STEVEN T. (“TERRY”) CLONTZ joined InterDigital’s Board of Directors in April 1998 and was elected Chairman of the Board in January 2010. Mr. Clontz, a veteran in the global telecommunications industry for almost 40 years, joined Singapore Technologies Telemedia, a Singapore-based investor/operator in the telecommunications and media sectors, in January 2010 as Senior Executive Vice President for North America and Europe. From January 1999 through his retirement in 2009, Mr. Clontz served as President and Chief Executive Officer of StarHub, a Singapore-based telecommunications and media company providing a full range of services over fixed, mobile, 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.

Mr. Clontz has served on the Boards of Directors of Equinix, a leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, since April 2005 and Level 3 Communications, an international provider of fiber-based communications services, since April 2012. 

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

DR. GILBERT ("GIL") F. AMELIO joined InterDigital’s Board of Directors in March 2011. Dr. Amelio was a Senior Partner at Sienna Ventures, a privately-held venture capital firm, from 2001 through December 2011. He also serves on the boards of directors of AT&T and Galectin Therapeutics (formerly Pro-Pharmaceuticals).

Dr. Amelio’s career spans decades of executive leadership roles in leading technology companies including Apple, National Semiconductor and Rockwell International. His leadership roles include Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Apple Computer, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of National Semiconductor, and President of Rockwell Communication Systems, a unit of Rockwell International. He was founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Acquicor Technology, Inc., as the company merged to become Jazz Technologies.

Dr. Amelio is a pioneer in the U.S. technology industry, having started his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Fairchild Semiconductor. A former director and chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association, Dr. Amelio has served on the board of governors of the Electronics Industries Association and been a member of the executive committee of the Business and Higher Education Forum. He previously served on the boards of Chiron, Sematech and the American Film Institute and as chairman of the advisory board of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Dr. Amelio, an IEEE Fellow, has been awarded 16 patents and is the recipient of numerous awards. He earned his BS, MS and PhD in physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

JEFFREY K. BELK joined InterDigital’s Board of Directors in March 2010. Mr. Belk is Managing Director of ICT168 Capital, LLC, focused on developing and guiding global growth opportunities in the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) space. Formerly, Mr. Belk spent almost 14 years at Qualcomm Incorporated, where prior to his departure in early 2008, he was Qualcomm’s Senior Vice President of Strategy and Market Development, focused on examining changes in the wireless ecosystem and formulating approaches to help accelerate mobile broadband adoption and growth.

From 2000 through 2006, Mr. Belk served as Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, leading a team responsible for all facets of the company’s corporate messaging, communications, and marketing worldwide. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Belk was Senior Vice President & General Manager of Qualcomm Eudora Products, Qualcomm’s award-winning email client. In 1997, Mr. Belk was named Vice President, Marketing, of Qualcomm Consumer Products and initiated the company’s global branding and communications efforts.

Prior to Qualcomm, Mr. Belk spent ten years in the PC industry’s early growth stages, primarily with Proxima Corporation. Mr. Belk joined the company in 1983, when the company had fewer than 25 employees, and was with the company through its IPO in the early 1990s in several key distribution, product management, and international roles.

Mr. Belk is a member of the Boards of Directors of Peregrine Semiconductor and the Wireless Life Sciences Alliance, and is also on the Advisory Boards of CommNexus, Roundbox, and Exicon.

Mr. Belk earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California, San Diego, and his MBA from the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. He is known globally as a commentator and writer on wireless, mobile broadband, and technology evolution.

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 served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Global Crossing Limited, a global provider of IP-based telecommunications solutions, from October 2008 to October 2011, when Global Crossing was acquired by Level 3 Communications, Inc.

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.

In September 2011, Mr. Kritzmacher joined the Board of Directors of Duff & Phelps Corporation, a leading independent provider of financial advisory and investment banking services.

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.

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 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.

JEAN F. RANKIN joined InterDigital’s Board of Directors in June 2010. Ms. Rankin is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at LSI Corporation, a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies for the global storage and networking markets. In this role, she serves LSI and its Board of Directors as Corporate Secretary, in addition to managing the company’s legal, intellectual property licensing and stock administration organizations.

Ms. Rankin joined LSI in 2007 as part of the merger with Agere Systems, where she was also Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to joining Agere in 2000, Ms. Rankin was responsible for corporate governance and corporate center legal support at Lucent Technologies, including mergers and acquisitions, securities laws, labor and employment, public relations, ERISA, investor relations and treasury. She also supervised legal support for Lucent’s microelectronics business.

Ms. Rankin received her law degree, with honors, from the University of Pennsylvania, and earned a bachelor’s degree with high distinction from the University of Virginia.

