Futurice
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| Company type | Joint stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology |
| Founded | 2000 (Helsinki, Finland) |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Simo Leisti (CEO) Hanna Maria Sievinen (Chair of the Board) |
| Products | Software development Mobile software |
| Revenue | Turnover: 73 million € (2020) |
| Owner | Founders, personnel, Finnish pension funds |
Number of employees | 629[1] |
| Website | www.futurice.com |
Futurice is a digital innovation and engineering company with Finnish roots. The core business is developing and designing digital services and products. In addition, Futurice helps its clients to become more capable in the future by transforming company cultures, co-creating digital strategies, and turning technology into business. Futurice's purpose is "to catalyze progress by building and learning together." It was founded in 2000 and by 2019 it had employed more than 500 professionals.[2] In 2012 and 2013, Futurice was chosen by the “Great Place” and “Work Institute” as the best place to work in both Finland and in Europe.[3]
Operations
Futurice is one of the fastest growing technology companies in Finland. In the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Futurice has been in the list for eight consecutive years, including being the first in 2008.[4] Futurice's revenue in 2011 was about 9.8 million euros, and the revenue for 2017 was 50.2 million euros.[1] The company's business has been profitable.[5]
Futurice's headquarters is in Helsinki. In December 2008, a Tampere branch office was opened. During 2010, sister company Futurice Gmbh was established, and a new office was opened in Berlin, Germany. In the beginning of 2012, Great Britain sister company Futurice Ltd was established with an office in London. In October 2015 Futurice opened offices in Stockholm and Munich and in May 2018 in Oslo, followed by the latest office opening in Stuttgart in summer 2019.
Products and services
Futurice employs agile software development methodologies. The January 2008, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking conference (CCNC) saw the introduction of the Apache-, MySQL- and PHP-development environment for Symbian S60 version, Personal Apache MySQL PHP (PAMP) that was developed in collaboration with Nokia and Futurice. Futurice was also accepted to the conference to demonstrate its experimental Peer-to-peer prototype, based on the PAMP development environment.[6][7] Futurice is also prominent in a specialist role in the Forum Nokia section Talk to the Guru, directed towards other application developers.[8] Futurice is one of the first European companies accepted as a member of Apple's iPhone-developer program.[9]
Company culture
Futurice CEO Tuomas Syrjänen was chosen as the Leader of the Year by magazine Fakta in 2013. According to the competition jury, the decision was evident. Mr. Syrjänen has applied lean management methods in his work.[10]
References
- ^ a b "Futurice". taloussanomat.fi. Taloussanomat. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "About". Futurice. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "50 Best Small & Medium-Sized Workplaces in Europe - Great Place to Work® Institute". www.greatplacetowork.net. Great Place to Work® Institute. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "Deloitte - Technology Fast 50-500". www.deloitte.com (in Finnish). Deloitte. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "Futurice Oy - economy - Fonecta Finder". Fonecta Finder. Fonecta Oy. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "CCNC". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- ^ "PAMP - OpenSource". Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- ^ Nokia Forums [dead link]
- ^ "Home". futurice.com.
- ^ "Tuomas Syrjänen on Faktan Vuoden johtaja - Työelämä - Talouselämä". www.talouselama.fi (in Finnish). Talentum Media Oy. Retrieved 17 January 2014.