Dr. Heikki A. Laurila has over 10 years of experience in data warehousing, business intelligence, GIS, remote sensing, and satellite data analysis. He has worked on several projects involving EU/ESA scientific tenders and proposals related to remote sensing and Earth observation. Some of his roles included developing crop insurance applications using satellite imagery, spatial analyses of agricultural land, and database development for various organizations. He has expertise in technologies like Oracle, SAS, ArcGIS, and programming languages including SQL, Java, and Python.

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BACKGROUND
Dr. Heikki A. Laurila is an experienced Datawarehouse, Business & Location
Intelligence, GIS, Earth Observation Satellite & Remote Sensing consultant and
data analyst with over ten years of experience for application design,
implementation and testing in different development platforms using Oracle & SAS
(www.sas.com) and GIS (ESRI ArcGIS, www.esri.com , Erdas Imagine, PCI
Geomatica and other Geographical Information System software) based softwares
and applications. He has wide experience of combining BI (Business Intelligence)
& Datawarehouse domains with GIS Location Intelligence and remote sensing
based technologies (LinkedIn profile given below).
CGI EXPERIENCE
European Union (EU) scientific tender programs for remote sensing and
Earth Observation (EO) satellite systems – dates (01/2013 - present)
In 2013-2014, I was involved in several EU/ESA (European Space Agency) funded
bid proposals and tender bids, especially writing the scientific proposal parts of the
tender bids with the Finnish Geodetic Institute (www.fgi.fi ) and Agrifood Research
Centre Finland (www.mtt.fi )using new generation of ESA/Copernicus Sentinel
optical and SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)/microwave and Galileo/GPS satellite
constellations.
The scientific methodology of the ESA tenders is depicted in my presentation given
with MTT in the ESA Copernicus meeting in Tallinn/Estonia 9-10.4.2014, link:
www.user-uptake-portal.org/copernicus-user-awareness-and-training-event-
access-to-tallinn-presentations-and-training-material/ , select a3 Laurila Use of
SAR for Crop Damage Monitoring.pdf
1. I was involved in writing the scientific part of the "AO7663 ESRIN/AO/1 -7
63/13/I-AM 'Earth Observation Services for World Bank Projects - Integrated River
Basins Management in Turkey" with total budget of 200 kEur for the tender.
2. I was involved in writing the scientific part of the with the CGI/UK (Space) unit
review of EU/ESA/JRC (Joint Research Centre) MARS bid JRC Crop Forecasting,
Lot 4 (http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:86048-2014:TEXT:EN:HTML).
The total budget of the tender was 950 kEur.
3. I was involved in writing the scientific part of the "AO/1-7829/14/I-NB - ESA
EOEP-4 Data User Element Innovators III" pioneering innovative Earth Observation
products and services bid together with the Finnish Geodetic Institute (www.fgi.fi )
and OP-Pohjola Insurance Group (www.op.fi ) with the title "Integrated Solution to
Assess and Verify Crop Yield Damages and Losses for Finnish Insurance
Companies using Copernicus Sentinel and other satellite data" proposal. The total
budget of the tender was 300 kEur.
4. I was involved in writing the scientific part of the EU funded Opal Life+ bid "ACTION C.2 Yield gap analyses &
Land Use Optimization Tool using EU Copernicus new Sentinel Earth Observation satellite constellation, link:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/toolkit/pmtools/life2014_2020/index.htm " with MTT Agrifood Research
(www.mtt.fi ), METLA (www.metla.fi ), RKTL (http://www.rktl.fi ) and Finnish Geodetic Institute (www.fgi.fi ) submitted
to EU, the tender total budget was over 1M Eur.
5. I was involved in writing EU bid Future cities "AO7974 Space Applications in Support of Future Cities" preparation
& review using ESA/Copernicus Sentinel, Galileo/GPS and laser scanning Lidar data with co-operation with
CGI/Estonia and CGI/UK offices and with total budget of 300 kEur for the tender.
