M. Petteri Isotupa, M.Sc.(Tech)

- 473 Oakfield Crt.  Waterloo, ON, N2T 1X5    (519)  885-5187 -

- Email:  peter.isotupa@sympatico.ca -

Education

 

             

              MBA Candidate, part-time program                                                                      

               Currently enrolled, 4th year

              Wilfrid Laurier University

              Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering                                                    1992

              Helsinki University of Technology

              Major: Mechatronics, Minor: Computer Sciences

              Thesis title: Development of GIS applications for facilities management

 

 

SKILLS

 

 

Programming

         Languages: C#, Visual C++, VB.NET and VB 6, Crystal Reports VBScript, HTML, ASP, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, UML, Visual Studio 2005/2008, VSS 6.

         System analysis and architecture skills for object oriented programming, database, Intranet/Internet, Windows, Client-Server, .NET module, ActiveX, COM, CAD and GIS applications development.

 

Databases

       System management skills and familiarity with programming tools for Oracle 8i/9i/10g in Windows environment.

        SQL Server 7, 2000, 2005 management experience.

         System analysis skills for modeling relational databases.

         Familiarity with most common PC databases and their programming (SQLServer 2000 and 2005, MSDE, MS Access, Oracle and its tools, ODBC, ADO, ADO.NET).

 

Project, product  management and MIS

         Project manager for many large software projects and product development projects involving integrated technical applications of databases, Intranet/Internet, Windows, CAD and GIS programs using multi-disciplinary cross-organizational development teams of 2-10 people over the period of 10 years.

         Systems specification, analysis, architecture and design for a variety of custom client projects, core products and technology.

         Managed the development of the software department from 4 developers to over 10 developers and integrating the QA department into the software development process. 

         PMO management with multiple concurrent development projects.

         Experienced in developing MIS solutions to fit the business processes of the client organization.

         Educated clients and upper management to better understand the MIS/IT projects and their impact on business.

CAD, CAE, GIS

         Thorough knowledge of MicroStation CAD systems, its applications and their programming.

         In-depth knowledge of AutoCAD 2002/AutoCAD Map 2000i programming, ADS (C library) AutoLISP and Visual LISP.

    Some knowledge of ESRI products and file formats such as ArcPAD, ArcView and MapObjects.

 

Operating systems and environments

         Thorough knowledge of PC platform, hardware and common applications (e.g. Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP, PocketPC, spreadsheets, word processing, MS Project, etc.).

 

Consulting

        Development of economic analysis reports and software systems requirements documents.

 

Other Skills

        Sales skills as a product manager, experience of building long-term OEM relationships and negotiating major OEM contracts with third party developers.

    Management of multiple software development teams concurrently (PMO).

                  Human resources experience in hiring and managing an IT team.

                  Languages: Finnish, English, (Swedish, German).

 

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

Independent Consultant

Isotupa Consulting Inc.                                                             03.2003 – present

          Major clients: Hatch Energy, Waterloo Hydrogeologic Inc, Thames Valley District School Board, ENEF, New Century Software Corp, KW-International Airport, KW Food bank

    Providing the analysis of the economic impact of the KW-International airport to the local community.

    Analysing and developing the software requirements for an inventory management system for the KW Foodbank.

    Development team lead and system analysis including the application architecture design for storage utilization and customer behaviour analysis application for a large natural gas company using MS AJAX 3.5, C#, MS Enterprise Libraries 3.1, Oracle 10g, Extreme Numerics and VS Studio 2008.

    Participating in a large C# programming project for a commercial engineering simulation product.

    Development of ASP.NET and Crystal Reports based reporting and analysis Framework for asset management.

    Development ASP and ASP.NET based disabled persons building code publishing and search utility for Government of Finland (ARA).

    Project management services for facility and asset management software projects for Thames Valley District School Board. First stage consisted of project management services to bring their FIMS (Facility Information Management System) upgrade project to a conclusion and develop life cycle methodology for the future enhancements. The FIMS application consists of VisionFM, SQLServer products and IIS intranet web applications supporting 250+ users’ daily activities and controlling about $50 million annual expenditure at the work order level for the 200 facilities of TVDSB. The second stage consisted of project management and testing services to add Equipment assets and Room Booking modules and collected data into their FIMS application.

    Software architecture design and development for an oil and gas pipeline software company related to PODS 3.2 standard using Isotupa Consulting Inc. toolkit technology. All details of this work including end user are covered by Non-Disclosure Agreement related to USA Homeland Security.

 

Manager, Infrastructure Information Systems

Stantec Consulting Ltd.                                                          03.2002 – 03.2003

Major clients: Los Angeles County CA, City of Toronto, City of Ottawa, Oakland County MI.

    Line responsibility of the software development staff, facility and asset management software development and client support.

    Responsible for the MIS/IT consulting aspect of all infrastructure, facility and asset management projects.

         

          Director, Engine Group

          MOORE Resource Systems                                                     05.2000 – 03.2002

Major clients: Transcanada Pipelines, El Paso Energy, SUNOCO, CONOCO, Chevron-Texaco, BP

    Line responsibility of all software development projects at MRS, including technology, application architecture, human resources and resource planning.

    Major facility management projects completed for TransCanada Pipelines, El Paso Energy, Chevron, Sunoco and Tennessee Gas Pipelines.

    Transformed a typical software start-up of four developers into a well performing software development unit of over ten developers, QA and PM functions with over $2M in billable yearly revenues.  

    Application architecture design and development. Major products developed: FDM (facility data management) application based on Oracle 8i Spatial backend and GUI based on AutoCAD Map via COM objects. Developed various internet based technical document management, query and viewing applications and AutoCAD/SQLServer/Oracle based PipeMAP products. 

          Independent Consultant

          Suomi-Poika Consulting                                                             10.1999 – 04.2000

Major clients: Life Imaging Systems, Inc, Garden Graphics Inc.

    VC++/MFC Medical application programming for Life Imaging Systems, Inc. London,

    Product development consulting for Ditek Software Inc. and Garden Graphics Inc. 10.99 – 12.99.

          Director, Third Party Developer Programs

          Ditek Software Corp. (CDN:O.DITK)                                        09.1996 – 10.1999

Major clients: Enghouse Systems Ltd, Mapinfo, Garden Graphics Inc. Conac Inc

    Developed Ditek’s third party developer programs, maintaining the developer relations, developing OEM relationships from lead to a final bundled product under the developer’s label. These include following shrink wrapped products: DynaCOP, DynaScape, ConacCADD, LayoutManager, Vision/FM, CadXtra).

    Project Manager for some of the OEM projects involving combined effort with the OEM partner.

    Responsible for the IDS (Interactive Development System) product for DynaCADD suite, its development, deployment, consulting and developer/end user teaching including training materials. Developed Visual Basic COM/API for DynaCADD.

    Managed the language translations of DynaCADD product.

   Some human resources duties regarding development staff.

    Participated in an Internet based design application development project.

 

 

 

          Independent Consultant

          Suomi-Poika Consulting                                                             06.1995 – 09.1996

Major clients: Bentley Systems Inc, County of Hawaii, Gunst Consulting, Fortum Energy, Enbridge, US Navy

    Developed complete GIS and customer service applications for department of water services for a county in USA as a part of Bentley Systems Inc., Custom Consulting group. Used Visual Basic, ODBC, Access, SQLServer, MicroStation GeoGraphics and Review products in Windows NT environment.  Responsibilities in the project: functional analysis, data analysis, database programming. Acted as the expert in the water system software applications.

    Custom applications development using VB and MDL (ANSI C, Motif in event driven graphical environment) and other consulting work.

 

 

PRESENTATIONS and PUBLICATIONS

 

    

         IUGF meeting, Microstation SIG, Hämeenlinna  Finland              04-05.11.1991

     Topic: MicroStation-Oracle linkage for application programmers.

         Kemira CAD day, Espoo Finland                                                    11.09.1991

     Topics: KS-ELE version 2 and development of the facilities management application.

         Software Showcase 98,  Toronto                                                     27.09.1998

     Topic: Ditek in international markets

         CAD Systems Magazine                                                                 March 2000

     Topic: CAD Driving Business

         CAD Systems Magazine                                                                 March 2001

     Topic: TransCanada Implements Oracle 8i Spatial based FDM

 

REFERENCES

 

     Professional references available upon request.