TJOtala

I am your host, Tapani Otala.

I have developed this site to share pictures, articles, hobby projects, and other interesting links with my family, friends as well as the general public. It is not intended to be a commercial site, although it may frequently link to such sites.

Despite the fact that I mention my employment history, this site is in no way affiliated or associated with my current or past employers. You will not find any company confidential information here. Any opinions expressed here are solely mine and do not reflect those of my employers, past or present.

Business Bio

I am currently employed as Sr. Manager of Engineering, Photoshop.com at Adobe Systems where I am building and deploying online services related to digital imaging and digital asset management. The first incarnation was the Photoshop Express Beta, launched March 26, 2008.

I was formerly employed as Director of Platform Software & Quality Engineering at TiVo where I was honored to lead a group of highly talented engineers in developing and testing software for the TiVo Digital Video Recorder (DVR) platforms, including units manufactured by Toshiba, Pioneer, Humax, Hughes, Philips, RCA and Samsung. I worked on nearly all DVR models starting from the original Series2 model to the first Series3 HD model.

Previously I worked as Engineering Manager for Canon Information Systems where I led another fine team in developing software for the Canon digital imaging and printing devices, such as digital still cameras, digital video cameras, scanners, and printers.

Contacting Me

I have turned off commenting and new user registration on this site due to large numbers of bogus users and comments until further notice. In the meantime, if you have any feedback on this site, feel free to send me email through admin at tjotala dot com.