People: Clearwire Corp (CLWR.O)

CLWR.O on Nasdaq

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

John Stanton

57 2011 Executive Chairman of the Board

Erik Prusch

2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Hope Cochran

40 2011 Chief Financial Officer

John Saw

50 2008 Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Broady Hodder

40 2011 Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Dow Draper

42 2011 Senior Vice President, General Manager - Retail

Don Stroberg

46 Senior Vice President - Strategic Partnerships and Wholesale

Steve Ednie

44 2011 Chief Accounting Officer

Slade Gorton

2012 Director

William Blessing

57 2010 Independent Director

Bruce Chatterley

50 2011 Independent Director

Mufit Cinali

54 2010 Independent Director

Jose Collazo

68 2008 Independent Director

Hossein Eslambolchi

54 2010 Independent Director

Dennis Hersch

66 2008 Independent Director

Brian McAndrews

54 2009 Independent Director

Kathleen Rae

55 2011 Independent Director

Theodore Schell

2009 Independent Director

Jennifer Vogel

50 2011 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

John Stanton

Mr. John W. Stanton serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Clearwire Corp. Mr. Stanton has served as a director of Clearwire since November 2008, as Executive Chairman of the Board since August 2011, as Interim Chief Executive Officer from March 2011 to August 2011 and as Chairman of the Board from January 2011 to August 2011. He has served as Managing Director of Trilogy Partners LLC, a private investment firm, Trilogy International Partners LLC, an operator of wireless systems in South and Central America, and Trilogy Equity Partners LLC, an investor in small wireless-related companies, since 2005. Mr. Stanton served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Western Wireless Corporation, a wireless telecommunications company, from 1992 until shortly after its acquisition by Alltel Corporation in 2005. Mr. Stanton was Chairman and a director of T-Mobile USA, formerly VoiceStream Wireless Corporation (“T-Mobile USA”), a mobile telecommunications company, from 1994 to 2004 and was Chief Executive Officer of T-Mobile USA from 1998 to 2003. Mr. Stanton is a member of the board of directors of Columbia Sportswear, Inc., a manufacturer of active outdoor apparel and footwear.

Erik Prusch

Mr. Erik E. Prusch is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Clearwire Corporation. He has served as a director of Clearwire since February 2012. Prior to being appointed as Chief Executive Officer in August 2011, Mr. Prusch served as Chief Operating Officer from March 2011 to August 2011, and Chief Financial Officer from August 2009 to March 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Prusch served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Borland Software from December 2008 to July 2009. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Borland from November 2006 to December 2008. Prior to Borland, he was Vice President of Finance in Intuit's Turbo Tax division from January 2004 to November 2006. Prior to Intuit, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Identix Incorporated. Before that, Prusch served as Vice President, Finance and Operations at Gateway Computers, Incorporated. He began his career at Touche Ross and PepsiCo. He holds a B.A. from Yale University, and earned an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Hope Cochran

Ms. Hope F. Cochran serves as Chief Financial Officer of Clearwire Corporation. Prior to being appointed as Clearwire's Chief Financial Officer in March 2011, Ms. Cochran served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer since November 2008, and as Old Clearwire's Senior Vice President, Finance since August 2008 and as Treasurer since June 2006. From November 2005 to August 2008, Ms. Cochran was Old Clearwire's Vice President, Finance. Previously, from May 2003 to August 2005, Ms. Cochran served as the Chief Financial Officer of Evant Incorporated, a planning and logistics software developer. From May 2001 to May 2003, Ms. Cochran served as the Controller of the Americas - Sales Operations for PeopleSoft, Inc. Before 2001, Ms. Cochran was a founder and served as the Chief Financial Officer of SkillsVillage, a contractor supply chain management software provider, until its sale to PeopleSoft, Inc. In both chief financial officer positions, Ms. Cochran managed corporate finance, accounting, human resources, legal and facilities. Ms. Cochran began her career as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche.

John Saw

Dr. John C.B. Saw, Ph.D., is Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Clearwire Corporation. Prior to being appointed as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President in November 2008, Dr. Saw served as Old Clearwire's Chief Technology Officer since July 2007. From October 2003 to July 2007, Dr. Saw served as Old Clearwire's Vice President of Engineering. Before joining Old Clearwire, from 2002 to 2003, Dr. Saw was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Fixed Wireless Access at Netro Corp (now SR Telecom) where he initiated the rollout of Netro's broadband wireless product in Europe. From 1997 to 2002 Dr. Saw served as Chief Engineer and Vice President of Engineering at AT&T Wireless (now AT&T). At AT&T Wireless, Dr. Saw was instrumental in the development and rollout of the company's digital broadband wireless service, one of the earliest orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based wireless systems deployed and foreshadowed the subsequent development of the WiMAX 802.16 standards. Before joining AT&T Wireless, Dr. Saw spent nine years in various leadership positions at Nortel where he was involved in the development of TDMA, GSM, CDMA, fixed wireless cellular infrastructure and microwave radio products.