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 Compensation 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 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. 

Richard J. Brezski is InterDigital’s Chief Financial Officer, responsible for overseeing the organization’s accounting, tax, treasury and purchasing functions, including the company’s internal and external financial reporting and analysis.

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, and in March 2011 he was appointed to the additional post of Treasurer.  In May 2012, Mr. Brezski was appointed Chief Financial 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.

MARK A. LEMMO is InterDigital's Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, responsible for managing corporate initiatives through strategic investments and acquisitions that align with the company’s technology roadmap. 

Mr. Lemmo has been with the company since 1987, and has led the establishment and growth of a number of key strategic partnerships.  Previously, Mr. Lemmo held the positions of Executive Vice President, Corporate and Business Development, Business Development and Product Management, and Engineering and Product Operations.  Mr. Lemmo possesses a deep understanding of wireless technologies and engineering operations, having received several patents in these areas. His knowledge of the telecommunications marketplace is a vital contributor to InterDigital’s strategic focus.  Prior to joining InterDigital, Mr. Lemmo held positions with General Electric Corporation and RCA.

Mr. Lemmo earned a BA in Psychology and Liberal Arts from Temple University in 1980 and a BSEE from Temple University in 1983. 

SCOTT A. MCQUILKIN is InterDigital's Senior Executive Vice President, Strategy and Finance, responsible for overseeing the organization’s strategy, corporate development and finance functions, including the company’s strategic acquisitions, dispositions and partnerships, business planning and analysis, and risk management efforts.

Mr. McQuilkin joined InterDigital as its Chief Financial Officer 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. He was appointed InterDigital’s Senior Executive Vice President, Strategy and Finance in May 2012.  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.

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, and the company's participation in wireless standards bodies. 

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, Investor Relations, responsible for managing the company’s relationship with the investment community.

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.  From January 2006 until March 2012, Ms. Point managed the company’s communications and investor relations efforts, holding responsibility for corporate communications, investor relations and marketing. Ms. Point's 25 years of experience in investor relations spans large, mid- and small-cap companies. In addition to her investor relations work, she has spearheaded communications and marketing efforts, including diversity initiatives, and served on various corporate committees including strategic planning, finance 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, and is a member of NIRI’s Senior Roundtable and the Investor Relations Association.  Dedicated to her community, Ms. Point also serves on the Finance Council for the parish of Our Mother of Consolation Church in Philadelphia, PA.

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.

Allen Proithis is InterDigital’s Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Solutions, responsible for establishing and developing strategic business relationships and identifying potential new business opportunities.

Mr. Proithis joined InterDigital in March 2012.  Mr. Proithis was previously at TE Connectivity Ltd., a global designer and manufacturer of products that connect and protect the flow of power and data inside products, from January 2011 to October 2011 where he served as Senior Director – Strategy & Business Development, Consumer Devices division, covering the mobile, consumer electronics and PC industries.  While at TE, he led a global team dedicated to strategy, M&A and strategic marketing, and was responsible for identifying new markets, channels and growth opportunities from product idea creation to execution.

Before joining TE, Mr. Proithis spent almost seven years at Hewlett-Packard Company, most recently as Head of Strategy & Business Development for the Handheld business unit.  In this function, he drove all strategic initiatives for devices, software and services, including the launch of HP’s first mobile app store.  Mr. Proithis had previously been the Director of Business Development in HP’s Personal Systems Group, where he built a partnership program with major telecommunications companies.  His career also includes executive roles at HB Associates, an executive search and management consulting firm, Computer Sciences Corporation, Convergys and Electronic Data Systems.

Mr. Proithis earned a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications from the Pennsylvania State University.

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, 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. 

Mr. Shay 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 has served 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 InterDigital's Chief Technology Officer, responsible for the company's  technology strategy and roadmap, university and industry relationships and providing guidance on merger and acquisition opportunities. 

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.

STEVEN W. SPRECHER is InterDigital's General Counsel and Secretary, responsible for overseeing all activities pertaining to InterDigital’s legal and regulatory compliance issues.

Mr. Sprecher joined InterDigital in September 2007 as Deputy General Counsel, bringing more than 20 years of legal and management experience.  He previously served as the Vice President, Legal at Mindspeed Technologies (a spin-off of Conexant Systems) and Associate General Counsel at Conexant Systems, Inc. Prior to those roles, Mr. Sprecher was Of Counsel at Gibson, Dunn and & Crutcher LLP in Irvine, California for three years, managing corporate and securities issues for clients.  His previous eight years of experience include corporate and securities work both as inside counsel and as outside counsel.

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.