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  OPENWAVE ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
  

  Appoints New Co-CTOs and Adds Executives from Adobe, Sprint PCS and SignalSoft
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - August 28, 2002 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure and software applications, today announced several executive appointments. Bruce Martin and Thomas Reardon were appointed as co-CTOs, replacing John MacFarlane who will continue to serve on the board of directors and assume a part-time consulting role at the company. Al Etterman was promoted to vice president of information technology.

Executives who recently joined Openwave, include:

  • Paul Anderson as vice president and general manager for Japan
  • David Hose and Dave Whalen come to Openwave through the company’s recent acquisition of SignalSoft as vice president and general manager of Openwave’s Location Services and vice president of partner and channel sales, respectively
  • John Yuzdepski as vice president and general manager of Openwave’s Messaging Products Group
"The appointments continue our march of adding seasoned and industry experienced executives to Openwave," said Kevin Kennedy, chief operating office of Openwave. "In concert with these additions from the outside our internal promotions recognize existing leaders. During their tenure at Openwave, Bruce Martin, Thomas Reardon and Al Etterman have demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment to our company and technology vision."

A seven-year veteran at Openwave, Martin most recently served as Openwave’s vice president of technology. He has more than 15 years of experience in Internet and open systems technologies, distributed computing environments and client-server software.

Reardon came to Openwave in July of 2001 through the purchase of Avogadro, a company which he co-founded. Reardon’s experience includes work at Microsoft Corporation, where he was last responsible for Internet standards strategy and architecture for the Microsoft Network (MSN). In 1994, he launched the Internet Explorer project and has been hailed as a key architect of Microsoft's Internet turnaround.

Etterman brings 25 years of IT leadership to Openwave. Most recently he has been working with Openwave in several capacities including developing business strategy and working with the IT department. Prior to Openwave, Etterman spent eight years as senior director of Global Communications and Technology at Cisco. He has held IT leadership positions at IBM, 3COM and GTE.

Anderson brings 20 years of global leadership experience to Openwave. Most recently he worked as the chief operating officer for Clickmarks, Inc., a start-up providing wireless application development software to the Vodafone Group. He previously held several positions at Adobe Systems, including vice president of the Pacific Rim for the Applications Products Division and general manager of the Applications Division of Adobe Systems Japan.

Hose has over 20 years of experience in the industry and has been recognized as one of the top experts in the wireless industry. He was a founding member of SignalSoft Corporation and served as chief executive officer and president. Prior to joining SignalSoft, he served as vice president of engineering at SCC Communications Corp., where he pioneered the design of location-based applications for public-safety command and control systems.

Whalen brings more than 12 years of sales, marketing and services management experience within the wireless industry to Openwave. He previously served as senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing of SignalSoft Corporation. Prior to SignalSoft, he was senior vice president of global sales & solutions at Wireless Knowledge.

Yuzdepski brings more that 20 years of global telecommunications, defense and software industry experience to Openwave. Most recently, he was vice president and general manager of Sprint PCS’s Internet Business Unit -- sprintpcs.com -- where he was responsible for Sprint’s wireless and wired Web initiatives since the launch of the original Wireless Web (SM). Prior to that, Yuzdepski was responsible for Global Marketing and Business Development with Glenayre Technologies Wireless Messaging Group.


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Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information, please visit www.openwave.com.

 
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