Before joining Phone.com, Mr. Parrish was vice president of marketing for GTE Mobile Communications and general manager of Mobile Data for GTE Mobile Communications.

Prior to that, he was senior vice president of operations at Contel Cellular, Inc. and co-founder, president, and chief executive officer of AmeriCom Corporation.

Mr. Parrish also served as chief of staff in the Department of Interior under the Carter Administration.

Mr. Parrish is vice chairman of the Board of Directors for the WAP Forum ( http://www.wapforum.org ).