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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$6.9M
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  • US
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Our goal at SEVEN is to make mobile email available on every mobile phone at an affordable price. With 1.9 billion wireless subscribers worldwide and 1.4 billion email accounts in existence, the potential for mobile email access is significant. SEVEN addresses this market opportunity by making it simple for consumers and companies of all sizes to access email on the mobile device of their choice. SEVEN's mobile email software is sold as a service by mobile operators and service providers worldwide and provides real-time access to work and personal information, including email, calendar, corporate directories, personal contacts and documents. SEVEN's software is specialized to meet the unique needs and requirements of the Fortune 500 enterprise, the small-to-medium organization, workgroups, individual professionals and consumers. It is affordable, easy-to-use and highly secure for everyone. Today, SEVEN-powered services are shipping on over 200 mobile device models supporting every major device operating system including: BREW, J2ME, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm OS and Symbian-based phones, and PDAs. SEVEN's patented software is available across 2.5 and 3G networks around the world. SEVEN is currently offered worldwide in 64 countries by 115 leading mobile operators and Internet email service providers including Cingular Wireless, Globe Telecom, Hutchison, KDDI Corp., NTT DoCoMo, Optus, Orange, SingTel, Sprint Nextel, Telefonica Moviles, Telenor Group, Telkom Indonesia,...

President and CEO
Ross A. Bott
Number of Employees 74
Contact Information

901 Marshall St

Redwood City, California 94063-2026

seven.com

(650) 381-2500

NAICS Code Computer and Software Stores: 443120

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Ross A. Bott President and CEO
Andrew Urushima CFO
Gary Wetsel CFO & Executive Vice President
Qing Lu Chief Financial Officer
Trevor Fiatal Chief Technology Officer
David H Ratner Senior Vice President, Engineering and Delivery
Harvey Anderson Senior Vice President, Finance & Corporate Affairs
Ari Backholm Vice President, Marketing & Product Management
Atif Hussein Vice President, Field Services
Gary Schofield Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Jamie Gabb Vice President & General Manager, Emea
Jeff Damir Vice President, Business Dev
Kate O'Sullivan Vice President, Corp Marketing & Comm
Kaz Ishii Vice President & General Manager
Kazuhiko Ishii Vice President & General Manager, Japan
Peter Hogewoning Vice President
Sheng Liang Vice President, Engineering
William A. Alvarado Vice President, Prods
Jason Guesman Senior Vice President & General Manager, Americas
Jos De Kruijf Senior Vice President & General Manager, International
Bill Nguyen Owner
Paul Gupta Manager, Hr
Samantha Renwick General Manager, HR
Cameron Myhrvold Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Kent Thexton Executive Chairman
Andrea Traversone Board of Directors
Brad A. Silverberg Board of Directors
David Sze Board of Directors
Mike Van Der Wallen Board of Directors
Ravi C Adusumalli Board of Directors

Dr. Ross Bott was named President and CEO in 2006 after serving four years as member of the board and as Chairman of Seven Networks, Inc. He brings over 15 years of strategic, executive experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining SEVEN, Bott was a partner in Redpoint Ventures (Silicon Valley), Brainheart Capital (Sweden), and Vision Capital (Transatlantic) and led the development process. He has taken interim CEO roles in several high tech start-ups in wireless, enterprise software and systems, and served on the board of directors of a dozen companies. Previously, Dr. Bott served as President and CEO of Onebox.com, where he solidified Onebox's reputation as the most scalable unified messaging provider in the market by launching a communication service and growing it to more than 3 million users in less than one year. Phone. Com (now Openwave Systems), aquired Onebox and Dr. Bott become Chief Operating Officer where he focused on the integration of ten acquisitions, launched next generation strategies and products, and grew revenue 444% annually. Prior to Openwave.com, Boss was Executive Vice President, Product Divisions of Adobe Systems (San Jose, California), responsible for US$1B in revenue and the five divisions producing and marketing all of Adobe's products. Formerly, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Graphics Division, responsible for the company's core graphics business. In addition, Bott was at Silicon Graphics (Mountain View, California), as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Technologies. During his four year tenure, he founded their commercial server division and grew it into a US$400M+ business. Under his guidance, the company expanded its software focus in the areas of data mining and data warehousing, enterprise management and high availability systems. Bott has also worked at Pyramid Technology Corporation for 11 years where he held several senior management positions in areas of engineering, marketing, sales, and corporate strategy and lastly as Chief Technology Officer. He led Pyramida s pioneering role in designing the first commercial RISC multiprocessor server, multi-threaded CPU architectures, massively parallel computers, and unified UNIX. Before Pyramid Technology he was a Computer Scientist with Xerox Palo Alto Research Corporation for four years. Bott holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego and holds a patent in data mining.

Organization Position Status
Seven Networks, Inc. President and CEO Current
Azul Systems Inc President and CEO, Seven Current
Company Seven Current
Flashpoint Technology, Inc. Director Current
Seven Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Azul Systems Inc Board of Directors Current
Onebox CEO Former
Onebox President Former
Phone.com Coo Former
Pyramid Technology Ltd Chief Technology Officer Former
Pyramid Technology Ltd Executive Vice President Former
Xerox PARC Executive Vice President Former
Graphics Division Senior Vice President Former
Graphics Division General Manager Former
Redpoint Ventures Venture Partner Former
Brainheart Capital Partner Former
Xerox PARC Computer Scientist Former
University of California, San Diego Ph.D. In Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science Former
Stanford University B.S. In Mathematics Former

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Seven Networks, Inc. CFO Current

Wetsel recently announced his retirement as Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer of Aspect Communications, a provider of enterprise customer contact solutions. Prior to joining Aspect, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Zhone Technologies and as Chief Executive Officer of WarpSpeed Communications.

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Seven Networks, Inc. CFO & Executive Vice President Current
Zhone Technologies, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Aspect Communications Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former
Aspect Communications Corporation Executive Vice President, Finance Former

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Seven Networks, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Chief Technology Officer Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Senior Vice President, Engineering and Delivery Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Senior Vice President, Finance & Corporate Affairs Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President, Marketing & Product Management Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President, Field Services Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Sales Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President & General Manager, Emea Current

Before joining Medio, Damir served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development for SEVEN Networks, where he was responsible for relationships with major service providers and handset manufacturers worldwide, as well as strategic alliances with leading ISPs and key technology partners. Prior to SEVEN, Damir was Openwave Systems' Vice President responsible for client products, including product sales, business development and strategy. During his tenure he successfully licensed the company's microbrowser software to each of the top 20 handset manufacturers, and to date over 300 million handsets have shipped with Openwave's browser. Damir has also held senior positions with AT&T Wireless and McCaw Cellular, where he directed product management and strategy when AT&T Wireless launched the world's first microbrowser service. Damir also served in senior management at Cometa Networks, GTE Government Systems and Hughes Aircraft. Damir holds an MBA from Stanford University, and an MSEE in Communications Systems from University of Southern California.

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Medio Inc. Corporate Vice President Current
Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President, Business Dev Current
Stanford University MBA Former

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Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President, Corp Marketing & Comm Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President & General Manager Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President & General Manager, Japan Current
Seven Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Peter Hogewoning is the Managing Director and founder of GTM Partners in Hong Kong. Prior to GTM Partners, Peter was Regional Vice President Asia for Openwave Systems. He joined Openwave as European Sales Director and under his leadership Openwave captured a leading position in WAP and Mobile Internet applications in Europe. Earlier in his career, Peter held various leading sales positions for AT&T and Lucent Technologies in both Asia and Europe. He holds an MS degree from the Technical University in Eindhoven. Peter lives in Hong Kong and spends a significant portion of his spare time on racing catamarans.

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Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President Current
Seven Networks, Inc. General Manager Current
Miyowa Inc Board of Directors Current
Gtm Partners Managing Director Former

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Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President, Engineering Current
Yale University Ph.D. In Computer Science Former

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Seven Networks, Inc. Vice President, Prods Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Senior Vice President & General Manager, Americas Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Senior Vice President & General Manager, International Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. Owner Current
Seven Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Seven Networks, Inc. Founder & Chairman Former

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Seven Networks, Inc. Manager, Hr Current

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Seven Networks, Inc. General Manager, HR Current

Currently Executive Chairman of SEVEN after 2.5 years as CEO and growing SEVEN into the largest carrier branded solution for mobile push Email with over 100 carries and 700,000 end users of SEVEN software. Previously Kent spent 6 years in the UK with BT and O2. Kent was the CMO and board of directors member of O2 PLC in the UK. O2 is a 23 million subscriber carrier recently sold to Telefonica for $30+ billion. Kent built the O2 brand into one of the leading wireless brands in Europe, selling to over 5 million new subscribers per year and managing the 5th largest subscriber base in Europe. Kent also managed the $2.5 billion products P&L and led O2 to leadership in mobile data in Europe with 23% of revenue from data in 03/04. Kent sits on several boards beside SEVEN, as chairman of Redknee, and board director of Sierra Wireless, Melodeo, Casero and Audience View.

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Quickplay Media Inc CEO Current
Sierra Wireless Incorporated Founder and Chairman Former
Redknee Chairman Current
Snap Media Corp Executive Chairman, Seven Current
Quickplay Media Inc Executive Chairman, Seven Current
Melodeo, Inc Chairman Current
Audienceview Software Corp Board of Directors Current
Casero Board of Directors Current
Seven Networks, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Redknee Board of Directors Former
The University of Western Ontario M.B.A. Former
The University of Western Ontario B.S. In Electrical Engineering Former

Traversone is a member of the Board and Investment Manager at Amadeus Capital Partners. He joined Amadeus in 1998 and has guided their investments in Lastminute.com, Commtag and Red-M. Prior to Amadeus, Traversone served as Executive Vice Chairman of Villa Playa Dorada S.A. where he was responsible for operations, finance and development.

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Amadeus Capital Partners Limited Partner Current
Seven Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Nujira Limited Board of Directors Current
Aepona, Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Riskclick Board of Directors Current
Cambridge University MBA Former
The London School of Economics Bsc In Economics Former

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Ignition Incorporated Founder Current
Ignition Partners Founder Current
Skytap, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Seven Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Sourcelabs, Inc. Director Current
Microsoft Corporation senior Vice President Former
Ignition Partners Partner Current
SRI International Research Former
Apple Inc. Product Development Former
University of Toronto MS Former
Brown University BS Former
Microsoft Corporation member Former

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Ignition Incorporated Partner Current
Azaleos Corporation Partner of Ignition Current
Ignition Partners Partner Current
Lockdown Networks, Inc. Partner, Ignition Partners Current
Wildtangent, Inc. Board Member Current
Likewise Software Board of Directors Current
Ignition Incorporated Board of Directors Current
Teranode Corporation Director Current
Seven Networks, Inc. Director Current
Consera Software Director Current
Splunk, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Centeris Corporation Director Current
Cloudmark, Inc. Director Current
Lockdown Networks, Inc. Director Current
Microsoft Corporation Vice President Former
Dynamical Systems Co-Founder Former
US WEST, Inc. Former
Rendition Networks Board Member Former
University of California, Berkeley Bachelor's Degree Former

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Greylock Partners Partner Current
Facebook Inc. Board Observer Current
Seven Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
LinkedIn Corporation Board of Directors Current
Softcoin, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Pandora Media, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Vudu Inc. Investor Current
Oodle, Inc. Investor Current
Facebook Inc. Investor Current
Excite Senior Vice President of Product Strategy Former
Excite@Home Senior Vice President of Product Strategy Former
Excite GM Former
Marakon Associates, Inc. Management Consultant Former
The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Management Consulting Former
Crystal Dynamics Former
New Edge Networks, Inc. Investor Former
Softcoin, Inc. Investor Former
Claria Corporation Investor Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA Former
Yale University B.A Former

Mike van der Wallen is the Managing Director and founder of Inspiring Management, Munich, Germany. The company provides executive coaching services to the leadership of multinational companies.

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Seven Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Adusumalli joined Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) in early 2002 and is currently a General Partner and Head of SAIFs India Operations. Prior to joining SAIF, Adusumalli was an Associate Partner with Mobius Venture Capital, a $1.25 billion early stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He previously worked at Credit Suisse First Boston and with Wasatch Funds, a mutual fund with over $9 billion in assets.

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Seven Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current

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