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Antell-NeemEmmaDirector, Business DevelopmentSemantixEmma Antell-Neem has worked in the language and localisation industry for over 16 years and seen the transformation of the industry from translation agencies to AI experts. She knows a thing or two about helping global companies succeed internationally and scale across markets - by re-thinking language as a strategic asset.
CornetFabienTechnical Information SpecialistMetsoFabien Cornet is a seasoned Technical Information Specialist at Metso, bringing about 20 years of expertise in technical communication. His extensive background includes managing localization processes and writing instruction manuals in the fields of medical devices and mining industry.
EngstradBooSenior Information EngineerBoo Engstrand is an information engineer who has been working with information architecture and migrations since 1989. Today he works as an one-man band and chairs tekom Sweden. In his spare time he tinkers with his collection of vintage motorcycles, plays music in a garage band, and of course spends time with his grandchildren.
HalonenJuhaCustomer Solution ManagerExcosoft OyJuha Halonen (MSc) received his master’s degree in technical communication from Vaasa University. He has 20+ years of experience in technical communications. Juha is involved with R&D as well as finding and creating solutions to variety of customer requirements and specific needs.
HeinonenHannaDigital Content LeadKONEHanna Heinonen has over 20 years of experience in technical communications but rarely admits it as it makes her sound really old. She is currently Digital Content Lead and Service Product Owner for Technical Content Strategy and Technology at Kone Corporation, Finland. She specializes in information architecture, user-centered, task-based documentation, DITA XML, dynamic content delivery, and content management systems. Hanna’s original background is in the humanities, but she has ventured to the dark side and holds a PhD in Interactive Technology. Her current research interests include the industrial metaverse and GenAI, both in the context of technical communication.
HellgrenEskoContent ArchitectVaisala OyjEsko Hellgren has a master’s in English Philology from the University of Helsinki and has been creating product documentation for hardware and software products since 2001. In addition to content creation, he works on developing and maintaining the documentation tools and publishing solutions at Vaisala.
HillNickTechnical Writing Manager IIHERENick Hill has had a variety of roles (editor, technical writer, consultant, company owner, and others) in his over 25 years of working in the field of technical communications. He currently works for HERE as a manager for the Europe-based technical writer team and is based in Berlin Germany, but is still a member of STVY. Since technical communications has been good to him, he likes to give back where he can. His professional focuses include developer documentation, writing for localization, automation, and DITA XML. AI is bidding to be added to this list.
HänninenIidaDocumentation SpecialistIida Hänninen on tekninen kirjoittaja, joka ylläpitää, kirjoittaa ja kuvittaa teknisiä dokumentteja, kuten käyttöohjeita tuotantokoneisiin. Iidalla on myös prosessinhoitajan perustutkinto. Hän on työskennellyt erilaisissa tuotannollisissa tehtävissä. Hän suoritti teknisen viestinnän erikoistumisopintonsa Tampereen yliopistossa Tytti Suojasen ohjauksessa. Teknisen kirjoittamisen laajenevien mahdollisuuksien lisäksi Iida on kiinnostunut informaationtutkimuksesta, tulevaisuudentutkimuksesta, ohjelmoinnista ja automaatiosta.
IhoMariaSenior Specialist, Product Information ManagementUponor OyMaria Iho has been working as technical communications pro since 1997. She has held corporate, consulting and startup jobs. From writing hundreds of pages of installation manuals for different systems, her passion has moved towards product information library management. She has had the honor to mentor young writers to the field. Her inspiration has always been “the big pic” and how to remember it behind the details.
KarasjärviPiaDoctoral student, Documentation SpecialistUniversity of VaasaPia Karasjärvi is a technical communication professional with 20 years of experience across various roles and industries. She holds an MA in Technical Communication from the University of Vaasa and is currently pursuing a PhD focused on digital accessibility. Passionate about inclusive communication, she explores how accessibility impacts both users and content creators. Pia works as a Documentation Specialist at Vaisala, where she applies her expertise to improve accessibility in technical documentation. She is dedicated to bridging the gap between technology and user needs, advocating for a more accessible digital world.
