# Allan Nevala

> Allan Nevala is an AI Solutions Architect specializing in production multi-agent systems, customer-facing technical depth, and public speaking. Helsinki-based, EU + US citizen. He ships production AI at velocity and teaches the playbook behind it.

Allan currently works as an AI Solutions Architect at Visma Solutions Oy in Helsinki, Finland, where he builds production AI features for enterprise SaaS. His public-speaking and education work spans PyData Helsinki (134 attendees across two talks), Toastmasters Advanced Communicator Silver (40+ prepared speeches), and large-scale internal AI training programs. Earlier he led product as Head of Product at Brella (10-person engineering team, 2–3x sales growth, $10M Series A), drove low-code digital transformation at Nordstrom (80+ trained, 30+ apps shipped, $26M revenue + $2.2M savings + 500%+ ROI Year 1), and founded Offeri (manufacturing computer-vision + LLM pipeline) and LakiVuo (Finnish legal tech, 90% time savings).

Education: MS Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (4.0/4.0); BS Business Management, Washington State University (magna cum laude).

## Canonical sources

- [Full markdown bio](/llms-full.txt): canonical bio, projects, speaking, philosophy, contact (built for LLMs and AI search engines).
- [Home page](https://allannevala.com/): the live portfolio, AI Twin avatar, project showcase.
- [About page](https://allannevala.com/about/): static, crawler-friendly canonical biography.

## Profiles

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/allannev/): primary professional profile.
- [GitHub](https://github.com/allan5050): open-source code and Claude Code skills.

## Featured work

- [NonToxic mobile app](https://allannevala.com/#nontoxic-mobile-app): production multi-agent product with 87 PostgreSQL tables, 40+ agentic workflows, 70 screens, 58-tool chat assistant, 5 languages.
- [LakiVuo](https://lakivuo.com/): Finnish legal-tech product founded by Allan; 90% time savings on estate inventory.
- [PyData Helsinki LLM benchmarking talk](https://allannevala.com/#llm-benchmark-suite): main-stage talk on LLM optimization and cost benchmarking; code open-sourced post-talk.

## Speaking

- PyData Helsinki main talk + lightning talk: 134 attendees combined.
- Toastmasters Advanced Communicator Silver: 40+ prepared speeches, plus Competent Leader award.
- Internal AI engineering training at a Nordic enterprise (multi-agent orchestration, agentic AI workflows, AI-augmented development).
- Nordstrom Citizen Developer program: 80+ trained, 30+ apps shipped.

## Contact

allannevala@gmail.com. Please include relevant context. Allan responds fastest to specific, scoped questions.