Board of Directors
K.P. Wilska
Director
K.P. is a Venture Partner with Austin Ventures and in addition to being a director on 724's Board, also serves on the board of directors of Brightpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL), Mavenir Systems Inc., Paragon Wireless Ltd., and PulseWave RF Inc., is chair of the advisory board of Sipera Inc. and serves on the advisory board of Navini Networks Inc. K.P.'s industry experience includes more than 30 years with Nokia. K.P. was a driving force in Nokia's rise to its position as the largest wireless supplier in the world. He joined Nokia in 1973 and held numerous management and marketing positions, served in executive posts with Vertu Ltd, Nokia Mobile Phones, Nokia Cellular Systems, Nokia Telecommunications, Kinex Corporation, and Mobira Oy. K.P. retired from Nokia in 2005 as President of Nokia, Incorporated.
A recipient of the Order of Lion of Finland, K.P. holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Radio and Television Technology from the Helsinki Institute of Technology. He was a recipient of the Electronics Engineering Association of Finland's bi-annual EIS Award in 1995, received the CTIA's President Award in 1999, and was recognized by Wireless Foundation with Industry Achievement Award 2002 and Engineering Association of Finland appointed him as the Engineer of the Year 2003.