Juha is chairman of cogniance and cloudmade, as well as a partner and cofounder of progression. The software maker hires juha christensen, former head of microsofts mobile devices unit, to head the effort to expand use of macromedias flash format by cell phone makers and carriers. Along with juha christensen and mark gretton, i flew to helsinki, where juha had a hired car waiting for a two hour drive north to tampere. View company info, jobs, team members, culture, funding and more. Prior to starting symbian, christensen was vice president of licensing at psion, where. Smartphones and beyond 800 pages of core reading and a saga of an entire industry published by steve litchfield at 9. Juha led the initiative that brought nokia, motorola, ericsson and others together to create the operating system company symbian. Two years ago, microsoft teamed up with samsung to make the prototype for its windows cepowered smartphone. Before joining microsoft, christensen cofounded symbian ltd. Samsung joins the other four top mobile phone makers as a partowner of symbian, with a seat on the board. Nov 21, 2002 microsoft wants your cellphone the software king has big plans for making the world of mobile phones safe for windows. Qualcomm cdma technologies introduces the imsm family of.
Microsoft welcomes new vice president to mobility group stories. Juha christensen serves as a venture partner of catagonia capital gmbh. View juha christensens profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. The organizer 5 was an amazing little pda which came out in 1997. Find contacts direct phone number, email address, work history, and more. What were the primary reasons behind the decline and fall of. Juha christensen linkedin twitter juha is chairman of cogniance and cloudmade, as well as a partner and cofounder of progression partners and sunstone capital.
Oct 21, 2000 actually, christensen had been legally bound to be inaudible for several months. The combination of ibm enterprise software and symbians open technology, however, will give business people the ability to work either on or offline. Nov 18, 2016 we caught up with cogniance founder juha christensen ahead of slush. The dane, an executive at british computer maker psion plc, suggested uniting the worlds biggest phone makers in a. Juha christensen, a former symbian cofounder, plans to leave the software giant and join a mobile device startup. Founder symbian, former exec microsoft, macromedia. Microsoft, macromedia, psion, progression partners. Obviously, every time we see people with a competitive offering, we get a little apprehensive. Its headquarters were in southwark, london, england, with other offices opened in cambridge, sweden, silicon valley, japan, india, china, south korea, and australia it was established on 24 june 1998 as a partnership between psion. Juha christensen, a former symbian executive who helped microsoft launch its mobile phone effort, plans to leave the software giant later this year. Exmicrosoft exec to head macromedia mobile unit infoworld. Microsoft and ericsson to create wireless venture the new. Samsung joins symbian mobile phone group the new york times. Juha led product management for the psion series of handeld computers and played a key role in founding symbian.
Voted one of the 25 most influential europeans in technology by time magazine, he has dedicated his career to building digital eco systems. Microsoft welcomes new vice president to mobility group. Software behemoth microsoft and small, londonbased symbian are battling neckandneck to become the dominant force in nextgeneration mobilephone software. Nov 06, 2003 microsoft mobile phone exec to depart. Juha came up with the idea for symbian, wrote the first business plan and led the negotiations that brought together the original investors around symbian. The company offers navigation programs, application creation platforms, location management, and. Since 1977, ccc has met the needs of its market by offering affordable network systems, flexible software packages and.
Christensen, previously an executive vice president at symbian ltd. Sharp and mitsubishi, who took the symbian os kernel and some frameworks, and developed their. The move intensifies symbian s rivalry with microsoft corp. Juha is a brilliant strategic thinker and very honest, sincere and helpful in all matters. Symbian makes a mobile phone operating system with the same name. Sep 14, 2014 symbian came about from psion and their organiser product.