KarjalainenTarjaContent DesignerOP GroupTarja Karjalainen is responsible for the content in the op.fi service. She has versatile experience in UX writing, translation, and localization, and has previously worked at Oura and Polar Electro. Tarja is especially interested in user experience, internationalization, as well as content management processes and tools.
KatajistoLauraSolutions ArchitectEtteplanLaura Katajisto is a Solutions Architect at Etteplan. After a 20-year career in technical communication, she’s done it all – technical writing, information design, CMS development, process improvement, and lately, digital content creation, publishing, and delivery, just to name a few. Laura is a popular speaker and trainer, and likes to share what she’s learned.
KuusanmaaSonjaTechnical Documentation ExpertKONESonja Kuusanmaa is a Technical Documentation Expert at KONE with a passion for well-defined processes and standards. She studied Technical Communication at the University of Tampere, graduating in 2011, and has since worked directly or indirectly with various modes of transportation, including armoured vehicles, trains, buses, elevators, and escalators. Dedicated to lifelong learning, Sonja recently completed a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Automation Engineering. Her enthusiasm for technical communication remains strong, as it is a profession where meticulousness is a true asset, allowing her to blend her technical interests with her language and communication skills.
LehtniemiSatuTechnical Information SpecialistMetsoSatu Lehtniemi has more than 10 years of experience in technical documentation. She started her career as an inhouse translator responsible for the Finnish translations of user manuals ranging from software and consumer electronics to heavy machinery. After transitioning to technical writing, she has been involved in testing content management systems as well as creating manuals and migrating them to DITA.
LundinJonatanSenior Information ArchitectExcosoft AbJonatan Lundin is a Senior Information Architect at Excosoft Ab Sweden specializing in technical communication. He earned his PhD in 2020 from Mälardalen University, focusing on the design of manuals. With over 30 years of experience in the field, Jonatan has primarily worked with topic-based XML content management. As a former member of OASIS, he contributed to the development of DITA 1.2 through the Machine Industry Subcommittee. As a regular speaker at major technical communication conferences, including SIGDOC, ISDOC, tcworld, NORDIC Techkomm, STVY, FTI, DITA Europe, and STC India, Jonatan enjoys engaging with peers to explore design challenges and innovations in the field.
MaaralaMiiaTechnical WriterDetection TechnologyMiia Maarala is a technical writer with over 20 years of experience. Passionate about creating clear and helpful documentation, Miia's pet peeve is the “no-one reads user manuals anyway” attitude. In recent years, she has found herself, almost by accident, specializing in imaging technology and has developed a new interest in AI-assisted technical documentation.
Newmark EngbergJulianneDirector of Technical & Professional CommunicationUniversity of New MexicoDuring 2024-2025, I am a Fulbright-Tampere University Scholar, supported by the Fulbright Finland Foundation. I research usability/UX/UCD and TPC pedagogy and also work in Indigenous Studies, particularly concerning early-20th-century Native writers’ bureaucratic communications. Research grants from CCCC/NCTE and the American Philosophical Society have supported my in-progress second monograph, "Reports of Agency: Retrieving Indigenous Professional Communication in Dawes Era Indian Bureau Documents.” My up-coming co-authored textbook (with Joseph Bartolotta), UX+You, is under contract with State University of New York press. I am Editor-in-Chief of Xchanges, a Writing Studies ejournal.
NieminenJasuTechnical WriterLojerJasu Nieminen on keväällä 2024 valmistunut kieliasiantuntija (MA) joka työskentelee nimikkeellä technical writer Lojerilla. Lääkinnällisten laitteiden tuotekehitykseen kuuluu vahvasti regulatiivinen osaaminen.
PeltomaaLeenaGlobal AI solutions ManagerAcoladLeena Peltomaa is the Global AI solutions Manager at Acolad. With +20 years’ experience in the localization industry spanning several leadership positions, she has accompanied the remarkable evolution of language services, having borne witness to its technological transformation since the early days. With an education background in languages, Leena’s career started in the industry as a translator, having later progressed to leadership roles and later on to Product and Solution development, showcasing her proficiency in every aspect of language work.
