People: Leap Wireless International Inc (LEAP.OQ)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Mark Rachesky

54 2004 Independent Chairman of the Board

Jerry Elliott

53 2012 President, Chief Operating Officer

S. Douglas Hutcheson

56 2012 Chief Executive Officer, Director

R. Perley McBride

47 2012 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Robert Strickland

51 2012 Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Officer

William Ingram

55 2012 Executive Vice President - Strategy

Anne Liu

51 2012 Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

Robert Irving

56 2012 Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Julie Berg

2013 Chief Marketing Officer

John Harkey

52 2005 Independent Director

Ronald Kramer

54 2009 Independent Director

Robert LaPenta

66 2005 Independent Director

Mark Leavitt

53 2011 Independent Director

Richard Roscitt

61 2011 Independent Director

Robert Switz

66 2011 Independent Director

Michael Targoff

68 1998 Independent Director

Amy Wakeham

Vice President - Corporate Communications

Biographies

Name Description

Mark Rachesky

Dr. Mark H. Rachesky, M.D., is Independent Chairman of the Board of Leap Wireless International Inc., since August 2004. Dr. Rachesky is the co-founder and since 1996 has been president of MHR Fund Management LLC, which is an investment manager of various private investment funds that invest in inefficient market sectors, including special situation equities and distressed investments. Dr. Rachesky also has experience and perspective as a member of the boards of directors of private and public companies in various industries, including telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and media. Dr. Rachesky serves as a member and chairman of the boards of directors of Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LORL) and Telesat Canada, and as a member of the boards of directors of Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: EMIS) and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF). Dr. Rachesky previously served as a director of NationsHealth, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: NHRX), Neose Technologies, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: NTEC) and Novadel Pharma, Inc. (OTCBB: NVDL). Dr. Rachesky holds a B.S. in molecular aspects of cancer from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University School of Business.

Jerry Elliott

Mr. Jerry V. Elliott is President, Chief Operating Officer of Leap Wireless International, Inc., since November 2012. Mr. Elliott previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer from May 2012 to December 2012. Prior to the company, from 2009 to 2011 Mr. Elliott served as chief financial officer and chief administrative officer of The Weather Channel, Inc. In 2009, Mr. Elliott served as chief financial officer at Virgin Media, Inc., where he led all aspects of finance, strategy and planning, purchasing, facilities and information services. In 2008, he served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Cengage Learning, Inc., a digital and print provider of higher education materials. Prior to that, from 2006 until it was acquired by Crown Castle in 2007, Mr. Elliott served as the president and chief executive officer of Global Signal, Inc., the owner, lessor and manager of communication towers and other communications sites. From 2002 to 2006, he served as chief financial officer, and later as president and a director, of Frontier Communications, a provider of communication services. From 1987 to 2002, Mr. Elliott held a number of financial, legal and management roles in the investment banking and legal fields. Mr. Elliott holds a B.B.A. in Accounting and Finance and a J.D. from Baylor University and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University.

S. Douglas Hutcheson

Mr. S. Douglas Hutcheson is Chief Executive Officer, Director of Leap Wireless International Inc. He has served as chief executive officer, or CEO, and a member of board of directors since February 2005. Mr. Hutcheson has held a number of positions since joining in September 1998 as part of founding management team, having served as president between February 2005 and November 2012, chief financial officer, or CFO, between August 2002 and February 2005 and again between September 2007 and June 2008, and in a number of vice president roles between September 1998 and January 2004 with responsibility for areas including strategic planning and product and business development. From February 1995 to September 1998, Mr. Hutcheson served as vice president, marketing in the Wireless Infrastructure Division at Qualcomm Incorporated. Mr. Hutcheson also serves as a member of the board of directors of Pitney Bowes Inc. Mr. Hutcheson holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic University and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine.

