Guðjón Már Guðjónsson is an Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

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 and the CEO of Medizza

Guðjón has driven the research, development and design of many leading-edge technologies and is the author of several granted patent

Patent

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s. He has served on the board of directors on a number of high-growth companies and acted as key consultant and advisor for several government-associated projects within the telecommunication

Telecommunication

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 and utility

Public utility

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 sectors.

In 2009, Guðjón started the grassroots-initiated Ministry of Ideas (Hugmyndaráðuneytið), which is a forum for discussion and promotion of innovations in industry, education, economics, and society. The Ministry of Ideas is housed in the House of Ideas (Hugmyndahús Háskólanna), which is home to several startup companies, a recording studio, and art and design projects. Guðjón led the effort to found the House of Ideas, which is sponsored by the Iceland Academy of the Arts (Listaháskóli Íslands) and Reykjavík University

Reykjavík University

Reykjavík University is a private university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and is chartered by the Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Icelandic Industries, and the Confederation of Icelandic Employers....

(Háskólinn í Reykjavík).

In 2009 Guðjón was selected by the Junior Chamber International

Junior Chamber International

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 as the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World

The Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP)

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 honor.

Business involvement

Guðjón is a board member of a few startups and innovation companies. He started in business at the age of 13 in developing software applications. When he was 17 years old, Guðjón established his first international software company, OZ Communications. OZ was acquired by Nokia in September 2008.

• 2010 - Board member at LazyTown
  LazyTown
  LazyTown is a children's television program that was produced in Iceland with a cast and crew from Iceland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It was created by Magnús Scheving, a gymnastics champion and CEO of LazyTown Entertainment, who also stars in the show...
  
  
• 2010 - Co-founded Agora, an online collaboration innovation company.
• 2009 - Established the Ministry of Ideas as a grassroots organization focusing on the innovation environment.
• 2008 - Founded Medizza, an media internet services company.
• 2003 - Co-founded telecommunication systems integration company Industria
  Industria (company)
  Industria is an multinational company with a focus on FTTH solutions and systems integration.-Background:Established in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2003 by Guðjón Már Guðjónsson and Erling Freyr Gudmundsson, Industria offers consultancy and systems integration services for FTTH and triple-play operators,...
  
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• 2000 - Co-founded mobile application company Maskina, later acquired by Viva Technologies and now called Vyke
  Vyke
  Vyke Communications is a Voice over IP telephony company with a focus on Mobile VoIP and IP SMS using S60 supported mobile phones without the need for additional hardware...
  
  . Vyke is now publicly traded.
• 1999 - Co-founded Extrada, a software company connecting consumers to digital services in the home. Extrada was acquired by ESP Gruppen in 2002.
• 1998 - Founded Íslandssími (now Vodafone Iceland
  Vodafone Iceland
  Vodafone Iceland is an Icelandic telecommunications company and is part of the Icelandic IT company Teymi. Although the company carries the Vodafone brand and trademark, Vodafone Group owns no interest in the company, but rather franchises the brand and associated advertising styles to Teymi, the...
  
  ), offering mobile, broadband, TV and voice. This company was taken IPO on the Iceland Stock Exchange
  Iceland Stock Exchange
  NASDAQ OMX Iceland or ICEX was established in 1985 as a joint venture of several banks and brokerage firms on the initiative of the central bank. Trading began in 1986 in Icelandic government bonds, and trading in equities began in 1990. Equities trading increased rapidly thereafter...
  
   only two years after Guðjón founded it.
• 1989 - Founded OZ Communications in Iceland.

Patents

U.S. Patent 6,564,261

WIPO Patent WO0205118

WIPO Patent WO0139016

WIPO Patent WO0111471