MEET OUR Experts
Timo Perälä
Well-being kick ass engineer
Timo is El Presidente of the Winter Cycling Federation and passionate about year–round active winter cities. He is the mastermind for several urban and social innovations to make cities healthier and more sustainable. Timo has given several key notes, presentations, and workshops around the world.
Pekka Tahkola
Oracle of Oulu
Pekka just loves nature, especially a proper winter. Pekka knows pretty much everything there is to know about cycling in winter, maintenance, and about how walking and cycling can make our transport system work more efficiently, how they can improve our lives, health and economy, and all in all make our communities of better quality.
Eeva Huuhtanen
Winter Wizard
Eeva is the main author of “Winter and snow storage planning guidebook” published in 02/2024. Eeva educates professionals to master all four season in urban planning. Year-round city hydrology planning, snow management, year-round functional urban spaces and green areas are in the core of her expertise. Show Eeva a proper winter garden and she will lose her marbles.
Jani Ailovuo
Performance testing Guru
Jani is hailed as the “guru” of the CityMasterClass team. He works as a specialist in Performance testing at ODL Department of Sports and Exercise Medicin (Oulu, Finland). Jani is the mastermind behind individuals’, teams’ and organizations’ paths to success. He can change mindsets and behavior with individual performance data and with the power of a story. Mesmerizing.
Should you be in our CMC team?
Our passion is to help cities around the world to be more sustainable and active. We aim to put together for each project a team that can make a difference. If you are an experienced professional capable of changing mindsets and sharing the same passion with us, do not hesitate to contact us (= send mail to Timo).