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	Executive Team

Bruce T. Coleman
Interim Chief Executive Officer

Anne Brennan
Interim Chief Financial Officer

Susan Davies
Senior Vice President, Products and Global Support Services

Hari Haran
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations

Sean MacNeill
Vice President and General Manager, Global Services

Bruce Coleman

Bruce T. Coleman, Interim Chief Executive Officer
Bruce T. Coleman is interim chief executive officer of Openwave. He is focused on executing Openwave's corporate strategy and growing Openwave's global market share with innovative communication products and services.

As a software and technology veteran, Bruce has served as CEO or interim CEO for over 15 companies, public and private. He was CEO of Boole & Babbage, Inc., Information Sciences, Inc. and Walker Interactive Products. He also served as COO of Informatics General.

His interim CEO assignments include Computer Network Technologies, Percipient, Vernier Networks, WatchGuard, Inc. and Websense, where he currently serves as a director. Most recently, Bruce was interim CEO for Webtrends Inc., a provider of internet analytics and online marketing solutions.

Bruce holds a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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Anne Brennan, Interim Chief Financial Officer
Anne Brennan has 20 years of leadership experience in corporate finance. As interim chief financial officer, Anne oversees Openwave's finance, information technology and corporate services departments.

Anne has been with Openwave for the past six years, initially located in the company's regional EMEA office before joining the corporate finance team at the company's headquarters in 2005. Prior to her appointment as interim CFO, she served as Openwave's VP of finance. Before joining Openwave, Anne had a long career with Racal Group where she held various financial positions, most recently serving as financial controller.

Anne has a BA degree in Accountancy from Glasgow Caledonian University and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

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Susan Davies, Senior Vice President, Products and Global Support Services
As senior vice president of products and global support services, Susan Davies is responsible for the development and management of Openwave's Messaging, Client and Location product lines, and for worldwide technical support services. In this role, she is charged with cultivating a synergistic product portfolio and directing the product lifecycles and roadmaps for these product lines, managing the delivery, product marketing, support and on-going maintenance. Susan will also drive best practices and increased discipline throughout Openwave, enforcing rigorous standards and improving the overall customer experience.

Susan brings over a decade of global engineering experience, and business process improvement to Openwave. Previously, she served as vice president of corporate quality and customer success at Polycom, Inc., a leader in conferencing equipment and network bridges. Before joining Polycom, Susan had a long career with PeopleSoft and subsequently with Oracle, following PeopleSoft's acquisition. As PeopleSoft's vice president of products and technology quality engineering division, she led the integration discussions between PeopleSoft and Oracle and helped map the organizational structure and quality system processes across the entire Oracle organization.

Susan holds a B. Comm. from University of South Africa.

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Hari Haran, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
Hari Haran is a veteran of the telecommunications industry, bringing over 20 years of experience to Openwave. He has extensive relationships with carriers around the world and carries an excellent track record of growing sales and winning new deals. As senior vice president of worldwide field operations, Hari oversees all of Openwave's customer-facing functions, including sales, professional services and global support. He is also a key member of the executive team, responsible for the successful execution of Openwave's global sales and services strategy.

Prior to joining Openwave, Hari served as CEO of LongBoard, a leading fixed-mobile convergence company. Before leading LongBoard, Hari served as vice president and general manager of Lucent Technologies in the EMEA region where he was responsible for scaling the business from $500M to $2.5B. Hari has also worked for Bell Labs, AT&T Network Systems and several start-ups in the wireless, software, and telecom industries.

Hari holds a BS degree in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, an MS in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology and an MBA from Louisiana University. Hari also attended the Executive Management Program at The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.

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Sean MacNeill, Vice President and General Manager, Global Services
Sean MacNeill is vice president and general manager of Global Services for Openwave. Sean is responsible for the planning, development and go-to-market strategy for the company's suite of modular software products and services that bring the web to any mobile device. Prior to this position, Sean was Openewave's VP and GM of sales for the Americas region.

Sean brings over 15 years of experience in general management, strategic planning, product management, sales and operations to Openwave. Prior to joining Openwave, Sean spent seven years at Dynavar Corporation, an integrated communication solutions developer to service providers and large enterprises. As president and chief operating officer, he was responsible for the day-to-day operational, financial, and strategic initiatives and activities of the company. Sean led the sale of Dynavar to Sun Capital Partners who merged Dynavar with Solunet Inc. where he served as chief operating officer.

Before Dynavar, Sean held a variety of senior level management positions in sales, marketing, and operations for such companies as Vocalscape Communications, a VoIP software developer, and Intrinsyc Software, Inc., a mobility software and services company.

Sean holds a B.A. with distinction and an M.B.A. from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

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