IndustrySim has been on ice for a while but the Server for the simulations and game engine has been developed further and now it has reached a state where it could be used also in game play.

Commercializing Technologies into the global markets

Investigating the feasibility of business ideas. The activities are protected by a very strict non-disclosure agreement

Consultant for Foster Wheeler North America Corporation. Consultancy work included R&D activities (mainly; developing new algorithms, writing software, consultancy for hardware and sensor development), training and technical sales support. The details of the activities are protected by a non-disclosure agreement.

Started, back in 1992, to developed a measurement system that primarily measured electrostatic charges but could be used to measure some variables in industries using pneumatically transported particles in their processes. Installed the first prototype system in the lime plant of Nordkalk in Parainen back in the late 1994. The measurements provided by the system were used to control the grinding of lime that was used for injection purposes in the steel industry as well as the coal grinding and… Show more Started, back in 1992, to developed a measurement system that primarily measured electrostatic charges but could be used to measure some variables in industries using pneumatically transported particles in their processes. Installed the first prototype system in the lime plant of Nordkalk in Parainen back in the late 1994. The measurements provided by the system were used to control the grinding of lime that was used for injection purposes in the steel industry as well as the coal grinding and burner optimization for the lime kiln. The measurement system was also considered to be a very sophisticated software product containing many different types of features(e.g. sophisticated control features). Next year, that is 1995, the company tested, successfully, the system on a paper machine. In 1996 the venture capitalists Sitra and Aboa Venture invested in TR-Tech Int. Oy, and, hence, became minority shareholders in the company. However, in 1997 it was written in the business plan that the company should focus its limited resources on the biggest market segment for the product, that is, coal fired power plants. The markets were mainly in USA for this application and in 1998 a distributor and cooperation agreement was signed with Foster&Wheeler Corporation in USA. The business and the development of the product were done in parallel. However, a creation of a totally new market was pretty slow, and, hence, time and money consuming. TR-Tech Int. Oy has been granted a few patents as a result of the R&D activities. The business was needed to be developed further and in 2004 a distributorship agreement was signed with Siemens AG in Germany. The strategy of the TR-Tech was then pretty much revised to match the cooperation with two big business partners. The success story was completed when Foster&Wheeler Corporation from USA acquired the whole share stock of TR-Tech Int. Oy in early 2007. Show less

Development/Design engineer and technical support for the sales (Hollming/Finnyards Electronics, Rauma). Responsible for developing the algorithms and design of the Dynamic Positioning System DYPOS and other systems for maritime environment. Being technical support for the sales force was also within the scope of my duties