Broady Hodder

Mr. Broady R. Hodder is Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Clearwire Corporation. Prior to being appointed as Clearwire's Senior Vice President and General Counsel in November 2008, Mr. Hodder served as Old Clearwire's Vice President and General Counsel since May 2006. Previously, Mr. Hodder served as Old Clearwire's Corporate Counsel from November 2004 to November 2005 and Vice President Legal, Finance and Corporate Development from November 2005 to May 2006. Before joining Old Clearwire, from April 2001 to November 2004, Mr. Hodder was a lawyer with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he became a partner in January 2004. Before joining Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Mr. Hodder was a lawyer with Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP and Lionel Sawyer and Collins Ltd.

Dow Draper

Mr. Dow Draper is Senior Vice President, General Manager - Retail of Clearwire Corporation. Prior to be appointed as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Retail in October 2011, Mr. Draper served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Products since February 2009. Before joining Clearwire, Mr. Draper held various roles at Alltel Wireless including Senior Vice President of Device and Data Services from January 2008 to March 2009 and Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis from August 2005 to December 2007. Mr. Draper was also a part of a small executive team that oversaw Alltel's sale to TPG and Goldman Sachs. From July 2004 to August 2005, he was Executive Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Western Wireless. Prior to that he worked at McKinsey and Company and was involved in strategic and marketing business engagements for various industries including Software, Automotive, Commercial Aviation and Telecommunications.

Don Stroberg

Mr. Don A. Stroberg is Senior Vice President - Strategic Partnerships and Wholesale of Clearwire Corporation. Prior to being appointed Clearwire's Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Wholesale, Mr. Stroberg served as Senior Vice President of Wholesale since November 2008. From August 2005 to November 2008, Mr. Stroberg served in multiple roles at Sprint including Vice President of 4G Sales, Vice President of Customer Experience, and Vice President of Consumer Strategy & Business Development. Before Sprint, Mr. Stroberg was a Senior Manager in Deloitte's Consulting Telecommunications practice.

Steve Ednie

Mr. Steve A. Ednie is Chief Accounting Officer of Clearwire Corporation. Prior to being made Clearwire's Chief Accounting Officer in January 2011, Mr. Ednie served as the Vice President of Tax and Chief Tax Officer since August 2004. Before working at Clearwire, Mr. Ednie worked at Expedia, Inc. from 2002 to 2004 and XO Communications, Inc. from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Ednie started his career with Coopers & Lybrand, LLP as a Certified Public Accountant.

Slade Gorton

Mr. Slade Gorton has been appointed as Director of Clearwire Corp., effective July 24, 2012. He has served as a director of Microvision, Inc. since September 2003 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Lead Independent Director. Mr. Gorton was recently Of Counsel at the law firm of K&L Gates, LLP and is currently serving as a consultant to the firm. Prior to joining the firm, he represented Washington State in the United States Senate for 18 years. Mr. Gorton began his political career in 1958 as a Washington State Representative and went on to serve as State House Majority Leader. Mr. Gorton served as Attorney General of Washington from 1969-1981, and during that time, he argued 14 cases before the United States Supreme Court. After leaving the Senate, Mr. Gorton served as a Commissioner on the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (“9-11 Commission”); as a member of the National War Powers Commission and is Co-Chairman of the National Transportation Policy Project. Mr. Gorton also served in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

William Blessing

Mr. William R. Blessing serves as Independent Director of Clearwire Corporation since December 10, 2010. He served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development for Embarq Corporation, an integrated communications services provider, from 2005 to 2007. Prior to that, he served as Sprint's Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development from 2003 to 2005, and held various executive positions with Sprint and related companies from 1981 to 2003. He currently serves as a board member of Kansas City Life Insurance (and as a member of its executive and compensation committees).

Bruce Chatterley

Mr. Bruce A. Chatterley serves as Independent Director of Clearwire Corporation since June 15, 2011. In March 2012, Mr. Chatterley was appointed President and CEO of Broadvox, a hosted VoIP and hosted communications provider. He formerly served as President - Business Markets of Megapath, Inc., a nationwide competitive local exchange carrier, from August 2010 until April 2011. From May 2007 to August 2010, Mr. Chatterley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Speakeasy, a division of Best Buy Co., Inc. ("Best Buy") and a Vice President of Best Buy. From September 2003 to May 2007, Mr. Chatterley served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Speakeasy, Inc., a nationwide provider of broadband-based voice and data communication services, until its sale to Best Buy. Prior to that, he was CEO of ViAir Inc., a developer of wireless mobile messaging software, until its sale in 2003. Prior to ViAir Inc., Mr. Chatterley served as President Small and Mid Markets for Concur Technologies, Inc. ("Concur"), a developer of travel and expense management services. Before starting at Concur in 1999, Mr. Chatterley served in a variety of executive and management positions for a number of public companies including Ameritech Corporation, US West, Inc., General Electric Company and IBM.

