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title: "Monki Gras 2015 - Elina Lepomaki: Politics and Coding"
date: 2017-03-17T12:19:54Z
modified: 2017-03-17T12:19:54Z
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series:
  - Monki Gras 2015
channel:
  - RedMonk Tech Events
timestamp: 2017-03-17T12:19:54Z
tags:
  - Monki Gras 2015
  - RedMonk Tech Events
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Elina brings a completely fresh take to Monki Gras. Not only is she a Member of The Finnish Parliament, representing the center-right National Coalition Party, but she is also a programmer and an entrepreneur with real-life experience, having spent 11 years in the financial sector in different the Nordics and in London. She has a Master of Science in technology and economics and is a doctoral student in applied mathematics. She also owns several technology start-ups and is a Member of the Board in the Finnish free-market think tank Libera.