Sanna Jokela
Chief Executive Officer at Gispo Oy
Turku, Mainland Finland
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Top SchoolSanna Jokela is a GIS-focused technology leader and CEO of Gispo with over eight years of professional experience building geospatial information systems, open data services, and regional GI infrastructure. A geographer by training (M.Sc., University of Turku), she blends technical expertise in QGIS, map services and INSPIRE-compliant interfaces with hands-on experience in community coordination, training and open-source FOSS4G advocacy. She has led regional open data and information-sharing projects, coordinated multi-stakeholder networks, and run practical training programs that bridge technical teams and non-technical stakeholders. Known for combining broad, systems-level thinking with meticulous IT-design, she also contributes to the Oskari network and grassroots mapping communities. Outside work she’s a pragmatic open-source enthusiast who loves maps, cats and gardening—reflecting a curious, collaborative approach to solving spatial-data challenges.
8 years of coding experience
ylioppilas, High school, ylioppilas, High school at Luostarivuoren lukioM.Sc., Geography, M.Sc., Geography at Turun yliopisto - University of TurkuBachelor's degree, Physical Sciences, Bachelor's degree, Physical Sciences at Turun yliopisto
Swedish, English, Finnish, German, Japanese
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Github Skills (22)
qgis10
documentation10
osgeo9
geographical-information-system9
gis9
nodejs9
nls6
postgis4
api3
java3
aws-lambda2
backend2
sdi2
aws2
geopackage2
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
SannaJokela/oskari-docs
Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
Oskari documentation and Node.js app running oskari.org
Contributions:12 PRs, 274 pushes, 84 branches in 1 year 2 months
node-jsjavascriptnodejsoskarinode
GispoCoding/assessclimateimpact
May 2019 - Aug 2021
Climate Tool plugin for QGIS and PostGIS
Contributions:91 commits, 89 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
postgisqgis
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