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Observations by Kaj Arnö @Sun

About me

Blog; Bio; LinkedIn; O’Reilly;

Basics:

  • Kaj Arnö
  • Born 1963 in Finland
  • M. Sc. (Eng.) 1988 from Helsinki University of Technology
  • Married 1992, children born 1994, 1995
  • MBA 1999 from Svenska Handelshögskolan
  • Joined MySQL AB in 2001
  • Lives in Munich since 2006
  • VP Database Community, Sun Microsystems since 2008

Hobbies:

  • Running (marathon: 3:55:22 in Helsinki 2008; half marathon: 1:45:58 in Munich; Training 1259 km in 2007, 1382 km in 2008)
  • Mountaineering (Wildspitze 3772 m in Feb 2008; Mt Blanc 4810 m in Sep 2008; Kilimanjaro 5895 m in Feb 2009)
  • Photography (role models for inspiration and insights: Julian Cash, James Duncan Davidson, Riccardo Desiderio, Oswin “Ossi” Eder, Ulf Scherling, Emir Uzun)

Links:

  • LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kajarno
  • Home page: http://kaj.arno.fi/
  • Blogs: http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/ and http://blogs.arno.fi/isit/  (English)
    http://blogs.arno.fi/efib/ (German)
    http://blogs.arno.fi/fib/ (Swedish)
    Plus blogs in Italian, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Turkish, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian linked from http://kaj.arno.fi/
  • Bio: http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/bio/
  • O’Reilly: http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/speaker/20405

Pictures:

Julian Cash 2008


Julian Cash 2008

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