Marten Mickos
Encyclopedia
Mårten Gustaf Mickos was chief executive officer (CEO) of MySQL AB
. He served as chief executive officer from January 2001 to February 2008, when Sun Microsystems
bought MySQL Inc and MySQL AB. He served as senior vice president of the database group at Sun Microsystems until March 2009. In February 2008 he was announced as member of the board of Mozilla Messaging
, in May 2009, he also joined the board of directors at RightScale
. In September 2009 venture capital
firm Benchmark Capital
hired Mickos as their Entrepreneur In Residence
.
In March 2010, Mårten was named CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, the company behind the Eucalyptus
open-source infrastructure for the implementation of cloud computing
on computer clusters.
Mårten also was a co-founder and CEO of MatchON Sports Ltd. Previously, he was CEO of Sonera subsidiary Intellitel Communications Inc, and has held sales and marketing positions at Solid
Information Technology Ltd and other growth-oriented software companies. Marten Mickos is also an angel investor in Enterprise 2.0 start-up Tradeshift
.
Mickos has a Master's degree in Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology
in Finland
and has been rewarded with awards like the
Audemars Piguet
"Changing Times Award: European Entrepreneur of the Year 2006"and the Nokia
Foundation Award.
MySQL AB
MySQL AB was a software company. MySQL AB is the creator of MySQL, a relational database management system, as well as related products such as MySQL Cluster...
. He served as chief executive officer from January 2001 to February 2008, when Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
bought MySQL Inc and MySQL AB. He served as senior vice president of the database group at Sun Microsystems until March 2009. In February 2008 he was announced as member of the board of Mozilla Messaging
Mozilla Messaging
Mozilla Messaging was a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation. It was broadly tasked with aspects of the Mozilla Project that focused on interpersonal communications, such as instant messaging and e-mail...
, in May 2009, he also joined the board of directors at RightScale
RightScale
RightScale is a web based cloud computing management platform for managing cloud infrastructure from multiple providers. The RightScale platform enables the management of public, private and hybrid clouds...
. In September 2009 venture capital
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
firm Benchmark Capital
Benchmark Capital
Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups. In 1997, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999. Other high-profile investments include Ariba, Juniper Networks, Red...
hired Mickos as their Entrepreneur In Residence
Entrepreneur In Residence
Entrepreneur in residence , sometimes executive in residence, is a position or title within the venture capital, law firm, and business school industries, typically held by a seasoned entrepreneur who is brought on-staff by a venture capital firm, university or other organization.The EIR role in a...
.
In March 2010, Mårten was named CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, the company behind the Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus (computing)
Eucalyptus is a software platform for the implementation of private cloud computing on computer clusters. There is an open-core enterprise edition and an open-source edition. Currently, it exports a user-facing interface that is compatible with the Amazon EC2 and S3 services but the platform is...
open-source infrastructure for the implementation of cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
on computer clusters.
Mårten also was a co-founder and CEO of MatchON Sports Ltd. Previously, he was CEO of Sonera subsidiary Intellitel Communications Inc, and has held sales and marketing positions at Solid
SolidDB
IBM solidDB is a product family, developed and sold by IBM. The product family includes two products built around an in-memory relational database management system. The first product is a stand-alone relational database management system entitled solidDB...
Information Technology Ltd and other growth-oriented software companies. Marten Mickos is also an angel investor in Enterprise 2.0 start-up Tradeshift
Tradeshift
Tradeshift is a web based business network founded by Christian Lanng, Mikkel Hippe Brun and Gert Sylvest. The network was launched in May 2010, and used in more than 150 countries by February 2011...
.
Mickos has a Master's degree in Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology
Helsinki University of Technology
Aalto University School of Science and Technology , was the temporary name for Helsinki University of Technology during the process of forming the Aalto University...
in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and has been rewarded with awards like the
Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet is a manufacturer of prestige Swiss watches which compete with Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Vacheron Constantin.-Foundation:...
"Changing Times Award: European Entrepreneur of the Year 2006"and the Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
Foundation Award.
External links
- Mårten Mickos on Twitter
- Open for business: Building successful commerce around open source - Mårten Mickos' talk at the PARC Forum.
- Mårten Mickos on effective teams (Slides, Video)
- Video: Mårten Mickos, ex-CEO of MySQL on Oracle, Open Source Startups & Lessons of MySQL
- Video: Shoot for the stars! - Mårten talks about the role of failure and long-term perspective at the Aalto Entrepreneurship Society
In the media
- Keynote by Mårten Mickos at O'ReillyO'ReillyO'Reilly is the Anglicised form of the Gaelic Ó Raghallaigh. It is also the patronymic form of the Irish name Reilly . It is commonly found throughout Ireland, with the greatest concentration of the surname found in County Cavan followed by Longford, Meath, Westmeath, Fermanagh and Monaghan, and...
MySQL CE 2011, "Data in the Cloud" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llO_EFQk3dM - "Making it in America’ (by the Finn who sold MySQL for a billion dollars)": http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2011/03/23/making-it-in-america-by-the-fin-who-sold-mysql-for-a-billion-dollars/
- Interview with Mårten Mickos in BizDeans Talk - "Entrepreneur and ex-CEO of MySQL": http://www.deanstalk.net/deanstalk/2009/11/interview-with-marten-mickos-entrepreneur-and-exceo-of-mysql.html
- Interview with Mårten Mickos in ForbesForbesForbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
Magazine - "Why Oracle Won't Kill MySQL": http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/20/mysql-marten-mickos-technology-enterprise-tech-mysql.html - Interview with MySQL CEO by Guy KawasakiGuy KawasakiGuy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, bestselling author, and Apple Fellow. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984. He is currently a Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, and has been involved in the rumor reporting...
: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/08/ten_questions_w_2.html - Interview with MySQL CEO on SlashdotSlashdotSlashdot is a technology-related news website owned by Geeknet, Inc. The site, which bills itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters", features user-submitted and ‑evaluated current affairs news stories about science- and technology-related topics. Each story has a comments section...
: http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/20/1325244&from=rss - Mårten Mickos IT decision maker of the year in FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
in 2006: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/doc.te?f_id=1067666 - Mårten Mickos ranked no. 9 among IT decision makers in SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
in 2006: http://www.nyteknik.se/art/47124 - Mozilla Messaging Board of Directors: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/about/board/