Summary
Industrial designer (MA) with 14 years of experience in product development from concept to series production, and creator of published CAD software for Rhino and Grasshopper built with AI coding agents. Combines industrial design, design for manufacturing (DFM), computational design and hands-on generative AI to shorten the path from design to production.
Skills
Design: Industrial Design, Product Development, Concept Design, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Prototyping, 3D Modelling, CAD, Technical Drawings, Production Documentation, R&D
Computational design: Rhino (Rhinoceros 3D), Grasshopper, Parametric Design, Computational Design, Design Automation, Process Development
Tools: Rhino (expert), Grasshopper, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, SolidWorks (basics), AutoCAD (basics), WordPress
Artificial intelligence: Generative AI, AI Agents, AI-assisted Software Development, Claude Code, Requirements Specification, Acceptance Testing, AI Adoption
Product: Product Management, Software Testing, Release Management, Software Licensing, Technical Documentation, Customer Support
Domain: Marine Industry, Boat Interiors, Seating, Furniture, Mechanisms, Sheet Metal, Welded Structures, Plastic Parts, Plywood, Upholstery, Soft Goods
Work Experience
Industrial Designer
VA-Varuste Oy, Kuopio, Finland
September 2012 – Present
- Lead designer of the products VA-Varuste supplies to Saxdor Yachts, since the brand's start in 2019: upholstery systems, sofa mechanisms, pilot seats, canopies and covers for Saxdor's award-winning boat models.
- Product development of VA-Varuste's products for Nimbus, Sargo, Finnmaster, Bella and Grandezza, from concept design to production-ready documentation, using both traditional on-boat measuring and templating and 3D modelling in Rhino.
- Designed structures and parts beyond textiles: welded tube and sheet metal frames, laser-cut metal and plywood, CNC-cut foam, PUR foam moulds and plastic parts, with technical drawings for subcontractors.
- Designed seating and furniture with integrated mechanisms: convertible sofas, sunbeds and pilot seats.
- Process development: identified repetitive steps in the design-to-production workflow and automated them with Grasshopper.
- Developed the company website and online store (WordPress, WooCommerce, Elementor): large-scale site changes, translations and custom PHP plugins, carried out with AI agents (Claude Code) over SSH.
- Worked daily with production in Finland and Poland and with boat builders' design and engineering teams during new model development.
Founder
Roitto Design Works, Kuopio, Finland
February 2026 – Present
- Parametric boat canopy design tool for Rhino, the subject of the master's thesis: in development since 2024. Powered by Grasshopper running headless behind its own user interface, so users need no Grasshopper knowledge.
- RhinoChelae: mechanism and constraint solver for Rhino with joints, gears, chains and gravity. Published in the Rhino Package Manager for Rhino 7 and 8, covered by over 700 automated tests.
- RhinoNotchesPro: notch generation plugin for Rhino, published in the Rhino Package Manager.
- Idunian Liberators: nutrition education card game published on Google Play in six languages, content reviewed by a nutrition therapist.
- Ran the full product cycle with AI coding agents: requirements, architecture decisions, geometry and solver logic, acceptance testing in Rhino, licensing backend, protected builds, security review, websites, documentation and product videos. Technologies used: C#/.NET, Python, Firebase, Paddle.
Sales Representative
Telecom and digital services companies, Kuopio, Finland
June 2009 – June 2012
Consumer sales of telecom operator products; B2B sales of websites and directory services.
Part-time Teacher, Product Visualization
Kuopio Academy of Design, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Kuopio, Finland
August 2010 – October 2010
Designer, Concept and Graphic Design
Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Savonia Street Bike motorcycle project, Kuopio, Finland
November 2009 – April 2010
Designer, Concept Design and Model Construction
Chasswheel Oy, Finland
June 2008 – October 2008
Education
Master of Culture and Arts (Muotoilija YAMK), Innovation Expertise
Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Kuopio, Finland
2024 – 2026
Thesis: Formalizing Tacit Knowledge into a Parametric Design Tool: Automating Boat Canopy Design (2026).
Bachelor of Culture and Arts (Muotoilija AMK), Industrial Design
Kuopio Academy of Design, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Kuopio, Finland
2005 – 2010
Thesis: From Tool to Assistant: the E-Motion HQ Light Vehicle Scenario (2010).
Languages
Finnish: native. English: good.
Awards and Exhibitions
- Designed supplier products that are fitted to several award-winning production boat models.
- Vespa Award (IDEA'09): most innovative design project, 2009.
- Exhibitions: Piaggio Museum, Pontedera, Italy, 2009. Design Forum Finland, 2009.
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