Technology >> CEO Interviews >> December 6, 2004

RISTO SIILASMAA – F-SECURE CORPORATION (FSC.HEX)

RISTO SIILASMAA is the founder and President and Chief Executive Officer of F-Secure Corporation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Federation of The Finnish Information Industries, the leading trade and labor organization for companies operating in the IT software and services sector in Finland. Mr. Siilasmaa is also a founding member of the Association of Software Entrepreneurs in Finland. He has been actively involved in helping the Finnish government to create a data security strategy, to implement security policies and to establish a legal framework related to computer crimes and is a member of State of Finland's Advisory Committee for Information Security. Mr. Siilasmaa is also a member of Boards of the Finnish Foreign Trade Association (Finpro), the Finnish-American Chamber of Commerce, a member of the advisory board of the Helsinki University of Technology, a member of the Research Council for Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (Sitra), and a member of European Commission's Second Chamber of eEurope Steering Group. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a history and overview of the company?

Mr. Siilasmaa: F-Secure is 15 years old. We are a data security software

company focused on protecting our corporate and consumer