- Robert Scoble
Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. He is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. He and his wife, Maryam Ghaemmaghami Scoble , currently work at PodTech.net , a video-podcast startup. He is the co-author of Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers with Shel Israel .
- Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (born in Lavia, Finland on July 13, 1953) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Corporation and Chairman of Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint venture between Nokia and Siemens AG.
- Jorma Ollila
Jorma Jaakko Ollila is the Chairman (1992–) and CEO of Nokia Corporation (1992–2006) and Member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company (2000–), UPM-Kymmene (1997–), and Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd. (1996–). As of June 1 2006 he became the Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Non-Executive Chairman of Nokia.
- Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky is an American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He teaches New Media as an adjunct professor at New York University's (NYU) graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). His courses address, among other things, the interrelated effects of social and technological network topology, how our networks shape culture and vice-versa.
- Kevin David Mitnick
Mr. Mitnick will also share specific guidance you can immediately put to use to raise the bar of organizational awareness and mitigate the risk that your wireless network will be the next stepping stone into sensitive corporate data and computing resources. "Mr. Mitnick's presentation was not only informative and entertaining; it also brought home some very relevant information security issues.
- Matt Jones
Matt Jones is the author of "Mobile Interaction Design" (ISBN 0-470-09089-8) and a Reader at Swansea University. Not to be confused with Matt Jones, interaction designer working for Nokia and inventor of the concept of warchalking.
- Fredrik Idestam
Knut Fredrick Idestam was a Finnish mining engineer and businessman, best known as a founder of Nokia. In May 1865, Idestam obtained a permit to construct a groundwood paper mill at Tampere, Finland. The mill began operations in 1866. In 1871, Idestam and Leo Mechelin founded Nokia Ltd. and moved the company's operations to the city of Nokia, Finland. Idestam retired from management of the company in 1896.
- Ora Lassila
Ora Lassila is a Finnish computer scientist who lives and works as a Research Fellow at the Nokia Research Center, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He has been conducting research into the Semantic Web since 1996, and was co-author, with Tim Berners-Lee and James Hendler of the article "The Semantic Web" which appeared in Scientific American in 2001, now the most cited paper in the Semantic Web area.
- Frank Nuovo
As founding head of the Nokia Design organization since 1995, Nuovo spearheaded the company's styling and global industrial design innovations. Nuovo initiated the building of an international design group of over 30 nationalities. Building and orchestrating a global design team that now can be found in multiple points in Finland, England, Denmark, Japan, China and the USA including Los Angeles and San Diego.
- Greg Costikyan
Greg Costikyan, also known as Designer X, is an American game designer and science fiction writer. Costikyan's career spans nearly all extant genres of gaming, including hex-based wargames, role-playing games, boardgames, card games, computer games, online games and mobile games. Several of his games have won Origins Awards.
- Yitzhak Rabin
"'"', <font color="white">a</font>(March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel with two periods in office, from 1974 until 1977 and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. In 1994 during his second term Rabin won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat, for their efforts towards peace which culminated in the Oslo Accords.
- Marjorie Scardino
Dame Marjorie Morris Scardino, DBE, FRSA, (born 25 January 1947) is a non-executive director of Nokia and former CEO of the Economist Group. She became the first female Chief Executive of a FTSE 100 company when she was appointed CEO of Pearson PLC in 1997 Scardino is a graduate of Baylor University and the University of San Francisco School of Law and the winner of the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal. Before 1985 she was the editor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, …
- Ragheb Alama
Ragheb Subhi Alama was born and raised in Ghoubeiri (غبيري) in Beirut, Lebanon. He got married to Jehan Al Ali in January 18th 1996. and became the father of 2 children, Khaled (Born 1997) and Louay (Born 2001). He has 3 sisters and 4 brothers-of which he was the 4th. His father named him after the first Lebanese Judge, "Ragheb beik Alama". One of the most celebrated singers in the Arab world, spanning a successful career of 15 years.
- Kari Kairamo
Kari Kairamo (December 31, 1932 near Kotka in Finland, - December 11, 1988 in Espoo, Finland) was a CEO of Nokia and a significant and popular person in the industry, who was also actively involved in Finland's foreign policy.
