Welcome to Vesku.Com
Wave riding in 2005 with Underground Wave 5'0" @ Enquentro,
Cabarete, Dominican Republic. Photo by Tarmo Laine
How to contact Vesku?
Tech Lead, Partners (Liiketoimintajohtaja, kumppanit)
Global Partner Solutions (GPS)
Microsoft Oy
Keilalahdentie 2-4
02150 Espoo, Finland
Work email: vesku .(a).
microsoft . com
Mobile: +358-50-5260430
See: www.microsoft.fi
Other Projects
Relaxing wave riding in Guincho, Portugal, July 2008.
Photo Tarmo
Laine
Old school air time at Praia do Prea, Ceara, Brazil, January
2007. Photo Tarmo
Laine
Down winder fun with friends of Vila Prea. Prea, Ceara, Brazil,
January 2007. Photo Tarmo Laine
Brazilian wave hopping. Pecem, Ceara, Brazil, January
2007. Photo Tarmo
Laine
A Finnish lake session in summer 2006. Säkylä Pyhäjärvi, Finland, July
2006. Photo Tarmo Laine
Riding Finnish waves (30 knots and +7C) and thanks to Ursuk for the world's best kiteboarding
dry suits
Hanko, Finland, October 2005. Photo by Pentti Toivonen
Winter kiteboarding (snow kiting) above 70 North in
Kilpisjärvi, Finland, April 2004. Photo by Tarmo Laine
PERSONAL CONTACT
INFORMATION
Vesku Paananen
M.Sc. (Applied Mathematics), University of
Jyväskylä, Finland
Home address:
Piikkiö, Finland
Send personal and
kiteboarding emails to or contact with Live Messenger: vesku (a) live . com
AWARDS
Mobile Entertainment Forum
MEF Special Recognition Award 2004
"The Father of the Ringtone Business"
The Internationalization Award
of the President of the Republic of Finland 2008
"MobileMonday community" - The Father of
the Original Concept
OTHER STUFF
The founder of MobileMonday,
The Open Global Mobile Special Interest Group
Vise Chairman of the Kite
Division of Finnish Boardsailing
Association (SPLL Kite-jaos)
Retired: International IKO Kiteboarding
and Snow Kite Instructor (Ozone Leijakoulu
kite school)
International Team
Rider of Underground Kiteboards
Naish Kiteboarding Finland Old School
Team Rider
Few interviews and
articles:
Mobilizer.org
(originally in Mpulse magazine), 2002, "Lord of the ring - meet
Vesku - mobile marketing guru, kitesurfer, and - oh, yes - ring tone
pioneer"
The Feature,
2002
Forum
Nokia (video), 2003
Time
Magazine Europe, 2004, "The Sweet Sound Of Success"
The
New Yorker, 2005, "Ring My Bell"
PC
World, 2007, "The 20 Most Annoying Tech Products"
Read also Mato Valtonen's WapIT's Story: Riding the
Wireless Wave book to better understand the Finnish mobile
(r)evolution in 1999.
Portillo Beach, Las Terrenas, Dominican
Republic, June 2005. Photo by Tarmo Laine
Kiteboarding in Prasonisi, Rhodes,
Greece, June 2003. Photo by Tarmo Laine
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