R. Perley McBride

Mr. R. Perley McBride is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Leap Wireless International, Inc., since December 2012. Prior to joining the company, from September 2011 to December 2012 Mr. McBride served as the executive vice president of finance at The Weather Company, or TWC (which consists of The Weather Channel television network, The Weather Channel digital properties (weather.com and The Weather Channel mobile), Weather Underground, and the professional division, which includes Weather Services International and Weather Central), overseeing the company’s accounting, tax, treasury, procurement, real estate, facilities, financial planning and analysis, operational and strategic planning, risk and insurance, and corporate development functions. Prior to that, Mr. McBride served in senior vice president positions at TWC from April 2010 to September 2011, overseeing treasury, procurement, real estate, facilities, financial planning and analysis, operational and strategic planning, and corporate development functions. From August 1999 to April 2010, Mr. McBride served in finance roles at Frontier Communications, a provider of communication services, including as vice president of financial planning and analysis. Prior to that, from April 1994 to August 1999 Mr. McBride held accounting and finance roles with Sprint PCS and Citizens Communications. Mr. McBride holds a B.S. from Mount Allison University in Canada and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.

Robert Strickland

Mr. Robert A. Strickland is Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Officer of Leap Wireless International Inc., since February 2012. From August 2010 to February 2012, Mr. Strickland provided strategic information technology consulting services through his own firm. Prior to that, Mr. Strickland served as senior vice president and chief information officer of T-Mobile USA, Inc. from December 2006 to March 2010. Prior to joining T-Mobile USA, Strickland served as senior vice president and chief information officer at EchoStar Communications Corporation from May 2005 to November 2006. From January 2004 to April 2005, he served as president and chief operating officer of Silas Technologies Holdings, Inc. and served as chief executive officer of Xperts, Inc. from February 2001 to January 2004. From 1984 to 2001, Strickland held a number of IT, engineering and programing roles in the cable, education, computer and other industries. Mr. Strickland holds a B.A. in mathematics from Brandeis University.

William Ingram

Mr. William D. Ingram is Executive Vice President - Strategy of Leap Wireless International Inc. Mr. Ingram previously served as acting CFO from March 2012 to May 2012, as senior vice president, strategy from April 2008 through February 2012, as senior vice president, financial operations from February 2008 to April 2008, and as a consultant from August 2007 to February 2008. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Ingram served as vice president and general manager of AudioCodes, Inc., a telecommunications equipment company from July 2006 to March 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Ingram served as the president and chief executive officer of Nuera Communications, Inc., a provider of VoIP infrastructure solutions, from September 1996 until it was acquired by AudioCodes, Inc. in July 2006. Prior to joining Nuera Communications in 1996, Mr. Ingram served as the chief operating officer of the clarity products division of Pacific Communication Sciences, Inc., a provider of wireless data communications products, as president of Ivie Industries, Inc. a computer security and hardware manufacturer, and as president of KevTon, Inc. an electronics manufacturing company. Mr. Ingram holds an A.B. in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Anne Liu

Ms. Anne M. Liu is Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of Leap Wireless International, Inc., since November 2012. Ms. Liu previously served as vice president and controller from December 2008 to November 2012 and as assistant controller from December 2006 to December 2008. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Liu served in a number of accounting and finance roles with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a scientific, engineering, and technology applications company, between March 1990 and November 2006, including as vice president of finance. Between September 1983 and March 1990, Ms. Liu held various audit positions with Deloitte (formerly Touche Ross). Ms. Liu holds a B.A. in government from Pomona College and is a certified public accountant.

