Professional Training Team Joins MySQL AB

MySQL AB today announced that a professional MySQL training team has joined the company. Mr. Kaj Arno, heading the group, has been appointed Vice President responsible for building and developing the MySQL training program, certification and documentation. Arno and his crew join from Polycon AB, a company he co-founded in 1987 and that he has been running sucessfully as CEO since then.

"By recruiting the best educators around, we have taken a significant step towards building a complete program for professional services geared to MySQL users worldwide", said Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL AB. "Kaj Arno is an outstanding match for this position. He has rock-solid knowledge of software development and a track-record of building successful business operations around software development, documentation, and education. Kaj brings considerable strength to the MySQL team."

"I have followed the development of MySQL since the first lines of code written by Michael "Monty" Widenius, and I am very excited to join MySQL AB in order to create the best Open Source training program available", comments Kaj Arno. "Having held MySQL courses both in the US and in various European countries, I aim to contribute to the huge enthusiasm I have sensed amongst MySQL users, as well as to broaden the use of MySQL within the corporate world. I am proud to be part of the MySQL movement, and committed to serve existing and future users not only by providing training through MySQL AB and our partners, but also by enhancing the overall documentation of MySQL."

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For additional information, please visit http://www.polycon.fi/mysql/, or email <training@mysql.com>.