EXPERIENCE
SNAPSHOT
INDUSTRY EXPERTISE
 Banking and Insurance sector
(OP-Pohjola Group, Fennia
Insurance)
 Agriculture and Forestry sector
(MTT Agrifood Research,
METLA, Metsähallitus)
 ESA (European Space Agency)
satellite and EO (Earth
Observation) programs
(Envisat, Spot, Copernicus/
Sentinel)
 Public administration sector
(Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, Valtionkonttori)
 Retail sector (Alko Oy)
TECHNICAL SPECIALIZATIONS
 PhD., D.Sc., Datawarehouse
(SAS, Oracle), GIS (ArcGIS,
Esri), Lidar with 3D
modeling, Satellite and
Remote Sensing specialist
LANGUAGE
 English
 Finnish (native)
 Swedish
 German
 French

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Banking and Insurance (OP-Pohjola Group, www.op.fi, www.pohjola.fi ) – dates (01/2014 to 06/2014)
As a GIS developer for a pilot project with POC (Proof of Concepts) phase using ESRI ArcGIS cloud services: A
Cloud based crop insurance application for crop loss and damage estimation for Finnish insurance companies using
optical and SAR Earth Observation satellite imagery data was developed. Prototype is available at
http://bit.ly/OQDIPZ , account: hlaurila, pw: cgidemo1, please use Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser).
Environmental and Agriculture & Forestry Research (MTT Agrifood Research www.mtt.fi ) – dates (10/2013 to
01/2014)
As a GIS developer conducted the spatial analysis for VEHMAS MTT research project analysing the future irrigation
needs with climate change effects in Finnish agricultural land parcels. The analysis tools consisted of ESRI ArcGIS
Advanced Geospatial, map algebra and Python scripts with MAVI (www.mavi.fi , Finnish Agency for Rural Affairs)
IACS/FLPIS (Integrated Access Control System/Finnish Land Parcel Identification System) digitized agricultural field
parcels containing over 1 million parcels.
Forestry sector (METLA, www.metla.fi ) – dates (02/2013 to 09/2013)
As a Postgres and Geoserver (geoserver.org/) database developer using PostgreSQL (www.postgresql.org ),
QuantumGIS (www.qgis.org ) and FME (www.safe.com) softwares on the METLA (Finnish Forest Research Institute)
Field Experimental database system, I was developing the core functions for the METLA Field Experimental
database system enabling the basic database operations for METLA database combined with Eclipse based Udig
(udig.refractions.net/ ) GIS development .
Pilot project for TeliaSonera 3G and 4G Mobile Networks with 3D modelling and using LIDAR/laser scanning
data (http://www.teliasonera.com/ ) – dates (01/2013 to 02/2013)
As a 3D Lidar/laser scanning modeler, I was involved in a TeliaSonera pilot project for modelling the 3D LIDAR point
cloud data with FME (www.safe.com ) and LASSTOOLS ((http://www.cs.unc.edu/~isenburg/lastools/) softwares. During
the pilot 3D modeling, a 3D cloud point model around 3G/4G/GSM mast was created to study the penetration of
3G/4G signal through different wall materials in high buildings within a 10 km radius.
Web service address directory for EDSA (www.europeandirectories.com/) – dates (11/2012 to 01/2013)
As a Postgres database developer using PostgreSQL (www.postgresql.org/ ) and FME (www.safe.com) softwares on
the EDSA (www.europeandirectories.com ) web-based address directory service, I developed and updated the
EDSA directory address database using PostgreSQL, Perl and FME scripts.
Forestry sector (Metsähallitus, Administration of Forests in Finland, www.metsa.fi ) – dates (02/2011 to
10/2012)
As an Oracle 11g, SAS Datawarehouse and FME (www.safe.com) developer on the Metsähallitus (www.metsa.fi)
web-based renting service project for forest areas owned by Metsähallitus, I especially developed the database of
the renting service application.
Energy sector (Fortum Gisela GIS system, www.fortum.com ) – dates (02/2010 to 02/2011)
As an ESRI (www.esri.com ) ArcGIS, Oracle 11g, SAS Datawarehouse and FME (www.safe.com) developer on the
Fortum Gisela GIS system project for maintaining Fortum’s power plants located on major rivers in Finland and
Sweden, I maintained and updated the data model of the Gisela GIS system and developed the underlying database
system maintaining the power plants in Finland and Sweden.
Insurance sector (Fennia Insurance system, www.fennia.fi ) – dates (10/2009 to 01/2010)
As an Oracle 11g, SAS Datawarehouse (www.sas.com ) developer on the Fennia TIA (The Insurance Application,
www.tiatechnology.com/) project, I especially developed the reporting system conversion of the SAS Datawarehouse
interconnected with the Oracle based TIA system.

