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January 17, 2007
Lars goes to Space!
Today, I feel a mixture of sadness and joy. Our CEO and my colleague for the past three years, Lars Persson, announced that he was leaving us and will be heading the Swedish Space Corporation. The announcement can be read here.
It is a very prestigious and demanding job Lars has accepted. The Swedish Space Corporation has just agreed with Virgin Galactic to create Spacesport Sweden in Kiruna. This will definitely put Sweden on the map in terms of space travel.
Lars brought a very positive work atmosphere at Marratech, where openness, constructive feedback and a never-quit attitude helped me and others to perform at our highest level, while having fun doing it.
His nomination at SSC is a stamp of approval for Marratech, proving how much we have achieved with so little ressources. Marratech seems like a good launch platform.. pardon the pun! We are sad to see him go, but happy he found such a great job!
My colleague and Marratech Co-founder Magnus Hedberg will be a very capable interim CEO ( iCEO :-) ) for the time being.
Lars, send us a post card from space will you?
Posted by Serge Lachapelle at January 17, 2007 10:22 PM