Mufit Cinali

Mr. Mufit Cinali serves as Independent Director of Clearwire Corporation since December 10, 2010. He is a Managing Director with Springwell Capital Partners, LLC, a restructuring and transaction advisory firm. Prior to co-founding Springwell Capital Partners in 2001, he was the Corporate Vice President, Strategy and Business Development with Hughes Electronic Corporation, the parent of DirecTV, PanAmSat, and Hughes Satellite Manufacturing businesses. Mr. Cinali was a Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions with AT&T Corporation from 1995 to 1999, and previously spent six years with GE Capital Corporation in the LBO, Equity and Corporate Merger and Acquisitions groups. Before joining GE Capital Corporation in 1989, Mr. Cinali was a strategy consultant with Bain and Company.

Jose Collazo

Mr. Jose A. Collazo serves as Independent Director of Clearwire Corporation since November 2008. He has served as President - Products and Partners of BT Global Services, a division of BT Group plc, the world's oldest telecommunications company, since 2007. Previously, Mr. Collazo served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Infonet Services Corporation, a provider of international data, fax and voice communications solutions, from 1971.

Hossein Eslambolchi

Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi, Ph.D., serves as Independent Director of Clearwire Corporation since December 10, 2010. He is currently a consultant to Ericsson Corporation, a provider of telecommunications equipment and services. Previously, he served in various senior executive roles at AT&T Corporation, a telecommunications company, from 2001 to 2006, including global Chief Technology Officer, global Chief Information Officer, and President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Labs and AT&T Global Network Services. He is currently the Chairman of 2020 Venture Partners, which provides technology and operations consulting services to clients in areas including telecommunications and all IP communications. Dr. Eslambolchi also serves on the board of directors of PureWave Networks, Inc., Real Dice, Inc., and Verecloud.

Dennis Hersch

Mr. Dennis S. Hersch serves as Independent Director of Clearwire Corporation since November 2008. Mr. Hersch is President of N.A. Property, Inc., a real estate and investment entity, and has held such position since February 2008. He was a Managing Director of JPMorgan Securities, Inc., an investment bank, from December 2005 to January 2008, where he served as the Global Chairman of its Mergers & Acquisitions Department. Mr. Hersch was a partner of Davis Polk & Wardwell, a New York law firm, from 1978 until December 2005. He is also a director of Limited Brands, Inc.

Brian McAndrews

Mr. Brian P. McAndrews serves as Independent Director of Clearwire Corporation since February 2009. He is currently a Venture Partner with Madrona Venture Group, a venture capital firm. Mr. McAndrews served as CEO of aQuantive Inc., a digital marketing company, from 1999 to 2007. aQuantive was acquired by Microsoft in August of 2007, at which time Mr. McAndrews joined Microsoft Corporation, to lead the Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group until December 2008. Prior to joining aQuantive, Mr. McAndrews worked for ABC Inc., a broadcasting and communications company, holding executive positions at ABC Sports, ABC Entertainment, and ABC Television Network and; eventually becoming Executive Vice President and General Manager for ABC Sports. Mr. McAndrews currently sits on the Board of Directors for Fisher Communications Inc.

Kathleen Rae

Ms. Kathleen H. Rae is Independent Director of Clearwire Corporation since June 2011. Ms. Rae is a retired business executive with twenty-five years of experience in operations and financial management in various executive roles. She served as President and Chief Operating Officer at InfoSpace, Inc., a mobile media and online search company with operations in the United States and Europe, from 2003 to 2005. Prior to InfoSpace, Ms. Rae was a partner at Ignition Partners, a venture capital firm, from 2000 to 2001. From 1996 to 1999, Ms. Rae was a founding executive for NEXTLINK Communications, Inc., now XO Communications, a provider of voice and data services to businesses, where she served as Chief Financial Officer for four years. From 1987 to 1995, she served in various executive positions at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and most recently, Ms. Rae served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Air, one of the country's premier regional carriers. While at Alaska Airlines, Ms. Rae was Vice President and Controller. She began her career at Arthur Andersen & Co.

Theodore Schell

Mr. Theodore H. Schell serves as Independent Director of Clearwire Corporation since January 2009. He is currently a Managing Director at Associated Partners LP, a private equity firm focusing on all aspects of media and telecommunications. Prior to joining Associated Partners LP, he was a General Partner at Apax Partners where he oversaw U.S. investments in telecommunications, wireless and related technology companies. Mr. Schell is also a founder of Enforta, a WiMax operator that provides broadband access in more than 100 cities across Russia. Prior to joining Apax, Mr. Schell served for eleven years at Sprint as its Senior Vice President for Strategy and Corporate Development. Before joining Sprint, Mr. Schell was the founder, President and CEO of Realcom Communications Corporation, established in 1983.

Jennifer Vogel

Ms. Jennifer L. Vogel is Independent Director of Clearwire Corporation since June 2011. Ms. Vogel served as General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer of Continental Airlines, Inc., from 2001 until 2010, when it merged with United Airlines, and served as a Senior Vice President of Continental from 2003 to 2010. She also served on Continental's Management Committee and its Diversity Council and chaired its Ethics and Compliance Committee. Prior to joining Continental in 1995, she began her career at Vinson & Elkins LLP, a law firm, in its Corporate Finance and Securities Department where she specialized in mergers and acquisitions, international project finance, and public debt and equity issuances. Ms. Vogel currently serves on the national Board of Directors of the General Counsel Forum, serving as Chair in 2010.
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