Robert Irving

Mr. Robert J. Irving, Jr., is Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Leap Wireless International Inc. Mr. Irving previously served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary from May 2003 and November 2012, as vice president, legal from August 2002 to May 2003, and as senior legal counsel from September 1998 to August 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Irving served as administrative counsel for Rohr, Inc., a corporation that designed and manufactured aerospace products from 1991 to 1998, and prior to that served as vice president, general counsel and secretary for IRT Corporation, a corporation that designed and manufactured x-ray inspection equipment. Before joining IRT Corporation, Mr. Irving was an attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Mr. Irving was admitted to the California Bar Association in 1982. Mr. Irving holds a B.A. from Stanford University, an M.P.P. from The John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Julie Berg

Ms. Julie Dexter Berg is Chief Marketing Officer of Leap Wireless International, Inc. Berg has more than 30 years of marketing experience and brings an operational and brand strategy background as a senior marketing executive, including as chief marketing officer with several companies in a number of industries. Berg comes to Leap from Brandmaking LLC, a brand and consumer strategy management consulting firm that she founded and where she served as managing partner. Prior to Brandmaking, Berg was chief marketing officer of Supervalu, Inc. where she was tasked with developing a comprehensive consumer and brand strategy. Prior to joining Supervalu in 2010, Berg served as managing partner at Brandmaking, where she provided marketing and consumer strategy services for a broad range of clients in the consumer products, healthcare, cable and retail sectors. From 1997 to 2000, she served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer of MediaOne (now Comcast), where she was responsible for the customer and product strategy for video entertainment, broadband internet, and cable telephone services. From 1995 to 1997, Berg was an executive vice president and general manager for Airtouch Wireless (now Verizon) and from 1990 to 1995 held several positions with US West including vice president, marketing. From 1980 to 1990, Berg gained experience in consumer packaged goods marketing and brand management with several companies including Carnation Company and Nestle Foods. Berg graduated from Washington State University with a B.A. in hotel & restaurant administration and earned her M.B.A. with a focus on marketing management, from the University of Oregon.

John Harkey

Mr. John D. Harkey, Jr., is Independent Director of Leap Wireless International Inc., since March 11, 2005. Since 1998, Mr. Harkey has served as chief executive officer and chairman of Consolidated Restaurant Companies, Inc. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Harkey was a partner with the law firm Cracken & Harkey, LLP. Mr. Harkey was founder and managing director of Capstone Capital Corporation and Capstone Partners, Inc. from 1989 until 1992. Mr. Harkey also has experience and perspective as a member of the boards of directors of private and public companies in various industries, including telecommunications, energy and pharmaceuticals. He currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Regency Energy Partners LP (NYSE: RGP) and also serves on the boards of directors and audit committees of Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LORL), Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (NYSE: ETE) and Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: EMIS). Mr. Harkey also previously served as a member of the boards of directors of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP), Pizza Inn (NASDAQ: PZZI) and Fox & Hound Investment Group (NASDAQ: FOXX) (which was previously named Total Entertainment Restaurant Corp. (NASDAQ: TENT)). Mr. Harkey obtained a B.B.A. in finance and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University School of Business.

Ronald Kramer

Mr. Ronald J. Kramer is Independent Director of Leap Wireless International Inc., since November 2, 2009. Since April 2008, Mr. Kramer has served as chief executive officer of Griffon Corporation (NYSE: GFF), a diversified holding company, and has served as a member of Griffon’s board of directors since 1993. From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Kramer served as president and director of Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN), a developer, owner and operator of hotel and casino resorts. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Kramer was a managing director at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, an investment banking firm, and at its predecessor Wasserstein Perella & Co. Mr. Kramer also has experience and perspective as a member of the boards of directors of private and public companies in various industries. He formerly served on the boards of directors of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW), Sapphire Industrials Corporation (AMEX: FYR.UN), Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: LACO), Republic Property Trust (formerly NYSE: RPB) and New Valley Corporation (NASDAQ: NVAL). Mr. Kramer holds a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from New York University.

