Lauri Vesa has over 30 years of experience working at the national and international level on forest monitoring, education, management planning and development of forestry information systems via various positions. He has worked in various projects in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific Region. Lauri has coordinated the development of the Open Foris tools at the NFM team between 2018 and 2020, and he acted as the technical adviser for Open Foris Arena. Lauri holds a Licentiate of Science and Master’s degrees in forest management planning.