Unwired Planet Appoints Mark Jensen to Board of Directors
RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Unwired Planet (Nasdaq: UPIP) today announced that Mark Jensen was
appointed to the company's board of directors. Mr. Jensen was most
previously a U.S. Managing Partner-Audit and Enterprise Risk Services,
Technology Industry and a U.S. Managing Partner-Venture Capital Services
Group at Deloitte LLP until his retirement from the firm in early June
of 2012.
The appointment expands the board's membership to eight members, of whom
seven are considered to be independent of management.
"Mr. Jensen brings more than 30 years of experience providing audit and
financial consulting services. His experience working with high
technology companies coupled with his strong understanding of corporate
governance will augment the board with key financial insight as we
continue to reposition the company," said Peter Feld, Chairman of the
Board.
Prior to joining Deloitte as a partner in 2001, Mr. Jensen was briefly
the CFO for Redleaf Group and prior to that, a partner with Arthur
Andersen LLP where he was the Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley
Office and also led the Global Technology Industry Practice. Mr. Jensen
is a certified public accountant licensed in Colorado and California and
is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
and the Colorado and California State Societies of Certified Public
Accountants. Mr. Jensen received a Bachelor's of Education Degree from
Colorado State University and a Bachelors of Science Degree from
Metropolitan State College of Denver. He is a Senior Fellow and a Board
Member of the American Leadership Forum-Silicon Valley.
About Unwired Planet
Unwired Planet (NASDAQ: UPIP) is the inventor of the mobile internet.
Unwired Planet established many of the foundational patents that allow
mobile devices to connect to the Internet. Over the years, the company
has amassed a patent portfolio of approximately 200 issued US and
foreign patents and approximately 75 pending applications, many of which
are considered foundational to mobile communications, and span smart
devices, cloud technologies and unified messaging.
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Source: Unwired Planet
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