Kari Salovaara
Location
Hanko, Finland
Bio
Retired. Started as operator (1973), programmer (1974), programmer, analyst and system analyst (1977 -> ), entrepreneur 8 years period.
Studies: Student, Institute for electronic data processing, Helsinki University.
After retirement studies in different Unis; related Zoology and Geography.
Other education like courses during work period >30
Spoken languages
Finnish, Swedish, English (and understanding of some other languages after some refreshments ;) )
Translator in to Finnish language for gui, documentation & tutorials, web sites, for several products like QGIS, GRASS (on going), Geopaparazzi
Translator also to some non-osgeo tutorials and open source applications which relate closely
Given lectures, organised seminars related to QGIS and GRASS
Charter member 2015
Active member of OSGeo Finland, founding member of OSGeo Suomi ry (legal entity 2015), chairman of OSGeo Suomi ry (2015 ->)
Participation into several FOSS4G & FOSS4GE conferences
Other activities and hobbies
Worked as a volunteer >30 years in env.ngo in various positions
Chiropterology (a bat researcher)
Nature and sailing
Contact
phone: +358 400 804549 skype: karisalovaara email: kari DOT salovaara AT pp1 DOT inet DOT fi