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STEVEN T. (“TERRY”) CLONTZ joined InterDigital’s Board of Directors in April 1998 and was elected Chairman of the Board in January 2010. Also in January 2010, Mr. Clontz joined Singapore Technologies Telemedia as Managing Director for North America and Europe. From January 1999 through 2009, Mr. Clontz served as President and Chief Executive Officer of StarHub, a Singapore-based info-communications corporation providing a full range of information, communications and entertainment services over fixed, mobile, Internet and cable TV networks. He continues to serve as a non-executive director of StarHub.

Prior to joining StarHub, Mr. Clontz served as President and Chief Executive Officer and an executive Director of IPC Information Systems, a provider of financial trading communications solutions, from 1995 through 1998. Mr. Clontz began his career as an engineer with Southern Bell in 1973. He joined BellSouth International in 1987 and served as President of its Asia Pacific Region from 1992 through 1995.

In January 2010, Mr. Clontz joined the Board of Directors of eircom Limited, which is the largest telecom services provider in Ireland. Mr. Clontz was appointed to the Board of Directors of Equinix, a leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, in April 2005. In February 2004, he was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Global Crossing, which provides telecommunications solutions over a global IP-based network.

Mr. Clontz earned his bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

EDWARD B. KAMINS joined InterDigital’s Board of Directors in December 2003. Mr. Kamins is the principal member of UpFront Advisors, a business consulting services firm he founded in March 2009.

From July 1999 until his retirement in February 2009, Mr. Kamins served as Corporate Senior Vice President of Avnet, one of the world’s largest global distributors of electronic components, enterprise computing, and embedded subsystems. He joined Avnet in 1996 as Senior Vice President of Business Development for Avnet Computer Marketing. A long-time operational executive, Mr. Kamins was the founder and Group President of Avnet Applied Computing, which customized computer solutions for markets such as medical, telecommunications, gaming, and others. That business grew to $1.6B globally. Mr. Kamins served as Chief Information Officer beginning in July of 2004 and accepted the newly created post of Chief Operational Excellence Officer in July of 2006.

Mr. Kamins has held several high technology marketing and sales positions with a range of manufacturers and was involved in various startup ventures. His 16-year career with Digital Equipment culminated with the position of Vice President of Channels, with responsibility for a $1.5 billion North American channels business.

In April 2006, Mr. Kamins joined the Board of Directors of Calence, a leader in building, managing and optimizing customized, client-centric networks. Calence was acquired by Insight Enterprises in April 2008.

Mr. Kamins holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, with honors, from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA in marketing from the C.W. Post Center of Long Island University. His affiliations include a 12-year membership on the Board of Directors of the Lupus Foundation of America, where he was honored in May 2002 as the recipient of its annual Altruism Award.

JOHN A. KRITZMACHER joined InterDigital’s Board of Directors in June 2009. Mr. Kritzmacher has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Global Crossing, which provides telecommunications solutions over a global IP-based network, since October 2008.

Previously, Mr. Kritzmacher served as Chief Financial Officer at Lucent Technologies, where he managed functions including finance, accounting, treasury, tax, internal audit, investor relations and global real estate. Before becoming Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Kritzmacher rose through a variety of positions with increasing responsibility during his 10 years at Lucent, including Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. After playing a leading role in the planning and execution of Lucent’s merger with Alcatel in 2006, Mr. Kritzmacher became Chief Operating Officer of the Services Business Group at Alcatel-Lucent. While there, he transformed a diverse suite of existing Alcatel and Lucent service functions into a unified global services organization. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kritzmacher advanced rapidly through a series of finance and operational roles at Lucent’s predecessor, AT&T Network Systems.

Mr. Kritzmacher earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics at Dartmouth College and his MBA in accounting at the New York University Stern School of Business.

ROBERT S. ROATH joined InterDigital’s Board of Directors in May 1997. Mr. Roath served as Chief Financial Officer of RJR Nabisco before his retirement in 1997.

A long-time senior strategic and financial executive with diversified corporate and operating experience with various global companies, including Colgate-Palmolive, General Foods, GAF Corporation and Price Waterhouse, Mr. Roath has amassed achievements in operations, strategy formulation, business development and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Roath has been a director of Standard Parking, a provider of parking management services, since its IPO in May 2004 and became Chairman of its Board of Directors in October 2009. He also serves as Chairman of Standard Parking’s Audit Committee. Mr. Roath has been Chairman of the Advisory Board to L.E.K. Consulting, a strategy and shareholder-value consulting firm, since May 1997.

Mr. Roath is a member of the Advisory Board to the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, where he received his bachelor’s degree in accounting and economics in 1966. He is a registered CPA in the State of New York and has completed the Amos Tuck Executive Development program. Mr. Roath has been a speaker at various director seminars and was the keynote speaker at the first annual Business Ethics Conference at the University of Maryland.

