{"id":141187,"date":"2010-01-05T15:13:13","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T20:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"tag:contentnext.com,2010-01-05:article\/419-lars-boilesen-succeeds-von-tetzchner-as-opera-softwares-new-ceo-"},"modified":"2010-01-05T15:13:13","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T20:13:13","slug":"lars-boilesen-succeeds-von-tetzchner-as-opera-softwares-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/141187","title":{"rendered":"Lars Boilesen Succeeds von Tetzchner As Opera Software&#8217;s New CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"border: 1px solid silver; padding: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0; float: left;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/moconews.net\/article\/419-lars-boilesen-succeeds-von-tetzchner-as-opera-softwares-new-ceo-\/\" title=\"Lars Boilesen\" class=\"image_link image\" id=\"78059_4471\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/images\/editorial\/f_small\/lars-boilesen-s.jpg\" alt=\"Lars Boilesen\" width=\"118\" height=\"170\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A changing of the guard at mobile browsing powerhouse <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/\" title=\"Opera Software\">Opera Software<\/a>&#8212;as co-founder and CEO Jon von Tetzchner is stepping down&#8212;with long-time vet Lars Boilesen taking his place. Von Tetzchner ran Opera for 15 years; he&#8217;ll stay on full-time in a &#8220;strategic&#8221; capacity, though no word on his official title.<\/p>\n<p>Boilesen (pictured) had been serving as Opera&#8217;s chief commercial officer since January 2009; he joined the company in 2000 and spent five years as EVP of sales, before leaving to head up Alcatel-Lucent as CEO of the Nordics and Baltics.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Both Boilesen and von Tetzchner were instrumental in helping Opera grow into a multi-platform (with an emphasis on mobile) browser software provider, as opposed to just a bit player in the desktop browser market. And though the company maintains that the change in leadership won&#8217;t derail the execution of its current strategy, Boilesen is taking the reins in the midst of a mobile browsing boom that Opera is primed to capitalize on.<\/p>\n<p>The company has been giving both Microsoft (<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.paidcontent.org\/paidcontent?Page=QUOTE&#038;Ticker=MSFT\" class=\"ticker\" title=\"MSFT\">NSDQ: MSFT<\/a>) and Apple (<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.paidcontent.org\/paidcontent?Page=QUOTE&#038;Ticker=AAPL\" class=\"ticker\" title=\"AAPL\">NSDQ: AAPL<\/a>) serious competition in the fight for mobile browser supremacy: <a href=\"http:\/\/moconews.net\/article\/419-opera-motricity-help-to-roll-out-atts-new-mobile-web-experience\/\" title=\"AT&amp;T picked Opera\">AT&amp;T picked Opera<\/a> as its preferred mobile browser for a &#8220;refreshed&#8221; experience on its feature phones late last year, and last May, Opera <a href=\"http:\/\/moconews.net\/article\/419-operas-mobile-browser-takes-slim-lead-over-iphone\/\" title=\"edged out Safari\">edged out Safari<\/a> as the most-used mobile browser in the world. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/press\/releases\/2010\/01\/05\/\" title=\"Release\">Release<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"related\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moconews.net\/article\/419-opera-motricity-help-to-roll-out-atts-new-mobile-web-experience\/\">Opera, Motricity Help To Roll Out AT&#038;T&#8217;s New Mobile Web Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moconews.net\/article\/419-operas-mobile-browser-takes-slim-lead-over-iphone\/\">Opera&#8217;s Mobile Browser Takes Slim Lead Over iPhone&#8217;s Safari<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/AmcAMX5azxtK0eo5TuHzxhaLPP4\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/AmcAMX5azxtK0eo5TuHzxhaLPP4\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/AmcAMX5azxtK0eo5TuHzxhaLPP4\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/AmcAMX5azxtK0eo5TuHzxhaLPP4\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=Ew6xhKLNIj4:TKvuV5EJOKI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=Ew6xhKLNIj4:TKvuV5EJOKI:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=Ew6xhKLNIj4:TKvuV5EJOKI:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=Ew6xhKLNIj4:TKvuV5EJOKI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?i=Ew6xhKLNIj4:TKvuV5EJOKI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=Ew6xhKLNIj4:TKvuV5EJOKI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=Ew6xhKLNIj4:TKvuV5EJOKI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?i=Ew6xhKLNIj4:TKvuV5EJOKI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/moconews\/~4\/Ew6xhKLNIj4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A changing of the guard at mobile browsing powerhouse Opera Software&#8212;as co-founder and CEO Jon von Tetzchner is stepping down&#8212;with long-time vet Lars Boilesen taking his place. 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