Markus Valo
Geographical Information System Expert
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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SeniorMarkus Valo is a GIS expert based in Helsinki with eight years of IT experience and a strong background in project, process and tools development. He transitioned from long-term consultancy and systems roles—spanning Nokia, IBM/PwC, and M-Files—into land surveying and cartography training before joining the City of Espoo as a Geographical Information System Expert. Markus combines hands-on surveying knowledge with enterprise content and portfolio management expertise, making him adept at translating spatial requirements into scalable operational processes. He has a track record of implementing and coaching cloud integrations and management tools for organizations and microentrepreneurs. Comfortable working between technical teams and municipal stakeholders, he brings pragmatic problem-solving and a history of method and tool development. Colleagues value his blend of disciplined process thinking and practical GIS field experience.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Finnish, English, Swedish, German, Hungarian
Github Skills (2)
geopackage1
nls1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
markusvalo/HSLtraffic
Feb 2018 - Nov 2020
Contributions:28 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
GispoCoding/NLSgpkgloader
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
QGIS3 plugin to download Maastotietokanta (MTK) data from the Finnish NLS and write it to a GeoPackage. Developed by Gispo Ltd.
Contributions:1 issue in 1 day
geopackagenls
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