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Marko Ahtisaari (born 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish technology entrepreneur and musician. Marko Ahtisaari is the son of Martti Ahtisaari, a former UN diplomat, President of Finland. He attended Columbia University where he studied philosophy, economics and music. Ahtisaari's business career started at a new media company Satama Interactive in 1998. In 2005 Ahtisaari left the company to join its biggest client, Nokia in 2002. He was appointed Director of Design strategy in 2005. In 2006 he left Nokia and joined his former boss, Nokia CEO Pekka Ala-Pietilä to start an advertisement-supported mobile network Blyk.〔(Press - Conversations )〕 In 2007 Ahtisaari became the founding investor and CEO of online business travel startup Dopplr,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dopplr Receives Funding from Premier International Team: Varsavsky, Ito, Hoffman and Klein invest in online social-travel service )〕 which was acquired by Nokia in 2009.〔(Nokia acquires Doppler - Brand Republic September 24th 2009 )〕 Between February 2009 September 2013 Ahtisaari was Head of Product Design at Nokia.〔(Interview with Marko Ahtisaari in the Good Design Awards book 2013 )〕〔(DGAP-UK-Regulatory: Nokia outlines new strategy, introduces new leadership, operational structure - TMC News February 2011 )〕 In January 2012 he was appointed as a member of the Nokia leadership team.〔(Nokia appoints Marko Ahtisaari to Nokia Leadership Team - Nokia Press Release January 26th 2012 )〕 Ahtisaari announced his resignation from Nokia when Microsoft acquired Nokia's devices business in September 2013.〔(Top designer to leave the company - All Things Digital 3.9.2013 )〕 In addition to his business career, Ahtisaari is an occasional musician and once received a Grammy Showcase Award for new artists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Doors of Perception 7 on Flow )〕 Marko contributed the essay "Intelligent Travel" to the Freesouls project.〔(Intelligent Travel, Marko Ahtisaari )〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marko Ahtisaari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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