Petri Mikael Autio leads product for mWater and Solstice, turning frontline constraints into dependable digital infrastructure for governments, utilities, NGOs, and communities worldwide.
Platform figures as of September 2026
Since 2018, Petri has directed more than 300 major features across mobile data collection, GIS, dashboards, asset management, utility operations, workflows, integrations, and AI.
As AI accelerates feature development, the enduring advantage is a dependable network: safe data models, recovery, permissions, integrations, and tools that work together. mWater connects field collection to assets, dashboards, workflows, billing, accounting, and external systems so each capability strengthens the rest.
Read the World Water Week reflections →A continuous product record from field usability improvements to national-scale infrastructure.
Explore the record ↗National, regional, and local agencies work directly with mWater.
See government systems ↗Governments, utilities, NGOs, researchers, and community organizations.
Read the analysis ↗Unlimited standard use, with users retaining ownership and control of their data.
How the model works ↗Petri built much of mWater's public learning and communications system alongside the product itself—turning complex software into practical capacity at global scale.
From access to action to shared structure: each system removes a different constraint on better service delivery.
Close, hands-on work with government leaders turns a software deployment into shared infrastructure: aligned indicators, practical workflows, local capability, and systems that survive beyond a project.
Close work with UNICEF Madagascar on government-facing systems and investments including the AI-powered Integrator.
See the Integrator ↗ ZWNational systemsLeadership around national water, environmental health, sanitation, and institutional WASH information systems.
Explore national monitoring ↗ UGNational + districtClose involvement with RUMIS, connecting national oversight to district water offices and frontline management.
Read the RUMIS case study ↗ PGNational WASH MISProduct leadership supporting the country's first national WASH monitoring system and its institutionalization.
Read the national case study ↗Software is the backbone. Expertise and opportunity help the network use it well.
Petri leads mWater subsidiary Stellar, helping organizations design systems, adopt workflows, and build lasting local data capacity.
Visit Stellar Data ↗Service providers find trained field professionals; data collectors create free profiles and connect with opportunities.
Explore the registry ↗Stellar's earnings flow back into the free platform, reinforcing the system at its centre.
“Design features that get better whenever the underlying models get better.”
Petri's public AI strategy turns a design principle into a practical release sequence: democratising AI uplift, expanding local capacity, and keeping people in control.
Read the featured strategy ↗A dedicated KPI widget, search across text, choice labels and site codes in tables, an updated map-layer selector, and fiscal half-year reporting.
See the release record ↗The Sanitation Asset Standard launched alongside direct water-system asset import, clearer notifications, visualization list views, image metadata, and survey optimization.
Explore the standard ↗The MCP server opened a sanctioned route for assistants; workflow prefills, improved organization backup export, and AI design for survey reports followed.
Read the AI strategy ↗An AI strategy for WASH data: safer agent access, capacity building, and products designed to improve with the models beneath them.
Why trust, reliability, and interconnected features become more important as software velocity rises.
Which boundary contains the thing we are trying to align: a model, an agent, a team, or an institution?