- Iiro Viinanen
Iiro Viinanen (born September 27, 1944, Kuopio, Finland) is a Finnish politician. He was a Member of the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) from 1983 to 1996. His political party was National Coalition Party. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1991 to 1996. During his term as a Minister, Finland went through its worst recession in history. As the Minister of Finance in Prime Minister Esko Aho's cabinet he lead strict budget discipline.
- Celeste Thorson
Celeste Thorson is an American actress, model, photographer and writer. She is best known for her role as a host in the Destination X Hawaii TV Series and modeling campaigns for Body Glove, Nokia, Yahoo!, BIOQUE, and Paul Mitchell. A political activist Thorson has worked with the Save the Children, Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, Public Interest Research Group, and Sierra Club. Along with modeling she's also appeared in several music videos including the Rolling Stones - Rain Fall Down.
- Robert S. Kaplan
Dr. Robert Kaplan , Chairman- Balanced Scorecard Collaborative & Professor- Harvard Business School; delivered a seminar on Execution as Competitive Advantage: New Strategies for the Information Age at the Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi on February 15, 2005. Amity Business School was the academic partner to bringing this world renowned management guru to .....
- Lauri Viita
Lauri Viita (born 17 December 1916, died 22 December 1965) was a poet hailing from Pispala district of Tampere, Finland.
- Jen Hunter
Jen Hunter (born 1982 in Wigan) is an English model and television personality. Hunter has become something of a national figurehead and poster girl for the Size Zero debate following her controversial appearance on the reality television show "Make Me A Supermodel" in 2006. Despite being criticised for her Size 12 (US Size 8) frame and putting on weight during the programme's filming by the its judges, Hunter was voted top girl by the viewing public, …
- Chip Pitts
Chip Pitts is an international attorney, investor/entrepreneur, and law educator who serves as a volunteer leader of a number of civil liberties and human rights organizations. As Board President of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, he has helped lead the national movement to educate American citizens about recent encroachments on freedom in connection with the U.S.-led "war on terror." As Chairman of Amnesty International USA, …
- Brian Nesmith
Brian NeSmith is a technology entrepreneur and CEO of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. NeSmith graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984, holding a Bachelors Degree in electrical engineering. In 1993, NeSmith co-founded Newbridge Networks' Local Area Networking business, VIVID, and served as the unit's first general manager. Under his direction, VIVID developed and executed Newbridge's product strategy for Layer 3 Switched Routing products.
- Esko Mikkola
Esko Olavi Mikkola (born 14 February 1975 in Tampere) is a Finnish javelin thrower. He won a silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu and finished eleventh at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. His personal best throw is 84.27 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Nokia.
- Pentti Kouri
Pentti Juho Kalervo Kouri is a Finnish economist and venture capitalist. He was the first Finn to get a stipend to Atlantic College. After graduating from there, he got his Master's degree in economics from University of Helsinki in 1970. At that same year, when he was just 21 years old, he was hired by the International Monetary Fund. It was in IMF's research organization where Kouri first met Michael Porter, with whom he later developed the Kouri-Porter model.
- Leo Mechelin
Leopold Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin (Leo Mechelin, 24 November 1839 - January 26 1914) was a Finnish professor, statesman, leading defender of Finnish autonomy and the rights a minorities and women, leading opponent of repression and a liberal reformer. His government ("Mechelin's senate", 1905-08) made Finland the first country in the world with the universal right to vote and to be voted, as well as gave its people the freedoms of expression, press, …
- Assaf Seewi
Assaf Seewi is a show-drummer/percussionist from London considered by some to be one of the most talented drummers in the world. He is regarded for his unique blend of crazy showmanship and a repertoire of innovative grooves. His most recognizable talent is juggling three drumsticks while holding down a steady beat on the drums (the Fat Groove). His older brother is a professional juggler and Seewi had a fascination for juggling early on which crept into his drumming.
- Patrizia Filippetti
Inside by my click , let's go sign in and find me ;) I'm very interesting about future! WEB 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 , Future is inside a new digital advertising, marketing and social media ,social networking...I wanna start my 2008's business Blogs, Bloggers, Nettv, webtv, magazines on line, pr, communications, events, more interests...Step by Step I trust in IT! I running in the net...;) Enjoy! The machine is Us!
