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Elizabeth Schimel joins Nokia

Published in February 26th, 2008

Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in People on the Move

Elizabeth Schimel has joined Nokia to head up their music business unit under Tero Ojanpera (Entertainment and Communities). This was a long-anticipated move from Nokia – their music business had for perhaps too long been managed by Finns and Englishmen who had perhaps not their ‘DNA’ in the music business. The time is now critical [...]

Harry Santamäki leaves Nokia

Published in January 9th, 2008

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Harry Santamäki, one of the more out-of-box thinking Nokia executives and VP Business development at Nokia Multimedia left the company on January 1. He was instrumental in developing Nokia’s search and mobile marketing services from scratch into commercial product. Harry will now focus on consulting and pursuing new venture opportunities. The man has been around: [...]

Matthew Snyder Leaves Nokia to Found Adostrategies

Published in December 9th, 2007

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Matthew Snyder, one of the most versatile Americans I know has left the Nokia camp. I got to know Matt in 2003 when doing a consulting project for Nokia. Matt has an amazing past of 18 years in Japan and part of it in the holiest of them all product development teams of Sony. From [...]

Carl Bressler is at it again

Published in November 29th, 2007

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My friend Carl Bressler took an impressive four year sabbatical after selling his company and now he is back in business again. This time around he is looking to venture into movie production as well as angel investing in technology and media companies. http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlbressler addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fmeownewsletter.com%2F2007%2F11%2F29%2Fcarl-bressler-is-at-it-again%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Carl+Bressler+is+at+it+again’; addthis_pub = ”;

Chris Dorr joins Nokia

Published in November 1st, 2007

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Chris Dorr has joined Nokia as Head of Global Video Partnerships. Chris will be working in the team of Tero Ojanpera (EVP, Entertainment and Communities). He joins Nokia from Sony Connect where he held a similar position. Chris works with the movie and TV industries worldwide to set up partnerships in this fairly nascent unit [...]