(Oslo, 20 May 2011)  Anders Harrysson is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Birdstep Technology ASA. Harrysson will lead the company into the next phase of its growth with specific emphasis on the international growth strategy. Harrysson will take up the role effective 20 May 2011 and will be based in Stockholm.
Harrysson has more than 20 years of international experience from senior positions in the IT industry, including 14 years at IBM with several years at the European Headquarters in Paris and the Group headquarters in the United States. Between 1998 and 2010 he was Vice President at Sun Microsystems in Northern Europe.

Tom Nyman, Chairman of Birdstep commented, ‘We are pleased to welcome Anders to the Birdstep team. The board of directors, in close cooperation with outgoing CEO Torbjörn Sandberg, have been searching for an executive with extensive international experience from the IT industry, including driving sales of market leading products to operators and...