Newelo's Kimmo Jarvensivu |
Today, we are interviewing Kimmo Jarvensivu who is the VP of Sales and Business Development for mobile platform vendor Newelo which is located in Finland. Newelo is a spin-off from Nokia currently with ten direct employees and part of the R&D is subcontracted. He is also a big fan of anything Finnish including Angry Birds!
First, some background on Kimmo. He worked as a GIS consultant in the 90s, and in 1996 moved to Nokia Networks for Operation Support Systems. Later, he moved into Nokia's Managed Services area which was responsible for GSM network operations and Field Force Management around the world.
Note: I interviewed Kimmo using Skype. He also sent me written responses to many of my questions. I combined my notes with his answers for this article.
Kevin: What mobile device(s) do you carry?
Kimmo: Currently I have with me Nokia N900, N8 and E72. N900 is my personal phone, others are for testing purposes. On my desk, I have iPhone and Android ZTE Blade and Archos 7o Internet tablet. It is good to compare different mobile devices and gain end-user experience. In our business area, the most important factors are end-user experience and integration to backoffice system, so it is good to have "hands-on" experience on those applications and devices.