TECHNOLOGY VETERANS DAVID HIGHTOWER AND AMAR GUPTA ADD INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE AND STRATEGIC VISION TO MOBILE APPLICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY

MobileWebSurf announces technology veterans David Hightower and Amar Gupta to join their team.

Fremont, CA (PRWEB) August 3, 2003 - MobileWebSurf, a leading provider of mobile application infrastructure, today announced the appointments of David Hightower to its Board of Directors and Amar Gupta, Ph.D. to its Advisory Board. The two industry mainstays add a combined 45 years of high-tech and business expertise to the company.

Dr. Amar Gupta has been at the MIT Sloan School of Management since 1979. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Productivity from Information Technology (PROFIT) Initiative at the MIT Sloan School of Management. In addition, he manages development projects sponsored by prestigious commercial organizations and government agencies. Dr. Gupta has served as an advisor to several UN organizations including WHO, UNDP, and UNIDO on various aspects of national policy and large-scale information management in the context of the needs of both individual agencies and member governments.

David Hightower is a technical advisor and investor at emerging technology companies. Beginning his career as an R&D specialist in electronic design at Bell Labs, he later led R&D teams at Texas Instruments, General Electrics Microelectronics Center, GE Calma, Valid Logic, and Seiko Instruments. David was founder and CEO of AutoGate Logic, an electronic design automation company that was acquired by Actel Corporation in 1999. Mr. Hightower now serves as a limited partner in Venrock Ventures, a venture capital fund, and performs technical due diligence for the venture capital community. David has been involved with MobileWebSurf as an investor and advisor for more than two years.

These two key appointments add a wealth of knowledge to our Board of Directors and our Advisory Board, said Sanjay Sinha, Co-founder and President of MobileWebSurf. Dave and Dr. Gupta both bring with them rich experiences from the business and technology world which will assist us in our roadmap to deliver content and applications to any mobile device", adds Pavan Mandhani, Chief Operating Officer of MobileWebSurf.

I am delighted to join MobileWebSurf," said Hightower. The mobile market is experiencing a technology convergence and the telecom industry is poised for a recovery so this is an exciting time. I look forward to helping position the company for further successes."