One of the cellular industry’s true pioneers, Kari-Pekka “K-P” Wilska has been a driving force in Nokia’s rise to its position as the largest wireless supplier in the world.

Since joining Nokia in 1973, Mr. Wilska has held numerous management and marketing positions, serving in executive posts with Vertu Ltd, Nokia Mobile Phones, Nokia Cellular Systems, Nokia Telecommunications, Kinex Corporation and Mobira Oy. Mr. Wilska retired from Nokia in 2005, the most recent position being President of Vertu Ltd.

In November 2005 Mr Wilska joined Austin Ventures as a venture partner.

Mr. Wilska is on the Board of Directors of Brightpoint Inc (CELL), 724 Solutions Inc, Mavenir Systems Inc, Paragon Wireless Ltd and PulseWave RF Inc, and chairman of the advisory Board of Sipera Inc, and on the advisory board of Navini Networks Inc. He served as a Board of Director of Spectra Site Inc (AMT) 2004-2005, Zarlink Inc (ZL) 2004 – 2005 and Agere Systems Inc (LSI) 2005 - 2007. Mr. Wilska serves as well on the Board of Fort Worth Opera and Dallas Opera.

Mr. Wilska 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.

K-P has worked with companies such as: