Nokia Interactive’s Mike Baker Finalist for Private Company CEO of the Year by Massachusetts Network Communications Council
10 Apr, 2008
April 10, 2008 – Nokia today announced that that Mike Baker, vice president and head of Nokia Interactive, was nominated as finalist for the Massachusetts Network Communications Council (MassNetComms) private company CEO of the Year for his work leading Enpocket, the mobile marketing enabler that was acquired by Nokia in October 2007. Enpocket is also nominated for Private Company of the Year. The winners will be announced at the MassNetComms Awards Ceremony, which will be held April 16, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge.
MassNetComms‘s finalists for CEO of the Year award are nominated by the public and then determined by a committee of members of the board of directors. The other finalists for this award include EqualLogic and Maven Networks. The winner is decided by vote of the MassNetComms membership and is presented to the CEO of a New England company who has gained the respect of his/her peers, employees, and others in the industry and who is recognized as an exceptional leader. As such, the CEO of the Year has often guided his/her company to success by providing the direction necessary to transform challenges (including rapidly changing technologies, fluctuating markets and economies, and workforce diversity) into opportunities.
Mike has spent his career building companies as an investor, entrepreneur and senior operating executive, with more than 20 years pioneering new digital media platforms. Mike’s career experience includes new media, financial technologies and Internet infrastructure, as well as online and behavioral targeting.
"By nominating Mike Baker as a finalist for the Massachusetts Network Communications Council's Private Company CEO of the Year, our board members are recognizing his outstanding role leading Enpocket to the top of the mobile ad technology services facilitating their acquisition by Nokia in September 2007,” said Mark Horan, executive director of MassNetComms.
Awards will also be presented to Public Company CEO of the Year, Public and Private Company of the Year, and Product of the year. (List below.)
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About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.
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Email: communication.corp@nokia.com
About the Massachusetts Network Communications Council
The Massachusetts Telecommunications Council (MassNetComms) supports voice, data and video communication companies as they build successful and growing businesses in Massachusetts and New England. By providing advocacy to the state and federal government, education about key technical and business trends, and visibility with customers, partners, and investors, MassNetComms fosters entrepreneurship and growth in the network communications sector in Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.massnetcomms.org
Company of the Year - Public Finalists
* Akamai
* BladeLogic
* iBasis
Company of the Year - Private Finalists
* Enpocket
* EqualLogic
* Maven Networks
CEO of the Year - Public Finalists
* Andy Ory, Acme Packet
* Ash Dahod, Starent Networks
* Dev Ittycheria, BladeLogic
* Jit Saxena, Netezza
CEO of the Year - Private Finalists
* Mike Baker, Enpocket
* Don Bulens, EqualLogic
* Dan Olschwang, JumpTap
* Hilmi Ozguc, Maven Networks
Product of the Year Finalists
* AG Mednet's Diagnostic Imaging Network
* Arbor Networks' Active Threat Level Analysis System (ATLAS)
* Permission TV's Smartplayer
* Vanu's AnyWave Base Station
