Innofactor Plc Press Release March 17, 2015, at 10:00 Finnish time
Anthony Gyursanszky has been selected as Innofactor’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) as of August 2015. He will work in Innofactor’s Executive Board and will report to CEO Sami Ensio. He will transfer to this position from Microsoft Finland where he has worked as the Marketing and Business Director for the past five years.
Anthony has comprehensive experience in IT business. Before Innofactor and Microsoft, Anthony has worked, for example, as the CEO of the IT service company Endero, Product and Marketing Director of SSH, Business Unit Manager in F-Secure, and has been responsible for Tellabs Oy’s international business in Asia and for developing Tellabs Oy’s business as a whole. At the end of Anthony’s time as the CEO, Endero was rewarded in 2010 as the fastest growing Finnish technology company and the 45th fastest growing technology company in the EMEA area in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program. Anthony has also acted as a member of the Board of Directors in various Finnish software companies and the Board of Directors of FiCom. He has the Master of Science (Technology) degree.
The position of Chief Operating Office (COO) is new in Innofactor. The main tasks of the COO include developing the business processes and management system, and ensuring the efficiency of operations. Additionally, in the Group’s Executive Board, the COO is responsible for marketing and communication, quality and customer satisfaction.
“I know Anthony personally very well due to our several years of cooperation with Microsoft. I am 100% sure of his know-how. I am very happy to have Anthony as part of the Innofactor team. He has insurmountable experience on Microsoft’s international operating methods, on managing a business like Innofactor, and on globalization of Finnish companies. Anthony will have a central role in the development and globalization of Innofactor’s business,” says Innofactor’s founder, main owner and CEO Sami Ensio.
Espoo, March 17, 2015
INNOFACTOR PLC
Sami Ensio, CEO
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Innofactor Plc
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Innofactor is one of the leading Nordic IT solution providers focused on Microsoft platforms. Innofactor delivers business critical solutions and maintenance services as a system integrator and develops its own software products and services. Innofactor’s own product development is focused on Microsoft’s Windows Azure-based cloud solutions. Innofactor's customers include approximately 1,000 private and public sector organizations in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and elsewhere in Europe. The company has about 400 motivated and skilled employees in several locations in Finland, Denmark and Sweden. From 2010 to 2014, Innofactor's annual net sales growth has been 45% on average. Leading Finnish business media Kauppalehti and Balance Consulting selected Innofactor as the most successful company on the Finnish stock exchange in 2013. The Innofactor Plc share is listed in the technology section of the main list of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy.