CURRICULUM VITAE

Tapio Siltala
e-mail:tsiltala[at]gmail.com
web: www.tapiosiltala.com


EDUCATION

University of Helsinki. Master of Science in Forestry, Date of Graduation 13th May 1988.


WORK EXPERIENCE

1.4.2005 - Present: Karttakeskus Ltd
    • Business Customers. Sales Manager.
    • Internet services / Genimap Platform, Product Manager.
    • Data Management and GIS Solutions. Project Manager.

9.10.2000 - 31.3.2005: Sonera and TeliaSonera Finland.
    • Portal and Access Services. Development Manager.
    • Location Based Services. Development Manager.

1988 - 2000: National Land Survey of Finland.

    • Small Scale Map Databases. Team Manager.
    • National Road Database. Production Manager.
    • Digital Elevation Model. Production Manager.
    • Satellite image processing, Land Use and Forest Classification. Production Manager.

1987-1988: Finnish Forest Research Institute.

    • Part-time Research Assistant.

1980-1981: Finnish Broadcasting Company.

    • Technical Assistant.

GIS ENVIRONMENT EXPERIENCE

    • HERE maps
    • Google maps
    • Bing maps
    • ArcGIS and ARC/INFO Modules: ARC, ARCEDIT, ARCPLOT, GRID/Spatial Analyst, TIN, AML Programming.
    • Arcview
    • ArcSDE
    • MapInfo
    • Oracle
    • Bentley
    • Intergraph Microstation and IRAS/B
    • DISIMP Image Processing

EXPERIENCES IN GIS PLANNING

    • Map and spatial services
    • Map database planning
    • Production environments
    • Map generalisation techniques
    • International co-operation
    • Production planning and workflow management
    • Leadership and management

EXPERIENCES IN LBS AND INTERNET SERVICES

    • Spatial database planning
    • Service planning
    • GIS Standards
    • Spatial data usage planning
    • GSM network technology
    • Mobile terminals
    • GIS and internet interfaces
    • Representative of Sonera in NAVI network

COMPUTER SKILLS

    • Operating systems: unix, linux, Windows NT/98/2000/XP, VAX/VMS, MS-DOS
    • Software: Office programs like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Image processing tools like PhotoShop, PaintShopPro, PhotoMagic, web -designing and browsing tools like IE, Netscape, FrontPage, JavaScript, and many others.
    • Programming: HTML, XML, WML, PHP, unix shell, ARC/INFO AML, Visual Basic

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCES

    • Large network and co-operation with finnish B2B customers as Sales Manager in Karttakeskus Ltd
    • Great amount of different map, gps and fleet management projects as a project manager in Karttakeskus Ltd
    • Product manager in internet services in Karttakeskus Ltd
    • Manager of GIS team in Sonera
    • 4-12 members team leader in the production of small scale map databases in NLS Finland
    • Four members group leader in the production of land use and forest classification in NLS Finland
    • Two members group leader in the production of digital elevation model in NLS Finland
    • International experiences in managing production and planning specifications for production of Map database of Baltic Sea Region (MapBSR) and finnish representative in Nordic Project on Map Generalisation.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

    • English (excellent)
    • Swedish (good)
    • German (moderate)
    • French (slight)

CONFIDENTIAL POSTS

    • Host of a bank and representative of depositors (Padasjoen Säästöpankkisäätiö)
    • Vice-chairman in a tradition association (Jokelan Tiilitehdasperinne ry.)

HOBBIES

Geocaching, Gardening, Tennis, Jogging, Skiing, Computers, Digital Video and Photographing.