Hannes Björninen, Cheif Operating Officer (COO) at Fluidit Ltd

About

As Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Fluidit, I orchestrate the day-to-day activities of the entire Fluidit team to execute the company's strategy effectively and empoweringly. I provide the leadership to ensure our consulting and software development teams run sustainably and at their best in the current and future operational environments. Clear, meaningful, and positive communication is the foundation.

As one team, Fluidit strives to help water authorities, municipalities, and private companies exceed their expectations for their digitalization journey. Our software tools streamline day-to-day engineering work and enable building city-scale digital twins of urban water and district energy infrastructure. With our tools, simulation and data analytics are intuitive and fun!

I have over 15 years of international experience in water resources modeling, design, and engineering consulting in Australia and Finland. At Fluidit, I lead the global business development of our stormwater, sewer, and flood simulation tools.

• Experienced Lead Engineer and Project Manager for water engineering projects such as combined sewer system analysis, flood studies, water cycle management strategies, and the design of stormwater management infrastructure.

• I specialize in hydrological and hydraulic modeling of urban stormwater, combined sewer systems, and surface water flooding. I am a seasoned user of various modeling tools and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In addition to the Fluidit product line, I have worked with TUFLOW, SMS, Infoworks ICM, EPA SWMM, HEC-RAS, DRAINS, RAFTS, WBNM, and RORB.

• M.Sc. (Tech) Civil Engineering, Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng Australia)

Information

• Email: hannes.bjorninen@gmail.com
• Website: http://www.fluidit.com
• Location: Tampere, Finland
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hannesb

Industry experience

Education: Masters

Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant

Years of experience: 10 to 20 years

Work experience

• Cheif Operating Officer (COO)

  As Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Fluidit, I orchestrate the day-to-day activities of the entire Fluidit team to execute the company's strategy effectively and empoweringly.

  Fluidit Ltd

  2024-04-01  - Present

• Lead Engineer

  I lead the Fluidit Water Resources Team and spearhead the software product development and the business focusing on urban hydrology, stormwater management and flood analysis.

  Fluidit Ltd

  2020-04-01  - 2024-03-31

• Design Engineer / Project Manager

  Project Manager and Design Engineer in diverse water projects including stormwater management master planning, strategies, concept design, Water Sensitive Urban Design, and hydrological and hydraulic modelling. Projects locations across Finland.

  FCG Finnish Consulting Group

  2008-06  - 2013-02

• Stormwater Engineer

  Typical projects included Stormwater Strategies and Water Cycle Management Studies, concept design of constructed wetlands, Water Sensitive Urban Design and creek bank stabilitation projects in the Sydney Area, in Australia.

  Storm Consulting

  2013-04  - 2013-11

• Senior Water Engineer

  Water Cycle Management Studies, Flood Studies and Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD). Project management to coordinate and prepare designs and documentation for water projects. Hydrological and hydraulic modelling. Water Team coordination.

  Cardno

  2013-11  - 2017-06

• Associate Water Engineer

  I worked in Design Lead role with landscape architects, planners, and engineers to deliver multi-disciplinary water projects focusing on Integrated Watercycle Management and flood analysis in the Melbourne area. I developed our team's flood modelling and GIS capabilities.

  Spiire Australia

  2017-07  - 2018-11

• Water Engineer

  As a self-employed water engineering consultant, my recent projects include providing support and guidance for flood modelling software developers. I am open to opportunities, short-term contracts and creative collaborations in Australia, New Zealand, Finland as well as globally.

  Self-employed/Consultant

  2019-01-01  - 2020-03-31

Taxonomy

• Integrated Urban Water Management
• Stormwater Management
• Integrated Water Management
• Stormwater
• Civil Engineering
• Storm Water Management
• Flood management
• Hydraulic Engineering
• Flood damage
• Hydrological Modelling
• Flood Risk Management
• Stormwater Runoff
• Flood
• Sustainable Cities
• flood protection
• Floodplain Management
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Stream Restoration