CEO of Trolltech joins board of directors
Eirik Chambe-Eng is one of the CEOs and founders of Trolltech ASA. He has accepted a position as a board member in Frost Innovation, which develop tools under the name of Gaia for developing web and Ajax applications.
He gives the following statement for why he joins the board of Frost Innovation:
«In my opinion Gaia represents one of the most interesting web technologies in the world today. Frost Innovation has a similar business model as Trolltech, but operates in different markets, which makes it interesting to follow their development.»
«Eirik is a great resource to get access to. He has done an impressing job with Trolltech, and we are looking forward to his contributions as a member of Frost Innovation’s board of directors», says Stian Solberg, one of the founders of Frost Innovation. «Like Trolltech, Frost Innovation develops tools for developers to make it easier to develop advanced software. We have also chosen a dual license strategy, which makes Eirik with his experience from Trolltech a most valuable professional for us.»
Eirik Chambe-Eng co-founded Trolltech with Haavard Nord in 1994, after starting the development of Qt, Trolltech's cross-platform toolkit. Since its inception, Trolltech has experienced a decade of continuous growth - financial and head-count - and Eirik's contribution to this has primarily been through setting strategic direction and overseeing the company's operations.
Eirik has long experience in software research, development, and management. He serves on the board of a few Norwegian software companies, and the board of the charitable Trolltech Foundation. Eirik graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology with an M.Sc. in Computer Science. He lives in Oslo with his wife and children. |  |
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