RissanenSamiDocumentation SpecialistDoX SystemsSami Rissanen, PhD, works as a documentation specialist for DoX Systems and joined the board of STVY in 2024. He has witnessed first-hand both the best and the worst practices that Finnish technical writers deploy in practice. Sami’s academic background involves pragmatics, cognitive linguistics and cultural evolution viewed through a philosophical perspective. He is also a board member, harassment liaison, event organizer, and webmaster for the local tabletop roleplaying game society in Kuopio. Ask me for meal ideas or audio gear recommendations. I am available to connect on LinkedIn
SalmiLeenaYliopistonlehtoriTurun yliopistoLeena Salmi toimii yliopistonlehtorina Turun yliopistossa ranskan oppiaineessa ja monikielisen käännösviestinnän tutkinto-ohjelmassa. Hänen väitöskirjansa käsitteli tekstinkäsittelyohjelman käyttöohjeiden käytettävyyttä, ja hänen tämänhetkisiä tutkimusaiheitaan ovat kääntäjien koulutus, käännösteknologia ja sen käyttö sekä käännösten arviointi.
SilvferTuulaTest ManagerIndex Information Technologies OyTuula Silfver on rakenteisen dokumentoinnin asiantuntija, joka on mm. kouluttanut teknisiä kirjoittajia ja toiminut ohjelmistotestaajana niin yksityis- kuin valtionhallinnonkin sektorilla. Sandvikin projektissa hän vastaa toimittajan puolella ohjelmistotestauksesta ja selainpohjaisen poimintatyökalun ohjeistuksesta, joka on toteutettu Index IT:n omalla Indox CCMS-järjestelmällä.
St.AmantKirkDirector of Center for Health and Medical CommunicationLouisiana Tech UniversityKirk St.Amant is a Professor and the Eunice C. Williamson Chair in Technical Communication at Louisiana Tech University where he serves as the Director of Louisiana Tech’s Center for Health and Medical Communication (CHMC). He is also a member of the University’s Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science (CBERS) and is an Adjunct Professor of Health and Medical Communication with the University of Limerick in Ireland and a Research Fellow in User Experience Design with the University of Strasbourg in France. His research focuses on usability in health and medical contexts, health literacy, and developing health and medical products patients can use easily and effectively. He teaches classes in health and medical communication, usability and user experience design, and technical training and instructional design.
ValkonenSaijaDocumentation ManagerSolteqSaija Valkonen has about 15 years of experience in technical documentation. She has an MA in translation studies from the University of Joensuu and has worked in the translation field before shifting to technical documentation. In her previous job, she has lead the transition from linear Word documentation to structured documentation using DITA and a CCMS system. She is currently working at Solteq Oyj in the Utilities business segment, developing product documentation as well as documentation and localization processes for software products. She is utilizing DITA and docs-as-code approach. ​
VellamoPinjaOpiskelijaJyväskylän yliopistoPinja Vellamo on maisterivaiheen kieliasiantuntijaopiskelija Jyväskylän yliopistossa, joka on kiinnostunut teknisestä viestinnästä ja tavoittelee uraa teknisenä kirjoittajana. Hän kirjoittaa tällä hetkellä maisterintutkielmaansa, jossa hän tutkii museoiden verkkosivujen kognitiivista saavutettavuutta.
ViljanenEevaSenior UX WriterOura HealthEeva is a part of the UX Content Team responsible for the in-app and insights content of the Oura App. She's currently dabbling in AI-assisted content creation and prompting. The best part of her job is learning about the human sciences and transforming that information into understandable and digestible microcopy. Eeva is also investigating copy tools to further improve content management and processes. Eeva has a long background in technical communications and has since transitioned into UX copywriting.
VirtaluotoJenniYliopistonlehtoriJyväskylän yliopistoJenni Virtaluoto on teknisen viestinnän dosentti ja yliopistonlehtori Jyväskylän yliopiston Kieli- ja viestintätieteiden laitoksella. Hän on Suomen teknisen viestinnän yhdistyksen varapuheenjohtaja ja Viestintäasiantuntijaverkoston koordinaattori. Tutkimuksessaan hän on viime aikoina keskittynyt työn merkityksellisyyteen asiantuntijatyössä.