- Chikako Fushimi
is a Japanese snowboarder. Born in Osaka Prefecture, her career-high has so far been a 3rd place finish in the 2005 Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup held in Canada. She competed in the Women's Halfpipe in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Fushimi qualified for the competition's final, which was held on 13 February, but only finished 12th with a score of 15.6.
- Lori Gadzala
Lori Gadzala was the Canadian federal Green Party candidate in the Ottawa riding of Nepean—Carleton in the 2006 election. She is a businesswoman from Manotick, Ontario, having lived there for 10 years, and previously lived in Gloucester, Ontario. At the 2006 convention she was elected Ontario Rep to the Green Party of Canada federal council.
- Susan Kare
Susan Kare User Interface Graphics is a digital design practice in San Francisco, California. According to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Susan Kare is "a pioneering and influential computer iconographer. Since 1983, Kare has designed thousands of icons for the world's leading software companies. Utilizing a minimalist grid of pixels and constructed with mosaic-like precision, her icons communicate their function immediately and memorably, with wit and style."
- Yannis Brown
Yannis Brown is a composer and sound designer for portable devices and consoles. He grew up in Adelaide, Australia. He began playing keyboards by ear at the age of 4 and started composing music around the age of 13. He then moved on to writing MOD Tracker formats on the Commodore Amiga since 1989 and later IBM PC around 1993. He was heavily involved with the music part of the DemoScene and ran Groovy Compo - a bi-weekly Tracker based internet competition first started by Mick Rippon.
- Hannu Haapalainen
Hannu Haapalainen (born February 28, 1951 in Nokia, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara and KooVee. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.
- Adrian Sexton
Adrian Sexton, EVP of Digital, Participant Productions Adrian Sexton is Executive Vice President in charge of Digital at Participant Productions. Reporting to CEO Jim Berk, Sexton oversees Participant’s expansion into global media, the production of new programs and digital distribution. Sexton will also lead new digital initiative partnerships and strategic acquisitions. Prior, Adrian was a founding member of TAG Strategic.
- John Casimir Ehrnrooth
Johan Casimir Gustavovich Ehrnrooth (also Ernrot or Ehrnroth; 1833-1913) was an ethnic Finnish soldier in the service of Imperial Russia, who also acted as Prime Minister of Bulgaria. Ehrnrooth first came to prominence when he played a leading role in suppressing the resistance of Imam Shamil and the Avars in 1859. At the time a Major in the Russian Army, …
- Tero Civill
Tero Civill (born 1976 in Nokia, Finland) is a Finnish DJ and music producer. He began promoting warehouse raves and DJing at age of 15. Since 1991 he has performed at hundreds of events, including Roskilde Festival and MTV's Isle Of MTV among others. Tero also has a weekly radio show "Sunnuntaikooma" at Finland's only electronic music radio station, Basso FM. He owns a personal record collection of over 20 000 songs.
- Eyal Hertzog
Eyal Hertzog , Co-founder
- Kikka Sirén
Kikka (Kirsi Hannele Sirén, b. October 26, 1964 in Tampere, d. December 3, 2005 in Nokia) was a popular Finnish pop/schlager singer. She was known for her sexpot image and suggestive, equivocal songs. Her career was launched in the late 1980s, inspired by the success of such busty international stars as Samantha Fox and Italy's Sabrina Salerno. Kikka's best-known songs were "Mä haluun viihdyttää" ("I Want to Entertain"), …
- P. J. Haarsma
P. J. Haarsma is a Canadian science-fiction author best known for his creation of the "Rings of Orbis" universe. The first novel to be set in the "Rings of Orbis" universe is entitled "The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1" which was first published in 2006. Haarsma holds a Bachelor of Science degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. P. J. Haarsma is married and has a daughter named Skylar.
- Duy-Loan Le
Duy-Loan Le (born 1962, Vietnam) was the first woman and the first Asian to get elected to the rank of Texas Instruments Senior Fellow.
- David Casalini
Anyone can cook!
- Bosco Novak
Bosco Novak is the Head of Human Resources at Nokia Siemens Networks. He joined Nokia in 2000 as Managing Director and later that year became Area Vice President for Nokia in Austria, Switzerland and Germany. In 2001 he became Area Vice President of Customer Operations with T-Mobil. In 2003, Bosco became Vice President Strategy and Quality, Networks and in 2005 was appointed Senior Vice President for Services, Networks.