Juha christensen, exsymbian inspirer and drive, exvice president of microsoft mobile division, expresident at macromedia, also being on board of teleca, the largest systems integrator in the mobile industry, and unwire. Juha can add significant value to all organizations. The new applications will give mobile workers realtime access to web and corporate data, and for the first time allow them to continue to work with this information offline, without the need for a continuous. Angellist about startup jobs recruiting investing blog. Michael shraybman cogniance stanford feb 8 2010 slideshare. Voted one of the 25 most influential europeans in technology by time magazine, juha has had profound impact on the industry though his efforts at companies like symbian, microsoft.
Prior to starting symbian, christensen was vice president of licensing at psion, where he helped bring to market some of the world. My first visit to finland to meet nokia coincided with a period of particularly cold weather. Following symbian juha spent four years as corporate vice president at microsoft, responsible for a range of mobile software and server products, including. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover juhas. Juha christensen, symbians executive vice president, said he did not see the deal as a threat. Juha christensen, microsofts corporate vice president of mobility. View juha christensen s business profile as founder and chairman at cogniance inc. He later led microsofts mobile business as corporate vice president. Mobile consumer internet enterprise software location based services automotive mobile advertising navigation software references juha is a brilliant strategic thinker and very honest, sincere and helpful in all matters. It had an arm processor, a compact and efficient os and a nifty gui. In 2005, onesixth of the worlds population will have a mobile phone, and many of these will be dataenabled, said colly myers, symbian s chief executive. The company offers navigation programs, application creation platforms, location management, and service deployment kits. As part of our ongoing series of user experience interviews, we catchup with juha christensen, ceo of sonopia, a startup focused on enabling operators to manage user experience across nanosegments.
Software outsourcing in ukraine michael shraybman, ceo, cogniance. Actually, christensen had been legally bound to be inaudible for several months. Juha christensen is a finnish businessman, philanthropist and negotiator who played an instrumental role in the 2005 aceh peace process. He became an executive vice president of sales and marketing of symbian as well as being a director. Ibm news room 20000215 ibm and symbian join forces to. Juha christensen, ex symbian inspirer and drive, exvice president of microsoft mobile division, expresident at macromedia, also being on board of teleca, the largest systems integrator in the mobile industry, and unwire. Jun 11, 2000 so its understandable that alarms were triggered by the defection of juha christensen, symbian s executive vice president, to its lethal enemy, as vice president of sales and marketing, as well. Along with juha christensen and mark gretton, i flew to helsinki, where juha had a hired car waiting for a two hour drive north to. In 2005, onesixth of the worlds population will have a mobile phone, and many of these will be dataenabled, said colly myers, symbians chief executive. It was established on 24 june 1998 as a partnership between psion, nokia, ericsson, motorola and sony, to exploit the convergence between pdas and mobile phones, and a joi.
Mr christensen was employed from june 1998 as an employee of symbian ltd. Symbian is a profitable company with over 1,000 employees and an annual revenue growth rate in excess of 100%. Juha christensen is a finnish businessman, philanthropist and negotiator who played an instrumental role in the 2005 aceh peace process life. We do not provide technical support for any of the symbian software products, or for any damage that may. Ms poaches symbian exec for wireless ops the register. Attorney board member mentor member acquired about. The three companies created a mobile software venture, which they named symbian. Users of wireless devices from symbian licensees, including ericsson, nokia, matsushita, motorola, philips and psion, soon will have continuous access to their data and corporate applications. Working with qualcomm will extend symbians seamless interoperability, allowing device manufacturers to innovate and vary their offerings for mobile users.
Microsoft declares war on inaudible sh symbian the. Qualcomm cdma technologies is the leading developer and supplier of cdma chipsets, hardware and software solutions and tools with more than 50 million msm chips shipped worldwide. In addition juha is a board member at teleca, the worlds largest mobile software services company, a founding venture partner at sunstone capital as well as an investor in numerous other startups. Dec 09, 1999 juha christensen, symbian s executive vice president, said he did not see the deal as a threat. Feb 18, 2003 samsung joins the other four top mobile phone makers as a partowner of symbian, with a seat on the board. View juha christensens business profile as founder and chairman at cogniance inc. When i started working for the y the office computers. Early in his career, christensen was a vice president at psion when that company launched the worlds first handheld computer.
