Mårten Mickos
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| Mårten Gustaf Mickos | |
 Mårten G Mickos
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| Born | 1962 Espoo, Finland |
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| Occupation | Board of Directors Member at RightScale and Mozilla Messaging |
Mårten Gustaf Mickos (born November 6, 1962 in Espoo, Finland) was chief executive officer (CEO) of MySQL AB. He served as chief executive officer from January 2001 to February 2008, when Sun bought MySQL AB. He served as senior vice president of the database group at Sun Microsystems until February 2009.[1] In February 2008 he was announced as member of the board of Mozilla Messaging, in May 2009, he also joined the board of directors at RightScale.[2]
Mårten also was a co-founder and CEO of MatchON Sports Ltd. Previously, he was CEO of Sonera subsidiary Intellitel Communications Inc, and has held sales and marketing positions at Solid Information Technology Ltd and other growth-oriented software companies.[3]
Mickos has a Master's degree in Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology in Finland and has been rewarded with awards like the Audemars Piguet "Changing Times Award: European Entrepreneur of the Year 2006"[4]and the Nokia Foundation Award.[5],
[edit] References
- ^ . "With Demand Growing, MySQL CEO calls it quits". http://gigaom.com/2009/02/06/with-demand-growing-mysql-ceo-calls-it-quits/.
- ^ "Former MySQL CEO Mårten Mickos Joins RightScale Board of Directors". http://www.rightscale.com/news_events/press_releases/2009/Former-MySQL-CEO-Marten-Mickos-Joins-RightScale-Board-of-Directors.php.
- ^ . "Press release: New CEO at MySQL AB". MySQL AB. http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/press-release/release_2001_1.html.
- ^ "Press Release: MySQL Wins Audemars Piguet "Changing Times Award"". http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/9261.html.
- ^ "Press release: Nokia Foundation Award to Mårten Mickos". Nokia. http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1089660.
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- Interview with Mårten Mickos in Forbes Magazine - "Why Oracle Won't Kill MySQL": http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/20/mysql-marten-mickos-technology-enterprise-tech-mysql.html
- Interview with MySQL CEO by Guy Kawasaki: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/08/ten_questions_w_2.html
- Interview with Mårten Mickos in Forbes Magazine – "Oracle’s New Enemy": http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2006/02/15/oracle-yahoo-google-cz_vmb_0215Mysql.html
- Interview with MySQL CEO on Slashdot: http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/20/1325244&from=rss
- Mårten Mickos IT decision maker of the year in Finland in 2006: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/doc.te?f_id=1067666
- Mårten Mickos ranked no. 9 among IT decision makers in Sweden in 2006: http://www.nyteknik.se/art/47124
- Mozilla Messaging Board of Directors: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/about/board/
