Summary
Jani Kantola is an experienced automation and project engineering leader with nine years of formal experience and a 20+-year hands-on career across heavy industry, pulp and paper, and energy sectors. As CEO and Project Engineer at HTProject and former Maintenance and Safety Manager, he blends field commissioning, software design (Siemens S7, Modicon) and project management to deliver reliable industrial automation solutions. He contributed to MyData architecture and a consent management framework at the University of Oulu, showing an unusual crossover between industrial control systems and data/consent-aware software. Based in Kemi, Lapland, Jani is comfortable taking projects from on-site commissioning to software-driven operations and safety oversight. Colleagues rely on him for practical problem-solving under harsh operational conditions and for translating complex automation requirements into maintainable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Automation Engineer Technology/Technician, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Automation Engineer Technology/Technician at Kemi-Tornio AMK
Finnish, English