Ixonos Plc Press release February 28, 2007
IXONOS ADDS TO ITS MANAGEMENT TEAM
Ixonos Plc has invited Jorma Hanhimäki, Director, Line Management of
Telecommunications Business Unit, and Timo Kaisla, CEO of Ixonos Project
Management Services, to join the company's management team from 27 February
2007. Jorma Hanhimäki, age 45, acted in 2001-2005 as CEO of Vega Technologies
Oy, the software development service company that Ixonos acquired in October
2005. Hanhimäki has a long experience of the software product business.
Timo Kaisla, age 37, acted in 2000-2006 as CEO of Service 4 Mobile Oy, the
project management service company Ixonos acquired in June 2006. Previously
Kaisla has worked with Orange, Vodafone, Nokia and several Finnish telecom
operators.
In addition to Hanhimäki and Kaisla, Ixonos' Management Team comprises CEO and
President Kari Happonen, CFO Petteri Mussalo, CAO Risto Alvejuuri, director of
the Telecommunications Business Unit Kari Liuska, director of the Systems
Services Business Unit Asko Vainionpää and, representing the personnel, Shop
Steward Taisto Takkumäki.
Ixonos operates in the IT and ICT service markets, offering its customers
flexible software development, maintenance and project management solutions that
support their competitiveness and risk management. Ixonos´s services range from
expert work and consultation to software project deliveries and software
maintenance services with comprehensive responsibility.
Ixonos´s clientele comprises leading mobile and smartphone manufacturers
operating on the global markets, mobile network suppliers and telecom
operators as well as Finnish finance companies and public administration
organisations.
Ixonos has its headquarter in Helsinki and local offices in Tampere, Turku,
Salo, Jyväskylä, Oulu, Rovaniemi and Kemi, a subsidiary in Haapajärvi and in
Tallinn (Estonia), too. The number of personnel exceeds 600.
The company is listed on the Nordic Exchange, in the Small Cap segment, in
sector Information Technology. The company´s turnover was EUR 39,2 million in
2006. Operating profit was EUR 3,9 million.
For additional information, please contact:
Ixonos Plc
Kari Happonen, phone +358 424 2231, mobile +358 400 700 761.
kari.happonen@ixonos.com