MILPITAS, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- palmOne, Inc.
(Nasdaq: PLMO) today announced the election of D. Scott Mercer, interim chief
executive officer of Adaptec, Inc., to its board of directors. Mercer has
served in a wide variety of management roles in high-technology companies
during the past 20 years, including senior management and chief financial
officer roles at Western Digital Corporation; Teralogic, Inc.; Businessland,
Inc.; and LSI Logic Corporation; as well as senior management positions at
Dell Inc. in the United States and Europe. He brings to the palmOne board
broad operational, sales, product development and international experience in
the computer industry, as well as strong financial expertise.
He currently is a board member and audit committee chairman of Conexant
Systems, Inc. and NetRatings, Inc. He also serves on the board of directors at
Adaptec.
Mercer replaces Susan Swenson, who served on the board for six years and
contributed her experience from senior executive roles at Leap Wireless
International, Cellular One and AT&T Wireless. In May, Swenson was appointed
to the Executive Management Board of T-Mobile International in addition to her
roles as chief operating officer and director of T-Mobile USA, a palmOne
customer.
"We are delighted to be able to recruit a director with the extensive
business experience and financial expertise of Scott Mercer. palmOne is
fortunate to benefit from Scott's insight as it continues to expand its
operations worldwide," said Eric Benhamou, chairman of the board of palmOne.
"Sue has had a particularly distinguished tenure on our board, ever since the
company first became publicly traded. We are grateful for her many
contributions and will miss her counsel."
About palmOne, Inc.
palmOne, Inc. -- a leader in mobile computing -- strives to put the power
of computing in people's hands so they can access and share their most
important information. The company's products include Treo(TM) smartphones,
the LifeDrive(TM) mobile manager, Tungsten(TM) and Zire(TM) handhelds, and
software and accessories.
palmOne products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and
wireless operator channels throughout the world, and at palmOne Retail Stores
and palmOne online stores ( http://www.palmOne.com/stores ).
More information about palmOne, Inc. is available at
http://www.palmOne.com .
NOTE: palmOne, Zire, Tungsten, LifeDrive and Treo are among the
trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to palmOne, Inc. All
other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to
identify products or services of, their respective owners.
SOURCE palmOne, Inc.
06/22/2005
CONTACT: Marlene Somsak of palmOne, Inc., +1-408-503-2592, or
marlene.somsak@palmOne.com
Web site: http://www.palmone.com