Openwave Systems (Nasdaq: OPWV), one of the world's leading software innovators enabling revenue-generating personalised services which converge the mobile and broadband experience, today announced the appointment of David Nagel to its board of directors. Nagel brings to Openwave more than 35 years of technology leadership and management experience in building profitable businesses. Nagel previously served as president, CEO and a director of PalmSource. With this appointment, Openwave's Board is now composed of seven directors, six of whom are independent.
"The appointment of David Nagel brings invaluable industry and management expertise to our board," said Kenneth Denman, Openwave's CEO. "In addition to his overall technical expertise in the wireless space, Nagel's management experience with leading carriers and with technology companies will serve Openwave well as we continue to drive new, innovative products into the global marketplace."
"I'm delighted for the opportunity to lend my technical expertise and experience in helping develop new opportunities for Openwave," said Nagel. "Openwave has an impressive heritage as an industry leader and a solid product portfolio that is key in helping to drive shareholder value. I'm looking forward to being a part of Openwave's future growth and innovation."
Prior to joining Openwave's Board, Nagel served as a member of the Palm Board of directors and then as the first chief executive officer of PalmSource, now known as ACCESS Systems Americas, a subsidiary of ACCESS which develops the Palm OS PDA operating system. Before Palm, Nagel was the chief technology officer at AT&T and president of AT&T Labs. Earlier in his career, Nagel served as senior VP at Apple Computer where he led the worldwide research and development group responsible for Mac OS software, Macintosh hardware, imaging and other peripheral products development.
Nagel currently serves on the board of directors for Leapfrog Enterprises and Tessera Technologies.
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Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is one of the world's leading innovators of software applications and infrastructure designed to enable revenue-generating, personalised services, including mobile analytics, content adaptation, mobile and broadband advertising, and a suite of unified messaging solutions.
As the communications industry intersects with the Internet, Openwave software enables service providers to converge services, in an effort to increase the value of their networks by accelerating time to market and reducing the cost and complexity associated with new service deployment. Openwave's unique product portfolio provides a complete range of mobile internet service management, messaging, and location based solutions. Openwave is a global company with a blue chip customer base spanning North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Openwave is headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information please visit http://www.openwave.com.
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