MIKA SALMI
Chief Executive Officer, AtomShockwave Corp.
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Mika founded AtomFilms in 1998 with the vision that the creation and distribution of entertainment was rapidly changing due to the rise of new digital technologies. After establishing itself as a leading next-generation entertainment company, AtomFilms merged with Shockwave.com in early 2001 to form AtomShockwave Corp. Today, the company's consumer services (Shockwave.com, GameBlast, and AtomFilms) attract over 20 million unique users per month, comprising one of the largest entertainment audiences on the Internet. Prior to AtomShockwave, Mika led business development for the media and entertainment industries at RealNetworks. He also spent seven years in the music industry working for TVT Records, Sony Music and EMI Music, discovering bands such as Nine Inch Nails and Presidents of the United States of America. Mika was born in Finland and he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin and earned his MBA from INSEAD in Fountainebleau, France.