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Insurance sector (Valtionkonttori, Finnish State Treasure http://www.valtiokonttori.fi – dates (01/2008 to
10/2009)
As an Oracle 11g Deployment Manager on the Valtionkonttori TIA (www.tiatechnology.com/) project for pensions, I
especially maintained the development and deployment cycle of the Oracle based Forms and pl/sql scripts.
Insurance sector (OP-Pohjola Group, www.op.fi, www.pohjola.fi – dates (08/2005 to 01/2008)
As a senior SAS Datawarehouse (www.sas.com ) consultant on the OP-Pohjola AKSE Banking & Insurance
datawarehouse system, I converted the old IBM mainframe based AKSE system on a new SAS based system
executed on a HP-UX (UNIX) server system.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
University administration (Helsinki University, www.helsinki.fi , Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry) – dates
(02/2001 to 08/2005)
As a Senior ADB designer, for the IT, Oracle and SAS (www.sas.com ) Services for the Faculty of Agriculture and
Forestry (Helsinki University), my main tasks & projects included: (i) Maintenance of large Novell-based LAN network
maintenance, (ii) SAS and Oracle web-based application development, (iii) SAS statistical analysis design and
implementation for research teams.
Consulting for private sector (Niklas Data, www.niklasdata.com (non-operational) – dates (10/1995 to 02/2001)
As a Senior SAS Datawarehouse (www.sas.com) and Oracle consultant with Oracle and SAS Datawarehouse,
client/server and Intranet/Extranet development, my main tasks & projects included in Retail: Large datawarehouse
and reporting system for the Alko Oy (www.alko.fi , major beverage supplier in Finland), SOK, Ahlström/Åkerlund-
Rausing, Maatalouden laskentakeskus.
General administration (MMM, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, www.mmm.fi, www.mavi.fi – dates (5/1995
to 10/1995)
As a ADB designer & GIS consultant, my main tasks & projects included: (i) Pilot Geographical Information System
(GIS) for the Finnish Land Parcel Identification System (FLPIS, www.mavi.fi ) with ESRI (www.esri.com ) ArcGIS
and ARC/View and SAS/GIS systems (www.sas.com) interconnected with the Oracle based IACS system
(Integrated Access Control System, ec.europa.eu/agriculture/direct-support/iacs/index_en.htm) for the payment of
EU agricultural subsidies.
Research (MTT Agrifood Research Centre, www.mtt.fi – dates (01/1991 to 5/1995)
As a Senior Research Scientist for MTT Agrifood Research Centre (www.mtt.fi) and the Academy of Sciences in
Finland, my main tasks & projects included: (i) Geographical Information System (GIS) and dynamic crop simulation
model development with ARC/Info and SAS systems. SAS Institute Finland, (ii) Senior research scientist in Tsukuba
/NIAES Institute for Climate Change, Japan (1995), (iii) scientist in a pilot project of estimation the Finnish crop
production and crop cultivation areas with remote sensing (LANDSAT and Spot satellite) data and with dynamic crop
models.
Consulting (SAS Institute, www.sas.com – dates (02/1990 to 01/1991)
As a senior SAS consultant (www.sas.com ), my main tasks & projects included: (i) SAS Data warehousing and
reporting consulting, (i) SAS application development & consultation for Jaakko Pöyry Oy and Suomen Tupakka Oy.
Research (Helsinki University of Technology, Aalto University, Department of Electronics, Radiolaboratory,
Metsähovi Radio Research Station, www.aalto.fi, metsahovi.aalto.fi/en/ ) – dates (01/1984 to 02/1990)
As a senior research scientist my main tasks & projects included: (i) Software development for microwave receiver
systems (5-10 GHz) for radio telescopes and Earth Observation satellite systems, (ii) Programming and developing
with ADA, C and FORTRAN computer languages the measuring and steering system of Metsähovi Radio Research

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Station radio telescope operating in microwave bands, (iii) analysing the measured microwave signal from the
Metsähovi radio telescope (5-10 GHz).