Robert LaPenta

Mr. Robert V. LaPenta is Independent Director of Leap Wireless International Inc., since March 14, 2005. Mr. LaPenta is chairman, chief executive officer and founder of Aston Capital, LLC, a newly-formed private investment company specializing in investments in secure military communication companies and companies with green technologies. Prior to that, from August 2006 to August 2011, Mr. LaPenta served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (formerly NYSE: ID), a provider of technology solutions for protecting and securing personal identities and assets, which was acquired by Safran. From April 2005 to August 2006, Mr. LaPenta served as the chairman and chief executive officer of L-1 Investment Partners, LLC, an investment firm seeking investments in the biometrics area. Mr. LaPenta served as president, chief financial officer and director of L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL), a company he co-founded, from April 1997 until his retirement from those positions effective April 1, 2005. From April 1996, when Loral Corporation was acquired by Lockheed Martin Corporation, until April 1997, Mr. LaPenta was a vice president of Lockheed Martin and was vice president and chief financial officer of Lockheed Martin’s C3I and Systems Integration Sector. Prior to Lockheed Martin’s acquisition of Loral in April 1996, Mr. LaPenta was Loral’s senior vice president and controller. Mr. LaPenta previously served in a number of other executive positions with Loral after joining that company in 1972. Mr. LaPenta received a B.B.A. in accounting and an honorary degree in 2000 from Iona College in New York.

Mark Leavitt

Mr. Mark A. Leavitt is Independent Director of Leap Wireless International Inc., since July 28, 2011. Mr. Leavitt joined Piper Jaffray in April 2008 as a managing director and the head of media and telecommunications investment banking and currently heads the firm’s global technology, media and telecommunications group. Prior to Piper, he served as a managing director and head of the media and communications group at Jefferies & Company, Inc. from May 2005 to April 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Leavitt held similar positions with several investment banking firms from 1987 to 2005, including Robertson Stephens and Prudential Securities. Mr. Leavitt holds a B.S. from Trinity College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Richard Roscitt

Mr. Richard R. Roscitt is Independent Director of Leap Wireless International Inc., since July 28, 2011. From August 2007 until January 2010 Mr. Roscitt served as chairman and chief executive officer of SMobile Systems, Inc., a software company focused on smart phone and tablet security solutions for the enterprise, service provider and consumer markets which was acquired by Juniper Networks, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Roscitt served as president and chief operating officer of MCI, Inc. and as president, chief executive officer and chairman of ADC Telecommunications Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: ADCT), a supplier of broadband network equipment and software. Prior to his leadership roles at these companies, Mr. Roscitt worked for 28 years in various roles at AT&T. Mr. Roscitt previously served as a director of ICT Group, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: ICTG). Mr. Roscitt holds a B.E. from Stevens Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Robert Switz

Mr. Robert E. Switz is Independent Director of Leap Wireless International Inc., since July 28, 2011. Mr. Switz served as president, chief executive officer and a director of ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: ADCT), a supplier of broadband network equipment and software, from August 2003 until December 2010, when it was acquired by Tyco Electronics Ltd. From 1994 to 2003, Mr. Switz held numerous leadership roles with ADC. Prior to joining ADC, Mr. Switz was employed by Burr-Brown Corporation. Mr. Switz also serves on the board of directors of Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT) and Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM). Mr. Switz holds a B.S. in business administration from Quinnipiac University and an M.B.A. from the University of Bridgeport.

Michael Targoff

Mr. Michael B. Targoff is Independent Director of Leap Wireless International Inc., since September 1998. Mr. Targoff has operational and financial experience as an investor in and executive of telecommunication companies. Since January 2008, Mr. Targoff has served as president of Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LORL), having been previously appointed as chief executive officer in March 2006 and vice chairman and a member of the board of directors in November 2005. From 1998 to February 2006, Mr. Targoff was founder and principal of Michael B. Targoff & Co., a private investment company focused on telecommunications and related industry early stage companies. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Targoff was the president and chief operating officer of Loral Space & Communications Ltd., having previously served as senior vice president and secretary of Loral Corporation. Before joining Loral Corporation in 1981, Mr. Targoff was a partner with the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Mr. Targoff previously served on the boards of directors of CPI International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPII), ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) and Infocrossing, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: IFOX). Mr. Targoff holds a B.A. from Brown University and a J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law.

Amy Wakeham

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