Virpi Blom

M.A. Virpi Blom is an expert on web concepts, content strategies, user experience and overall planning of web projects.

Virpi consults on matters of concept design and strategic roadmaps, as well as on designing and documenting the functional requirements.

She has over 15 years of experience with web sites, intranets and extranets from the viewpoint of their planning, defining, design, copywriting and usability testing. She has specialized in ensuring the positive user experience, regarding both form and function.

Previously, Virpi has been working as a managing consultant, senior consultant and user experience team leader in various software vendor companies.

Articles written by Virpi

A total of 9 articles

Complete reorganization of the HSY’s website concept was worth it – North Patrol facilitated the concept design phase

20 January 2021

Case: The service directory plays a key role for the staff intranet of the University of Oulu

11 August 2020

CASE: Tax.fi user-friendliness fine-tuned through testing

19 October 2017

Good news: web sites ARE getting better

19 September 2016

National flag is not a language symbol

17 May 2016

Lumo Kotinyt.fi service was tailor made

8 December 2015

State of Finnish e-commerce: local, under-resourced and tech-driven

2 December 2015

Two models for buying a web project

24 November 2014

Good questions to ask yourself when choosing a Content Management System

9 June 2014

About North Patrol

We are a team of ten consultants, all of whom are experienced designers and technology experts. Every year we design and prepare over 50 different online services and information systems. Our customer satisfaction is very high (9.5 out of 10), and we have helped many customers transform their digital services.

We specialize in digital service design

We specialize in high-quality design and requirements specification of digital services. Our mission is to help customers succeed in their software project by creating the best possible foundation for implementation – whether it is an agile implementation done inhouse, a project done with a partner, or a publicly tendered project.

We don't sell coding or licenses

Many software companies recommend software solutions that they also implement themselves. We don’t do that. We don’t do software implementation projects or have partnerships with technology providers. Our perspective on the software market is broad, as it should be for our customers. Our goal is always to find the best possible software solution for our customer, whether it’s a custom-built solution, a SaaS service, an open-source platform, or a combination of these.

We are realistic and forward-thinking

We design digital service concepts, implementation methods and architectures that are sustainable and can be further developed. We place great importance on the feasibility of software solutions, the availability of good partners and the predictability of costs.