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Futuremark Corporation Announces Appointment of Tero Sarkkinen as CEO
June 4, 2007
Futuremark Corporation Announces Appointment of Tero Sarkkinen as CEO
Oliver Baltuch named President of Futuremark Inc. to head US operations
Espoo, Finland June 5, 2007 Futuremark Corporation, the worlds leading provider of PC and mobile phone performance analysis software and services announced today the appointment of Mr. Tero Sarkkinen as CEO, effective July 1st, 2007. Currently overseeing the companys worldwide sales and marketing, Mr. Sarkkinen has worked the past 7 years directly with Mr. Risto Vehviläinen, Futuremark Corporations current CEO. Mr. Vehviläinen enters retirement on June 30th but will continue to contribute his expertise and contacts to the company as a Director on Futuremark Corporations board.
Mr. Vehviläinen is widely credited for transforming Futuremark into a rapidly growing professional organization. Under Mr. Vehviläinen's leadership, Futuremark has reached and maintained consistent profitability, with the company experiencing significant advances in their PC and handheld performance benchmark segments and in their fast growing online publishing business
Futuremark lists 35 top tier customers from Asia, Europe and the US in their various benchmark development programs (BDP) and sells software and services to hundreds of semiconductor and hardware companies around the world. The company employs a highly skilled staff of 64 in the US, UK and Finland, with deep proficiency in developing performance measurement software and services for PC and handheld markets. In April 2006, Futuremark Corporation was a recipient of "Red Herring Hot 100 Europe", a selection of the top 100 private companies based in Europe that play a leading role in innovation and technology.
Mr. Sarkkinen said: "I'm humbled and at the same time very excited to lead Futuremark to the next stage. Risto Vehviläinen has done an unbelievable job in guiding Futuremark from its challenging past into the present days company, which has earned the respect and business of its numerous top tier customers."
Sarkkinen's transition to the role of CEO has been well planned for and is a natural evolution from his previous positions as Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, and President of Futuremark, Inc., Futuremark Corporations US subsidiary which he incorporated in 1999. Sarkkinen will relocate to corporate headquarters in Espoo, Finland. With Sarkkinens move, Mr. Oliver Baltuch has been elected President of Futuremark Inc. and in that role will oversee Futuremark's North American operations.
"Futuremark Corporation has found success by focusing on its core assets and talents, and securing a promising market for their offerings with influential PC and handheld industry customers and partnerships," said Mr. Artturi Tarjanne, Chairman of the Board of Futuremark. "Risto has set Futuremark on the path for success, and Tero possesses the talent, skill and drive to steer Futuremark to the next level."
About Futuremark Corporation
Futuremark Corporation is the leading provider of performance analysis software and services for PCs and smartphones. Futuremark is known around the world for its benchmark products, including the 3DMark®, PCMark®, SPMark, 3DMark®Mobile and VGMark series. Futuremarks customers include AMD, ARM, Broadcom, Dell, Electronic Arts, Freescale, Hitachi, Intel, Marvell, Microsoft, nVIDIA, Renesas, Samsung, Seagate, Sony, Symbian and Texas Instruments. Futuremark maintains offices in Saratoga, California and Helsinki, Finland. For more information, please visit http://www.futuremark.com
© 2007 Futuremark® Corporation. 3DMark®, PCMark®, SPMark and VGMark trademarks and logos, Futuremark® character names and distinctive likenesses, are the exclusive property of Futuremark Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective companies.
Company Contact:Futuremark Corporation
Artturi Tarjanne
Chairman of the Board
Email: artturi.tarjanne@nexitventures.com
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