Perttu Luomala

Fuzzy front end Specialist

Cross-industry experience focusing on industrial design and user experience creation.
/ Excellent end user and trend understanding with deep enabler knowledge. / Solid experience in product and strategic design as well as UX creation. / Unwavering commitment to drive maximum end user impact even with limited resources in turbulent environments. / Expertise to deliver user and UX studies using user centric methods. / Excellent social skills for leading or coaching a team.

Resume

B.Sc. 2000 (mechanical engineering and production management)
MA. 2008 (industrial design)

EXPERIENCE:
OP-Pohjola Group | www.op.fi | 2011 ->
/ Service designer

NOKIA | www.nokia.com - HEX | 2007-2011
/ Senior design specialist
/ User experience manager
/ Usability expert

SWECO PIC (design subcontractor) | www.sweco.fi - SFB | 2006-2007
/ Industrial designer - User experience and concept creation team
[FENNIA PRICE 2009, Metso Paper Lab]

SCOTT HEALTH&SAFETY (respirators) | www.scotthealthsafety.com - NYSE | 2000-2002
/ Designer & mechanical designer for powered air purifying respirators

BOMBARDIER NORTRAC (Lynx snowmobiles) | www.brp.com - TSX | 2002-2003
/ Purchasing engineer for plastic and rubber parts


SKILLS:
/ Design: User experience and usability, Service design, Design management
/ Modelling: Catia, ProE, Rhinoceros, I-DEAS, Alias
/ Presentation: Flash, Illustrator, Sony Vegas, Photoshop
/ Languages: Excellent in written and spoken english, reasonable in swedish. Basics of spanish and japanese.


AWARDS:
FENNIA PRICE 2009 winner
/ PaperLab (Metso Automation Oy)
Team: Mari Airio, Perttu Luomala, Arto Riimala, Piritta Winqvist / SWECO Oy


INTERESTS:
/ Free-skiing, XC-biking, kayaking, running, yoga
/ Motorcycles and bicycles
/ People, anthropology and psychology

GOALS:
To work in a multidisciplinary environment that constantly creates innovation and mutual learning.

To design products and services that are more useful, functional, appealing and pleasing - with economy and ecology in mind.



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Other experience

LECTURES AND SPEECHES:
TAKOMO Business incubator | 9.6.2010 Oulu
/ Muodosta menestys -how to succeed with industrial design

AGORA - HUMAN TECNOLOGY CENTER | 12.11.2009, Jyväskylä
World usability day seminar
/ Usability - Important stuff, but that's not all (Case Zooming)

KEMI-TORNIO UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES | Autumn 2007 Kemi
/ Course: Basics of industrial design


BOARD POSITIONS:
University of Lapland | 2007-2010 dep. | www.ulapland.fi
Vaasa Vocational Adult Education Centre | 1997-2001 dep. | www.vakk.fi
Student Housing Foundation in Vaasa | 1998-1999, 2000-2001 dep. | www.voas.fi
Student Union of Vaasa Polytechnic | 1998 | www.vamok.fi
Laihian Luja - wolleyball | 1992-1995 | www.lujalentis.net


TRAINERSHIPS:
FUTURE-FINDERS PROJECT | www.ulapland.fi | 2005 summer
(Elisa, Nokia, Rukka, BRP-Finland, University of Lapland, TEKES)
/ Strategical consept creating for mobile and recreational branches using future mapping.
/ Using and developing future mapping tool, recently known as FF-tool.

MUOVA (Design Center of Western Finland) | www.muova.fi | 2004 summer
/ Consept creating about international design center, including services, marketing and physical surroundings.
/ Preresearch and consepting for ProVision-project


OTHER PROJECTS:
HABITARE FAIRS | 2007
/ Presenting Pylon –surround speakers for the public
/ Co-operation with textile designer Eija-Riitta Vähämaa and LAO
/ Participating the group of University of Lapland at the fairs

UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND Japan light workshop | 2007 spring
/ Participant on workshop with Japanese visitors
/ Use of paper in cost efective lamps

UIAH Green Imperative | 2007 spring
/ Participant at Green Imperative workshop arranged by UIAH.
/ Environmental design based on converging technologies for Nokia.

NOKIA Only Planet | www.onlyplanet.com | 2006 autumn
/ Participating Only Planet project to study global trends in local context
/ During project our team made 3 short films and one booklet of 70 pages

LAPLAND SAFARIS | www.laplandsafaris.com | 2006-2007
/ Introducing design methods and process into service design
/ Using FF-tool on service products

MARSAKARI | www.marsakari.fi | 2005-2007
/ Consepting, design, visualisation and modelling of newspaper holder.06k
/ Product testing and modification of steel mailbox.05s
/ Designing of a steel weathercock and modular stand.05k

NORECA & UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND | 2005 autumn
/ Consepting and prototyping of modular fishing lure

BRP & CHRISTMAS FOUNDATION | www.joulusaatio.fi www.brp.com | 2005 autumn
/ Team member designing LYNX-SantaClaus editions, a flying snowscooter.
/ Responsible for the wood-work, subcontractors and logistics.

PAIN-METER PROJECT | www.ulapland.fi www.wilho.net | 2005 spring
(Oulu Deaconess Institute with Universities of Oulu and Lapland)
/ Team member in user research and consept creating.
/ B.a. thesis: Usability testing of pain meter in hospital environment.



OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:
VEPSALAINEN (brand furniture dealer) | www.vepsalainen.com | 2004-2006
/ Warehouse management, customer deliveries

LOGSET (forestry machines) | www.logset.com | 1999-2000
/ Design concerning statndard about machine safety
/ Technical support for marketing
/ Research on Enterprise software needs (B.sc. thesis)

WARTSILA NSD (diesel engines) | www.wartsila.com | 1998 summer
/ Production management
/ Operational purchacing

Location

Oulu, Finland

Specialties

  • Industrial Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Design Management

Experience

7 years

Awards

FENNIA PRICE 2009 winner / PaperLab (Metso Automation Oy) Team: Mari Airio, Perttu Luomala, Arto Riimala, Piritta Winqvist / SWECO Oy