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Thwapr Announces Two New Board Members


Published on 2010-06-10 05:11:18 - Market Wire
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - June 10, 2010) - Mobile video sharing platform Thwapr, Inc. ([ www.thwapr.com ]) (OTCBB: [ THWI ]) today announced the addition of Bernadine A. Santistevan and Leonard H. Dreyer to the company's board of directors.

"We are very excited to have Bernadine and Len on our team," says Thwapr CEO Bruce Goldstein. "Their combined experience will enhance the expertise of the board and provide valuable operational experience that will enable us to deliver on our planned business goals and objectives."

Ms. Santistevan's expertise features a unique blend of strategic, business development, operational and financial expertise. She was the acting CEO responsible for turning around a GE Capital media/technology company and has also provided business expertise to a variety of hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital firms. Ms. Santistevan, who holds several advanced degrees -- including an MBA from the Wharton School of Business -- also served as director and producer for an independent feature film for which she secured financing and negotiated international distribution deals.

Mr. Dreyer has held several top leadership positions at major companies and philanthropic organizations. A Marine Corps veteran, Mr. Dreyer was CEO, chairman and president of Marie Callender Restaurants and vice president of Denny's. He was chairman of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation and currently serves as audit committee chairman of the Philanthropic Foundation of California State University, Fullerton -- a $40 million foundation which he helped create in 1996.

Thwapr provides a powerful new way for video content providers and marketers to mobilize and monetize video on mobile devices. Based on proprietary new "share-to-phone" technology, Thwapr allows up to 15 minutes of video to be sent and viewed by mobile users on more than 200 different handsets and is carrier agnostic.

About Thwapr, Inc.
Thwapr ([ www.thwapr.com ]) (OTCBB: [ THWI ]) is a mobile video sharing platform that solves the problem of viewing and sending quality video content to and from mobile devices. Developed by founding members of Apple's QuickTime team and technologists from AVID/Digidesign and MTV, Thwapr's patent-pending "share-to-phone" technology allows content providers, marketers and mobile users alike to send video "Thwaps" of content captured with their device or from the Web to other mobile users, easily and instantly. Thwapr's mission is to provide a mobile video sharing experience regardless of carrier or device worldwide. For more information and to register for Thwapr, please visit [ www.thwapr.com ] on your mobile phone or computer. Follow Thwapr @ [ www.twitter.com/thwapr ] or become a fan at [ www.facebook.com/thwapr ].

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