PalmSource Names New Board Member

PalmSource today announced that Andre Dahan has been named to the PalmSource board of directors.

Dahan, 56, has more than 30 years of leadership experience in the information technology industry. Most recently, Dahan served as president and CEO of AT&T Wireless' (now Cingular) mobile multimedia services group. Prior to AT&T Wireless, Dahan held executive positions with Teradata Corporation (later acquired by NCR), Dun & Bradstreet, and Sequent Computer Systems. He began his career as a database architect with the Israeli government and held a variety of technical positions with IBM and S.E. Qual, an information technology-consulting firm. Dahan graduated from the Hadassa-Jerusalem Institute of Technology, with a degree in software.

"Andre's extensive experience in both the wireless and IT industries are a great fit for the Company as we continue to make progress in our plan to transform PalmSource into a broad-based software provider for all mobile devices," said David Nagel, president and CEO of PalmSource.

Dahan joins PalmSource board members P. Howard Edelstein, Robert J. Finocchio, Jean-Louis F. Gassee, William Keever, David Nagel, Betsy Rafel and John B. Shoven, Ph.D.