Kaj Arnö

Kaj Arnö

Vice President Database Community at Sun Microsystems

Munich Area, Germany

Current
  • Founder, Religious Leader at Runnism
  • Vice President Database Community at Sun Microsystems
  • Board member at Productive Business Systems Ab
  • Owner at Kaj Arnö Communications Ab
Past
Education
  • Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan
  • Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
  • Lönkan
  • Andra batteri
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Kaj Arnö’s Summary

Software industry generalist, having serving as VP Professional Services, VP Engineering, CIO and VP Community Relations of MySQL AB prior to the acquisition by Sun. Now MySQL Ambassador to Sun and Sun VP of Database Community. Board member of Productive Business Systems Ab (Åland). Past founder, CEO and 14 year main entrepreneur of Polycon Ab (Finland).

Kaj Arnö’s Specialties:

The world's most popular Open Source database.
Cultural awareness
Distributed companies


Kaj Arnö’s Experience

  • Founder, Religious Leader

    Runnism

    (Privately Held; Sports industry)

    July 2009Present (9 months)

    Establishing Runnism, the Religion of Running
    Worshipping Physical Well-Being
    Sharing the joys of running through Social Media

  • Vice President Database Community

    Sun Microsystems

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    2008Present (2 years )

  • Board member

    Productive Business Systems Ab

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2007Present (2 years 5 months)

    Board member for the largest IT solution provider on the Åland Islands (between Sweden and Finland) http://www.pbs.ax

  • Owner

    Kaj Arnö Communications Ab

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Investment Management industry)

    November 2005Present (4 years 5 months)

  • Vice President Community Relations

    MySQL AB

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    September 2005February 2008 (2 years 6 months)

    Responsible for company relations to Free and Open Source Software community, reporting to the CEO (Licensing, Architecture of Participation, Users Conference; growing the user base)

  • VP, CIO

    MySQL AB

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2004August 2005 (1 year )

    Responsible for MySQL AB's Internal IT department, mainly out of Uppsala, Sweden.

  • VP Engineering

    MySQL AB

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2003August 2004 (10 months)

    Acting VP of Engineering of MySQL AB, when the MySQL AB engineering department was about 60 heads.

  • VP Professional Services

    MySQL AB

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2003March 2004 (5 months)

    VP Professional Services (Support, Training, Certification, Consulting)

  • VP Consulting

    MySQL AB

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2002October 2003 (1 year 2 months)

    Launching MySQL AB's consulting activities

  • VP Training

    MySQL AB

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 2001October 2003 (2 years 6 months)

    Launched MySQL AB's training activities

  • CEO

    Polycon Ab

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    June 1987April 2001 (13 years 11 months)

    Founded Polycon Ab in 1987
    Training, consulting and providing software solutions
    Grew and developed the company 1987-1995
    Sold part of the company to NU Unternehmens-Beratung GmbH 1996
    Bought it back 1999
    Sold half of the company to MySQL AB in 2001
    Sold most of the other half of the company to current Polycon Ab management 2001-2004


Kaj Arnö’s Education

  • Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan

    MBA , Marketing , 19981999

  • Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan

    M.Sc. (Eng.) , Industrial Economics; Software Engineering , 19811988

    Activities and Societies:
    Teknologföreningen TFS 1985
  • Lönkan

    19721981

  • Andra batteri


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Kaj Arnö’s Interests:

Communities; distributed companies; languages (mainly se de en fi fr); photography; snowboarding; running; mountaineering

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