WILLIAM J. MERRITT has been President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of InterDigital since May 2005. Mr. Merritt has played a key role in managing InterDigital’s intellectual property assets and overseeing the growth of its patent licensing business. Mr. Merritt served as General Patent Counsel of InterDigital from July 2001 to May 2005 and also served as President of InterDigital Technology Corporation, a patent licensing subsidiary, from July 2001 to January 2008. Previously, Mr. Merritt served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of InterDigital.

Before joining InterDigital in 1996, Mr. Merritt served as Assistant General Counsel with the Long Island Lighting Company. Earlier on, Mr. Merritt concentrated his engineering efforts with Public Service Electric and Gas Company and Stone & Webster.

Mr. Merritt serves on the Board of Directors of AmberWave Systems Corporation, a privately held developer of intellectual property relating to strained silicon and other advanced material technologies for the semiconductor industry.

Mr. Merritt earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a J.D. from Temple University. Mr. Merritt is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New York and before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

WILLIAM J. MERRITT is InterDigital’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors.

Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Merritt played a key role in building a program of licensing InterDigital's intellectual property and overseeing the growth in its patent licensing business.  Before that, Mr. Merritt was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of InterDigital.  Prior to joining InterDigital in 1996, he served as Assistant General Counsel with the Long Island Lighting Company in Hicksville, NY.  Earlier on, Mr. Merritt had concentrated his engineering efforts with Public Service Electric and Gas Company and Stone & Webster.

Mr. Merritt earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1980 and a Juris Doctorate from Temple University in 1987.  Mr. Merritt serves on the Board of Directors for AmberWave Systems Corporation, a privately-held developer of intellectual property relating to strained silicon and other advanced material technologies for the semiconductor industry.

SCOTT A. MCQUILKIN is InterDigital's Chief Financial Officer, responsible for directing the organization's financial planning and accounting practices, leading merger and acquisition activities, and supporting the company’s capital markets efforts.

Mr. McQuilkin joined InterDigital in 2007 with over 25 years of senior-level experience in financial management with public and privately-held companies in the high-tech and financial services sectors. Prior to InterDigital, Mr. McQuilkin served as Chief Financial Officer for Metavante Lending Solutions, a high growth technology firm providing business process automation to the financial services industry. Mr. McQuilkin joined GHR Systems (which subsequently was acquired by Metavante Corporation), in 2000 as Chief Financial Officer and was responsible for finance, funding, acquisitions, accounting, strategy, human relations, facilities, and risk management. During his tenure, he led the company through a period of explosive growth and structured and negotiated several acquisitions. Prior to joining GHR Systems, Mr. McQuilkin served as Chief Financial Officer at De Lage Landen Financial Services and held senior finance positions at First Union Corporation.

Mr. McQuilkin earned a Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School in 1980 and a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1976.

RICHARD J. BREZSKI is InterDigital’s Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, responsible for the company’s internal and external financial reporting and analysis, and tax and purchasing functions.  Mr. Brezski joined InterDigital as Director and Controller in May 2003.  In July 2006, Mr. Brezski was promoted to Sr. Director and in January 2007 was appointed Chief Accounting Officer.  In January 2009, Mr. Brezski was promoted to Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.  Prior to joining InterDigital, Mr. Brezski served as an audit manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in PwC’s technology, information, communication and entertainment practice where he provided business advisory and auditing services to product and service companies in the electronics, software and technology industries. 

Mr. Brezski earned a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Villanova University and an Executive MBA from Hofstra University.

GARY D. ISAACS is InterDigital's Chief Administrative Officer, responsible for overseeing Human Resources, Information Systems Technology and Corporate Services across all InterDigital locations.

Mr. Isaacs joined InterDigital in September 1998, after spending three years at RCN Corporation, a rapidly emerging telecommunications company based in Princeton, NJ, where he was VP, Human Resources. Mr. Isaacs has more than 25 years of human resources management experience across several industries including telecom, aerospace and consumer products. He has worked for very large Fortune 50 companies including the Kraft Foods division of Philip Morris Cos. and Lockheed Martin, as well as small to medium size companies such as RCN Corp. Mr. Isaacs began his human resources career with People Express Airlines in 1983 and was part of the rapid growth and expansion of that upstart company.

Mr. Isaacs attended college at The University of Manchester, England as part of a select international communications program prior to graduating with a BA in journalism from Penn State University in 1981.

BRIAN G. KIERNAN is InterDigital's Executive Vice President, Standards, responsible for the development of new market and product initiatives and the coordination of InterDigital's worldwide standards activities.

