Rightware Strengthens Its Board With Former Nokia Executive
ESPOO, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rightware, a leader in 3D user interface technology, today announced that experienced mobile and telecommunication executive Mr. Jonas Geust has been appointed as a member of the board of directors. With this addition, the company strengthens its smartphone industry expertise and further adds value to its strategic planning.
“Rightware wants to warmly welcome Mr. Geust to the board. Mr. Geust’s long experience in the mobile industry will be a huge asset for the team and board when the company further develops its products and strategy,” states Mr. Timo Tirkkonen, Chairman of the board. “I’m excited to work with the Rightware team. The solutions and technology the team has developed is really impressive and enables embedded device manufacturers to rapidly develop more attractive user interfaces for consumers,” says Mr. Geust.
Mr. Geust currently serves as a partner and CEO of Havainne Oy that develops and sells smart products and internet based solutions to improve traffic and pedestrian safety. Prior to Havainne, Mr. Geust worked more than 15 years in the international telecommunication and mobile entertainment industry at Nokia. During his career at Nokia, Mr. Geust was responsible for bringing several innovative and iconic Nokia products to the market, including Nokia’s first devices with a hard drive (Nokia N91), integrated GPS (Nokia N95), the first Mobile Computer (Nokia N97) and the first cellular product based on the Maemo/Linux operating system (Nokia N900).
Mr. Geust holds a B.Sc (Eng) from Institute of Technology in Helsinki and a Degree in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen.
About Rightware:
Rightware serves mobile, automotive and the embedded industries with Kanzi™ solution for rapid 3D user interface design and deployment. Rightware also develops industry leading system performance analysis tools. The world renowned product portfolio includes 3DMark®Mobile for OpenGL ES 1.x and OpenGL ES 2.0, VGMark® for OpenVG 1.x, and SPMark® platform benchmark for Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile, Linux and mobile Java. Rightware is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and has offices in Beijing and Shanghai.
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