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kaj arnö helsinki , finland 150px finland kaj arnö
 kaj sigurd ademar arnö 1963 mysql munich , germany kaj_julian_snett . jpg skysql kaj sigurd ademar arnö
kaj arnö

kaj sigurd ademar arnö -lrb- born 29 june 1963 in helsinki , finland -rrb- is the former vp of the mysql community at mysql ab , sun microsystems and oracle corporation .
he joined mysql ab as vp of training in may 2001 and subsequently served in roles as vp consulting , vp services , vp engineering and vp community relations till february 2008 , when sun bought mysql ab .
he served as vp of the mysql community in the database group at sun microsystems until june 2010 , when the german subsidiary of sun was integrated into oracle .
in october 2010 , he announced his retirement from oracle .
he is currently evp products at skysql , a company that sells support and consultancy for mysql and mariadb .
arnö studied physics at the helsinki university of technology .
prior to joining mysql ab , he was the main owner of polycon ab where he served as ceo from 1987 to 2001 .
arnö was the main spokesperson towards the mysql community from 2005 onwards , as well as a frequent speaker at mysql events .
