Jari Viitala serves as a Senior Lecturer at Oulu University of Applied Sciences since August 2003, focusing on topics such as CAD (Solidworks, Autocad), Product Data Management, Innovative Product Development, Sensor Technologies, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, and New Materials. Jari held the role of Project Manager for the CoRD project from 2010 to 2013, contributed to the Boss Project and Auselabs Project, and led the Mechanical Engineering Degree Programme from 2015 to 2016. Additionally, Jari was the Director of R&D at Head Recycle Systems from August 2019 to January 2021. Jari possesses an educational background from the University of Oulu.