename

Generative Music (Vibin Oy)

As the Co-Founder and CEO of Vibin Oy, I focus on the product vision and technical delivery behind Songen. Songen uses algorithmic composition models running locally on-device to generate studio-quality audio and MIDI layers without external server calls.

Leading a bootstrapped, founder-led operation, I scaled Songen to over 230,000 downloads and profitable six-figure revenue through organic growth alongside targeted Instagram Ads and Apple Search Ads. The app reached #7 in the Mac App Store Music category and maintains a strong 4.1 App Store rating.

Enterprise Quality Assurance

Great architecture means nothing without commercial reliability. As a freelance Enterprise QA Specialist via Testlio, I have logged over 1,700 hours executing functional, regression, and localization testing for global enterprise mobile (iOS/Android) and web applications. I work closely with QA managers to triage defects and ensure rapid deployments meet rigorous commercial quality standards.

Audio Engineering & Production

My technical methodologies are heavily informed by my background in commercial music and audio. I have managed end-to-end commercial music projects, yielding Gold-certified records and millions of global streams.

With a track record of recording and editing hundreds of commercial audiobooks, my focus is on complete technical production. For select projects, including Storytel, I handle the entire pipeline, from initial recording and audio editing to the final delivery of commercial audio directly to the platform.

Elsewhere

• Software & Architecture: GitHub · Writings
• Generative Music: Songen · Vibin · Spotify producer playlist
• Media: YouTube · Video catalog
• Professional Network: LinkedIn