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PCTEL is committed to upholding the highest standards in corporate governance, with a seasoned board of directors who bring deep industry knowledge, independent judgement, expertise in accounting and legal issues, and a commitment to building long-term shareholder value.
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Martin (Marty) H. Singer, Ph.D.
Chairman & CEO
Marty is the Chairman and CEO of PCTEL, a position that he has held since October, 2001. He has been a member of the PCTEL Board of Directors since August, 1999 just prior to the company's IPO. Since 2001, Marty has changed the company's direction from that of a commodity, soft-modem supplier, to a leader in broadband wireless technologies. During this transition, Marty acquired six operations, divested the modem business and the Mobility Solutions Group, and generated significant revenue through the licensing of intellectual property.
Prior to joining PCTEL, Marty began his career in telecommunications at Bell Laboratories in 1980 and then moving onto product management positions at AT&T and Tellabs. From 1990 through 1997 he led the Wireless Local Loop division within Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group and was responsible for licensing Motorola's valuable GSM patents worldwide. He took over SAFCO Technologies, a wireless test and measurement company, at the end of 1997 and sold the company to Agilent after more than doubling its revenue.
Marty earned his B.A. at the University of Michigan and his Masters and Ph.D at Vanderbilt University. He serves as Chairman of the AeA's Midwest Council and is on the AeA's National Executive Committee. Marty served on the Standing Advisory Group for the PCAOB, the organization established by Congress to provide oversight to the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Marty writes and lobbies on issues related to U.S. competitiveness, corporate governance, and telecommunications, and holds seven patents.
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Brian Jackman
Lead Director
Mr. Jackman has been a director since February 2002. Mr. Jackman is currently the President of The Jackman Group, Inc., a management consulting company that he formed in 2005. In September 2001, Mr. Jackman retired from Tellabs, a communications company that he had been with since 1982. Mr. Jackman served as President, Global Systems and Technology, and Executive Vice President of Tellabs since 1998, and he was President of Tellabs Operations from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Jackman held various management positions in sales and marketing for IBM from 1965 to 1982. He is currently on the boards of directors of Open Text, Inc., an enterprise content management solutions company, and Keithley Instruments, a test and measurement equipment company. In addition, Mr. Jackman serves on the board of trustees of Gannon University. Mr. Jackman holds a bachelor of arts degree in English literature from Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania and a master degree in business administration from Penn State University.
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Richard C. Alberding
Director
Mr. Alberding has been a director since August 1999. Mr. Alberding retired from Hewlett-Packard, then a computer, peripherals and measurement products company, in June 1991, serving at that time as an Executive Vice President with responsibility for worldwide company sales, support and administration activities for measurement and computation products, as well as all corporate level marketing activities. Mr. Alberding is a director of Sybase, Inc., an enterprise software company. Mr. Alberding holds a bachelor of arts degree in business administration and marketing from Augustana College, and an associate of science degree in electrical engineering from DeVry Technical Institute in Chicago.
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Steven Levy
Director
Mr. Levy has been a director since March 2006. Mr. Levy most recently served as a Managing Director and Global Head of Communications Technology Research at Lehman Brothers from July 1998 until September 2005. Before joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Levy was a Director of Telecommunications Research at Salomon Brothers from March 1997 to July 1998, a Managing Director and Head of the Communications Research Team at Oppenheimer & Co. from July 1994 to March 1997, and a senior communications analyst at Hambrecht & Quist from July 1986 to July 1994. Mr. Levy also serves as a member of the board of directors for Zhone Technologies, and Allot Communications. Mr. Levy holds a master degree in business administration and a bachelor of science degree in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Giacomo Marini
Director
Mr. Giacomo Marini has been a director since October 1996. Mr. Marini has been the founder and Managing Director of Noventi (formerly CIR Ventures), a Silicon Valley-based early-stage technology venture capital firm, since March 2002. Since 1995 he has served as Chairman of Marini Group LLC, a private investment company. Mr. Marini also served as interim Chief Executive Officer of FutureTel, a digital video capture company and as President and Chief Executive Officer of No Hands Software, an electronic publishing software company. Prior to this, Mr. Marini was the co-founder, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Logitech, a computer peripherals company. Previously, he held technical and management positions with Olivetti and IBM. He currently serves on the boards of several private companies. Mr. Marini holds a computer science laureate degree from the University of Pisa, Italy.
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John Sheehan
Director
Mr. Sheehan has been a director since October 2002. Mr. Sheehan has served as a senior consultant in the London Perret Roche Group in Red Bank, New Jersey since October 2001. He began his career at Bell Laboratories in 1962. In his 33 years at Bell Laboratories, Western Electric and AT&T, he worked in senior positions in development, manufacturing, strategic planning and general management of business units. Since leaving AT&T in 1996, Mr. Sheehan has held senior management positions in three startup companies. Mr. Sheehan received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University and a master of science degree in electrical engineering from New York University.
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Carl Thomsen
Director
Mr. Thomsen has been a director since March 2001. Recently, Mr. Thomsen retired from Stratex Networks, Inc., a provider of wireless transmission solutions. Mr. Thomsen served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Stratex Networks, Inc., (now a part of Harris Stratex Networks, Inc.)from 1995 to 2007. Mr.Thomsen holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Valparaiso University and a master degree in business administration from the University of Michigan. He is also a certified public accountant.
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