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IT Needs to Consolidate Wireless (Continued)

About Juha Christensen
As corporate vice president of the Mobile Devices Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp., Juha Christensen is responsible for managing strategic partnerships, business development, and product marketing for Microsoft's mobility solutions. Products overseen by Christensen include Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, and Smartphone 2002. He heads Microsoft's participation in a variety of worldwide wireless standards bodies and also oversees company-wide mobility solutions and scenario planning.

Before joining Microsoft, Christensen co-founded Symbian Ltd., a joint venture between Nokia Oyj, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., and Psion Plc. During his time at Symbian, Christensen wrote the company's first business plan—which had a large impact on the company's overall strategy and vision—and led the core team responsible for bringing together joint venture partners.

While at Symbian, Christensen was a board member and executive vice president in charge of product management, marketing, sales, business development, evangelism, and supplier relationships. He also had overall responsibility for the company's operations in North America and Asia.

Previously, Christensen was vice president of licensing at Psion, in charge of the commercialization of Psion's intellectual properties. During his six years at Psion, Christensen held positions in marketing, sales, product management, and product design. Before joining Psion, Christensen held general management and product design positions in networking, communications, and operating system software companies.