Dr. Ana Puttonen, Terrasolid's software sales engineer, was recognized as one of the 50 Rising Stars of the Geospatial World Forum Awards in 2025. She joined Terrasolid in 2019 as a support engineer after earning her Ph.D. in Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning from the Technical University of Vienna.
Ana has received multiple prestigious honors throughout her career, including the ISPRS Prize for Best Paper by a Young Author, the Best Master’s Thesis Award, and research grants from ESRI–AGILE, KUWI, OeAD, and DAAD. Her expertise spans 3D data processing, remote sensing, and laser scanning applications, with a deep understanding of both Terrasolid products and customer needs.
Over the years, she has represented Terrasolid at leading industry events—delivering talks, demos, and workshops at INTERGEO, GWF, ISPRS Geospatial Week, FIG Congress, and EGU. She has also led numerous training events across Europe and served as a delegate at major international summits.
In 2024, Ana was promoted to software sales engineer for Central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and the Balkans.