Mr. Kiernan has been with InterDigital since 1984. As Vice President of Engineering during the development of the UltraPhone® product, Mr. Kiernan was a principal contributor to InterDigital's extensive portfolio of intellectual property. He has wide–ranging hands-on experience in international markets and extensive knowledge of the U.S. and international standards process. Before joining InterDigital, Mr. Kiernan was a Senior Staff Engineer at GTE Products Corporation. His prior program and technical management experience encompassed both TDMA and CDMA voice and data systems, digital and analog switching, and VHF/UHF and microwave radio.

Mr. Kiernan earned a BSEE from Newark College of Engineering and a MS Management Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

JAMES J. NOLAN is InterDigital's Executive Vice President, Research and Development, responsible for directing the development of advanced wireless technologies, including the incubation of advanced wireless communication solutions and the evolution of standards based technologies.

Since joining InterDigital in 1996, Mr. Nolan has held a variety of engineering and management positions, most recently as Executive Vice President of Engineering responsible for technology and product development since 2006.   Prior to leading the Engineering organization he has led  technology and product development  of modems, protocol software and radio designs for multiple wireless standards. He also played a key role in business development activities around the world. Mr. Nolan came to InterDigital from the Northrop Grumman Corporation where he held technical and leadership roles on various engineering development programs.

Mr. Nolan earned a BSEE from the State University of New York at Buffalo, an MSEE from Polytechnic University, and an Executive MBA from Hofstra University.

JANET M. POINT is InterDigital's Executive Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, responsible for corporate communications, investor relations, and marketing. Ms. Point joined InterDigital in January of 2000 as Director of Investor Relations to manage and build the company's relationship with the institutional and individual investment community.

Ms. Point's nearly 20 years of experience in investor relations spans large, mid- and small-cap companies. In addition to her investor relations work, she has served on various corporate committees including strategic planning, finance, communications and government relations. Her career includes five years as Vice President of Investor Relations for Advanta Corporation and five years in the investor relations group at Fannie Mae. A member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) since 1987, Ms. Point served six years on the Board of the Philadelphia Chapter of NIRI, including the President's role from 2002 through June of 2004.  Dedicated to her community, Ms. Point also serves on the Finance Council for the parish of Our Mother of Consolation.

Ms. Point received her MBA from the University of Michigan in 1983 and her BA in Economics and English from the University of Virginia in 1981.

LAWRENCE F. SHAY is President of InterDigital’s Patent Holding Subsidiaries and is Executive Vice President of Intellectual Property and Chief IP Counsel for InterDigital.

Mr. Shay is responsible for overseeing all activities pertaining to InterDigital’s patent licensing business, including managing the company’s intellectual property assets, negotiating and administering license agreements, and supervising IPR-related litigations.  He joined InterDigital in November 2001 as Chief Legal Officer, bringing more than 18 years of legal and management experience.  He previously served as the General Counsel of a multi-national publicly-held professional services firm and from 1985 until 1999 Mr. Shay practiced corporate law with Dilworth Paxson LLP, a major Philadelphia law firm. Mr. Shay began his career in 1983 as an attorney working with U.S. District Court Judge Louis Bechtle in Philadelphia.  Mr. Shay has lectured on commercial transactions at the Temple University School of Law and he serves on the Board of Trustees of the Delaware County Memorial Hospital Foundation and various boards of the Crozer-Keystone Health System.

Mr. Shay earned his law degree, with honors, from the Temple University School of Law in 1983. He is a 1980 magna cum laude graduate of Saint Joseph's University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.

NARESH SONI is responsible for InterDigital’s technology strategy and roadmap, university and industry relationships, and providing guidance on merger and acquisition opportunities as well as new research and development initiatives.  Mr. Soni joined the company as Vice President of Strategic Engineering in July 2009.  Prior to InterDigital, Naresh founded Exemplar Technologies, a consulting firm that provides innovative services and product development strategies to clients.  Previously, he served as chief technology officer for Streamezzo, a venture-funded provider of interactive rich media solutions for some of the world’s leading handset manufacturers and wireless operators.  Mr. Soni’s previous experience includes research and innovation-focused positions at STMicroelectronics, AT&T Bell Labs, and IBM, as well as the position of vice president of Computing Architecture Research Lab at Nokia.

Mr. Soni holds several patents, has authored technical papers and has given keynotes at conferences in the areas of communications and computing.  Mr. Soni earned his Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mumbai.  Naresh has served on the board of University of California San Diego (UCSD) Center for Wireless Communications and is currently on the advisory board of the UCSD school of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Mr. Sprecher earned his JD and MBA from UCLA in 1987 and his BS in Physics from the US Naval academy in 1977, graduating in the top third of his respective classes.   Mr. Sprecher served in the US Marine Corps from 1977 until 1983, receiving the Navy Achievement Medal in 1983 for superior performance.  During his military career, he completed his US Naval Air Training Command coursework and earned his designation as a fighter pilot.