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Gearworks Appoints Wireless Industry Luminaries to its Board of Directors
Keith Kostuch (ALLTEL) and Roger Dorf (Cisco) Bring a Wealth of Wireless Industry and Insider Experience to Leader in Carrier-Delivered, Location-Based Mobile Applications
MINNEAPOLIS — March 6, 2008 — Gearworks, a leading provider of location-based mobile business applications, announced today it has added Keith Kostuch, former senior vice president of strategic planning for ALLTEL Corporation, and Roger Dorf, vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Broadband Wireless Unit, to its Board of Directors.
“With a compound annual growth rate approaching 100 percent and the recent launch of our appmosphere™ mobile application delivery platform, Gearworks has established itself as a leading player in the burgeoning market for carrier-delivered LBS mobile business applications,” said Todd Krautkremer, president and chief executive officer of Gearworks. “I’m delighted to have Roger and Keith join Gearworks’ board at this important juncture – their experience in the wireless space and track record for building successful companies will be incredibly valuable as we enter a dynamic and rapidly growing stage in the market.”
Keith Kostuch served as senior vice president of strategic planning at ALLTEL, America’s largest wireless network, until February 2008. During his tenure he was responsible for a broad range of strategic, technology and operational functions and initiatives including leading the centralization of ALLTEL’s procurement and logistics. Previously, he was vice president and director at The Boston Consulting Group, a leading global management consulting firm, where his client focus was high technology and telecommunications companies.
Roger Dorf has extensive carrier experience spanning the globe and several generations of technology. He currently serves as vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Broadband Wireless Unit and was president and CEO for Navini Networks, a leader in WiMAX networking solutions, prior to its acquisition by Cisco in December 2007. Previous posts include vice president and general manager of Nortel Network’s Broadband Access Business Unit (formerly Promatory), president of AT&T Network Systems for the Caribbean and Latin American region, and executive vice president and chief operating officer at AT&T Paradyne.
Gearworks’ Board of Directors is committed to exemplary governance and active leadership. In addition to Kostuch and Dorf, Gearworks’ complete 2008 board of directors includes Todd Krautkremer, president and CEO, Gearworks; Michael Gorman, managing director, Split Rock Partners; Ben Terk, partner, Rho Ventures; and Thomas Erickson, co-founder and general partner, BlueStream Ventures.
About Gearworks
Gearworks provides the industry’s leading carrier-class platform for location-based mobile business applications — appmosphere™. Appmosphere enables wireless carriers to deliver location-based business applications to market faster, software vendors to easily mobilize their applications, and enterprises to cost-effectively deploy custom applications to mobile workers through any wireless carrier on any mobile device. Appmosphere is the technology foundation for Gearworks’ industry-leading mobile workforce management applications, including its etrace® product and other carrier-branded products. With appmosphere and its applications, the company serves thousands of small- to medium-sized business and enterprise customers across a broad range of industries — including healthcare, field service, home and store delivery, construction, utilities and government services.
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