HARMAN Appoints Henry Tirri as Chief Technology Officer
May 05 2016 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE:HAR), the
premier connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and
enterprise markets, today announced that Henry Tirri will join the
company as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer,
effective June 1, 2016. Tirri will join the HARMAN Executive
Committee and report to Dinesh C. Paliwal, Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer of HARMAN.
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Tirri will lead HARMAN's technology strategy, with
responsibility for all R&D activities and advanced research
projects, to bring innovative high-impact technical solutions to
HARMAN’s portfolio of products and services. Based in Stamford, he
will oversee directly more than 60 engineers and technologists in
HARMAN’s Corporate Technology and indirectly approximately 12,000
engineers throughout the world.
“Henry is a world-class leader in technology strategy, with deep
expertise in the disciplines that touch our businesses,
particularly centered around the Connected Car, mobility, analytics
and IoT. His vision extends far beyond our current universe into
technologies that will define the future of the connected
lifestyle,” said Paliwal. Henry has been living in Silicon Valley
for more than a decade and has built an excellent network with
leading corporate and academic innovation hubs globally. “Henry’s
tech network in California and his global view, his mastery of
complex technology development and delivery and his background in
technology transfer and commercialization will be a significant
advantage to our internal technology teams, customers and partners
around the world, and we are thrilled he is joining HARMAN.”
With a unique background as an academic, corporate technologist,
executive and entrepreneur, Tirri has extensive experience leading
and converting cutting edge technology development, product
management and intellectual property into high growth business
opportunities on a global scale. From 2004 to 2015, Tirri held
technology leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Nokia,
helping usher the transformation of the company from a mobile
device manufacturer to one of today’s leaders in communication
infrastructure and technology licensing. As Executive Vice
President and CTO, and member of the Nokia Leadership Team, he was
responsible for setting Nokia’s technology agenda, owned all
forward-looking R&D and drove Nokia’s core innovation.
Prior to joining Nokia, Tirri was a tenured Professor of
Computer Science, Head of the Graduate School and the Intelligent
Systems Laboratory at the University of Helsinki, leading a
world-class research group in probabilistic modeling. He has held
various academic positions including Visiting Scholar at the
University of Texas at Austin; Research Scientist at
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC); Member
of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories; and Visiting
Scientist at NASA AMES, Visiting Professor at Stanford University
and an Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at University of
California at Berkeley. He is the author and co-author of numerous
academic papers in various fields of computer science, social
sciences and statistics and holds many patents in information
technology.
Tirri holds Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Computer
Science from the University of Helsinki, Finland and an Honorary
Doctorate from University of Tampere. His personal research
interests span from Artificial Intelligence, machine learning,
information theory and analytics to the programmable world/Internet
of Things.
ABOUT HARMAN
HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and
solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide,
including connected car systems, audio and visual products,
enterprise automation solutions; and connected services. With
leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®,
Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by
audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they
perform around the world. More than 25 million automobiles on the
road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car
systems. The Company’s software services power billions of mobile
devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure
across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN
has a workforce of approximately 29,000 people across the Americas,
Europe, and Asia and reported sales of $6.7 billion during the 12
months ended March 31, 2016. The Company’s shares are traded on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NYSE:HAR.
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