Sami's start page at www.kaapeli.fi/~smaatta/

Curriculum Vitae

1. Family name:

Määttä
2. First names:

Sami Pekka Ilmari
3. Year of birth:

1953
4. Nationality:

Finnish
5. Present position:
Special planner at Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority (HSY); Information management expert at Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council (YTV), since 1991

6. Education:
Institution
Date from - Date to
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
University of Helsinki, Department of Geography
1978-84
M. Sc. (Geography /regional planning, Economics, Social Policy, Theoretical Philosophy)
Pro Gradu Thesis: On The Relationship between Man and Nature in Regional Planning in Finland

7. Language skills:

Finnish, English, Swedish

 8. Experience, skills:

Web-services design and maintenance
at YTV and HSY: defining information needs of participants, project coordination, database management, shell and php scripting, html/xhtml coding, Web site management, rapid Web applications building to meet with new and changing needs; participating in creating a new Web portal for YTV and an Air quality portal of Finland, also developing and maintaining waste benchmarking Web service for companies

Understanding and know-how of information architectures and technologies: several self-guided study periods and tours both in Finland and abroad (Bergen, Oslo, Stockholm, Vienna, Lyon, Rhodes, Tallinn, Kathmandu)

Experience on software: MS Windows and GNU/Linux; Oracle and MySQL databases; Lotus Domino platform and Notes; Zope content management system and Web services platform; information search tools (Web applications), Amaya xhtml editor/validator, Emacs and NoteTab Professional editors; GIMP image processing tool, MS Office and OpenOffice.org suites; Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, lynx and other Web-browsers, discussion forum and blog tools (Web applications), different wikiwiki tools as MediaWiki and Wikidpad; SyncAir (for air quality data acquisition and reporting by Syncron Tech, Finland), AirWare (air quality assessment and management software by ESS GmbH, Austria), MapInfo (geographical information system tool)

Strong willingness and motivation to study and to implement the latest proven technology in a wide information society perspective; study on possibilities of existing Web architecture (as recommended by WWW Consortium and Opean Geospatial Consortium) and on emerging tehcnologies to restructure the very basis of hypertext linking; experience in ensuring service usability and accessibility; studies on metadata recommendations and techniques, as well as on systems integration (from the standpoint of data exchange transactions between partners)

Preparing and coordination of several software defining and system plan projects (during the work at the Association of Finnish Cities); information system for housing sector of municipalities, information system for environmental sector of municipalities etc.

System plan for waste management information for YTV

Working for three years as a secretary of the Helsinki City Committee on Democracy at City District and Neigbourhood Levels; in this context also participating in creation and implementing of means to financially back local citizen organizations and informal groups

9. Positions held:
Date from - to Location Company Position Description
04/1991 - Helsinki Former YTV, now HSY Special planner Coordinating the reporting on environmental responsibility of HSY
Developing and maintaining waste benchmarking service for companies
Maintaining and developing The Regional Base Register of Helsinki Metropolitan Area
Design, development and maintenance of Web services
Organizing the overall renewal of air quality management system (several tenderers from EU countries participated to compete)
Participating in YTV's information technology, Web management and data security expert groups
Participating in Web portal projects
Heading the work to establish and strengthen sustainable development policies in YTV
A pilot project "Lighthouse" to establish information services and cooperation platform for Finnish environmental authorities
07/1988 - 12/1991 Helsinki The Association of Finnish Cities Project Manager Several software system planning projects
01/1985 - 06/1988 Helsinki City of Helsinki Urban Facts Project researcher Helsinki City Environmental Statistics created for the first time (work on concepts, definitions and classifications in English, in Finnish and in Swedish)
Study on waste water treatment in Helsinki
06/1983 - 12/1984 Helsinki My own company (not existing any more) Researcher Research for Helsinki City Planning Department

10. Publications (a selection):
Määttä, Sami (2001). Hypertext and Critical Discussion. [http://www.kaapeli.fi/~smaatta/hypertextandcriticaldiscussion.html]
Forsman, Ulf et Sami Määttä (1992). Quality and Usability of Environmental Information in Helsinki Urban Area. 15th European Urban Data Management Symposium. Lyon, 16-20/11/1992. Urban Data Mangement Society. (pp. 297-304)
Määttä, Sami (1991). Information Management Schema for Leading Officers Working in the Field of Technical Infrastructure in Finnish Municipalities. The Association of Finnish Cities publication (in Finnish)
Määttä, Sami (1988). A Study on the Possibilities in Environmental Monitoring and Reporting at the Regional Level in Finland. Ministry of the Environment report (in Finnish)
Määttä, Sami (1987). The Principal Solution of Waste Water Treatment in Helsinki -- Historical Background and Possibilities in Impact Assessment. City of Helsinki Urban Facts publications 1988, 6 (in Finnish)
Määttä, Sami (1983). Innovative Technology in Finnish Cities - a Report for OECD. Ministry of the Environment
Määttä, Sami (1982). Experiences in European Cities during the Urban Renewal Campaign. Ministry of the Environment (supplement in the publication series, in Finnish)

14th of July 2012
Sami Määttä
samipekkailmari [at] me.com