EDUCATION
PhD, D.Sc., Helsinki University, 2013. Geomatics with Agriculture and Forestry. Specialties: Data warehousing
technologies (Oracle, SAS), GIS (Geographical Information System), Optical and SAR (Synthetic Aperture
Radar)/Microwave Earth Observation (EO) and Remote Sensing Satellite Systems, Agriculture and Forestry remote
sensing systems with generic cloud based web solutions for end users (ArcGIS Online). Cloud based SOA/SAAS
application development using remote sensing and satellite and Lidar based laser scanning data for 3D modelling.
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
 SAS Certified Developer for Data warehousing certification, 2000 (www.sas.com )
SKILLS SUMMARY
SKILL NUMBER OF YEARS SKILL LEVEL*
Technical skills
RDBM systems (DB2, Oracle 10g,11g, 12c,Microsoft SQL Server) 4 years 4
SAS Data Warehousing and reporting (www.sas.com ) > 10 years 4
Deployment Manager for Oracle (10g, 11g) using Apache Tomcat web and
application servers.
2 3
Pl/SQL,SQL+,SQL Developer, Jdeveloper, Java, JavaScript with Oracle RDBM 4 years 3
Other (C, Perl, Fortran, ADA, Python) 5 years 3
Client/Server application development under Windows Server 2003-2008 with
Microsoft SQL Server, Unix (HP-UX, AIX), Linux (RedHat, Debian) OS’s
5 years 4
Networks (Novell, AD, TCP/IP, LAN,WLAN) 4 years 3
Application knowledge
TIA (Oracle based Insurance Application, www.tiatechnology.com/ ,
deployment manager in the Valtionkonttori project)
2 3
IACS/FLPIS (Oracle based EU Integrated Access Control System,
ec.europa.eu/agriculture/direct-support/iacs/index_en.htm for EU based
subsidies payment system
1 3
FLPIS (Land Parcel Identification System, Peltolohkorekisteri , www.mavi.fi ,
www.mmm.fi ), integrated with EU IACS subsidies payment system (Integrated
Access Control System), controlling as a GIS system all the agricultural land
parcels in Finland (> 1 M parcels)
2 3
IT disciplines
Software development > 10 years 4
Team Leading (research group) 3 years 3
Project Planning 5 years 3
Analysis & Design 5 years 4
Data warehousing technologies with RDBMS
Oracle, DB2 RDBM systems 4 years 4

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SAS (www.sas.com) Datawarehouse Systems > 10 years 4
Pl/SQL (SQLDeveloper) and Java (Jdeveloper) with Oracle RDBM 4 years 3
Deployment Manager for Oracle using Apache Tomcat web and application
servers
2 3
Cloud service with GIS and Big Data: Generic cloud & SOA service
development with satellite based Big Data
1 3
GIS systems (ESRI ArcGIS, ERDAS, FME (www.safe.com), Grass,
QuantumGIS, Erdas Imagine ( www.hexagongeospatial.com/ ), PCI Geomatica
http://www.pcigeomatics.com/ )
5 4
GIS modelling: PostgreSQL with PostGres database
(http://www.postgresql.org/) and Geoserver (http://geoserver.org/) modelling
1 3
GIS modelling: Python script language with ArcGIS model builder 1 3
Lidar/Laser scanning cloud data for 3D modelling using FME (www.safe.com)
and LAStools (http://www.cs.unc.edu/~isenburg/lastools/) softwares.
1 3
Client/Server application development under Windows, Unix, Linux OS’s 5 years 4
Language skills
English 4
Finnish (native) 4
Swedish 3
German 2
French 2
Industry knowledge
GIS & Remote Sensing Technologies >10 4
Spatial and Situational Awareness >3 4
Banking & Finance Sector >10 4
Consultation Forestry Sector >5 4
Consultation Food & Agriculture Sector >10 4
Research Agriculture & Forestry Sector >10 4
Retail Sector >5 3
Other relevant skills
Specialist in:
- Earth observation (EO) and remote sensing and satellite systems and satellite
data analysis and modeling using optical (Landsat, Spot) and SAR/Microwave
(Envisat, Radarsat, ERS) data
- Cloud based SOA/SAAS application development using remote sensing and
satellite and Lidar based laser scanning data for 3D modelling.
>5 4 (PhD, D.Sc.)
LinkedIn detailed profile available at
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/heikki-laurila/26/799/413
* 1 = basic, 2 = familiar, 3 = competent, 4 = expert