Kristo Vaher

Kristo Vaher has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Their most recent role is as the Technology Director at Digital Nation, a position they have held since October 2023. Prior to that, they founded techsterity in August 2023.

From August 2018 to October 2023, Vaher served as the Chief Technology Officer at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications for Estonia. In this role, they were responsible for the architecture vision and technology strategy, as well as managing and coordinating a community of government engineers and private sector partners.

Before that, Vaher worked as a Technology Architect at the IT and Development Centre at the Estonian Ministry of the Interior (SMIT) from September 2017 to August 2018. Kristo also held various roles at Bigbank, including Chief of Architecture from January 2016 to August 2017, Software Engineering Team Lead from June 2014 to February 2016, and Senior Software Developer from August 2013 to June 2014.

Vaher's earlier experiences include working as a Senior Software Developer at Mailbow from June 2010 to June 2013, a Senior Software Developer at Mikare Net from June 2008 to June 2013, a Software Developer at ELI Military Simulations from August 2005 to May 2008, and an Art Director at Reverie World Studios, INC. from November 2001 to December 2004.

Throughout their career, Vaher has gained extensive experience in software development, architecture, and technology leadership.

Kristo Vaher earned a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Tallinn University, which they completed between 2004 and 2008. Kristo later pursued further education in the field of Human Computer Interactions at Tallinn University, with a starting year of 2010. The end year for this particular program was not specified.