Ever since march in fact, when microsoft poached him at great expense from symbian for it is they to become the. Following symbian juha spent four years as corporate vice president at microsoft, responsible for a range of mobile software and server products, including mobile information server, server activesync smartphone and pocket pc. Ever since march in fact, when microsoft poached him at great expense from symbian for it. He later led microsofts mobile business as corporate vice president and went on. The three companies created a mobilesoftware venture, which they named symbian. Former microsoft executive and symbian cofounder juha. Ibm press room ibm and symbian today announced a joint development agreement to create wireless enterprise applications for users of symbian based smartphones and communicators. Speaking from geneva, symbians vice president for sales and marketing juha christensen told zdnet that 80 percent of the operating system the kernel and the middleware needed for mobile.
But microsoft will face competition from the symbian operating system that is used by several companies in europe, including cell phone company nokia. The dane, an executive at british computer maker psion plc, suggested uniting the. The company combines branding, user experience and engineering to help innovators bring products to market. Juha christensen general manager juha has been involved in the aceh peace process since the very inception of the preparatory phase in 2000 laying the grounds for the helsinki talks in 2005 and has worked closely in the mediation and follow up process together with president martti ahtisaari. Mar 28, 2000 christensen is a serious catch for microsoft, having been one of the senior vps at symbian, in charge of marketing and sales, and a highprofile public face. Symbian software founder cogniance founder sonopia. Juha christensen chooses ukraine software development.
Jan 06, 2004 former microsoft executive and symbian cofounder juha christensen to lead macromedia mobile and devices division january 06, 2004 07. Juha christensen, colly myers, david levin, nigel clifford. What were the primary reasons behind the decline and fall. Juha christensen chooses ukraine software development company. Jan 06, 2004 the software maker hires juha christensen, former head of microsofts mobile devices unit, to head the effort to expand use of macromedias flash format by cell phone makers and carriers. Microsoft and ericsson to create wireless venture the. Christensen is a serious catch for microsoft, having been one of the senior vps at symbian, in charge of marketing and sales, and a highprofile public face.
Oct 22, 2002 early in his career, christensen was a vice president at psion when that company launched the worlds first handheld computer. British venture takes on microsoft in wireless data market. Microsoft mobile phone exec leaves for startup infoworld. Juha christensen serves as the chief executive officer of cloudmade. Symbian came about from psion and their organiser product. Former microsoft executive and symbian cofounder juha christensen to lead macromedia mobile and devices division january 06, 2004 07.
Microsoft and symbian, a londonbased softwaremaker, are. Cloudmade limited develops application platform software. Its headquarters were in southwark, london, england, with other offices opened in cambridge, sweden, silicon valley, japan, india, china. Juha christensen brings entrepreneurial leadership, an amazing. Microsoft wants your cellphone the software king has big plans for making the world of mobile phones safe for windows. Symbian was a software development and licensing company, known for the symbian os, a smartphone operating system, and other related technologies. Symbian has developed relationships throughout the wireless value chain to ensure that content, services and wireless information devices come together to offer unprecedented consumer benefits, said juha christensen, executive vice president, symbian. Microsoft keeps sprinting after various goals, but we. Symbian, for a long time the leading operating system in mobile, shipped during its lifetime inside almost a billion smartphones across the world. Three years ago it poached symbian executive vice president juha christensen.
His insight in working with consumers, software developers and large brand advertisers. Aug 16, 2006 as part of our ongoing series of user experience interviews, we catchup with juha christensen, ceo of sonopia, a startup focused on enabling operators to manage user experience across nanosegments. We caught up with cogniance founder juha christensen ahead of slush. Before becoming involved in the aceh peace process, he had lived for several decades in indonesia, and spoke indonesian fluently.
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