Thomas E. Wheeler (www.wirelessexplorers.com)

Education

BS Business & International Trade, Ohio State University

1964 - 1968

Career

Lobbyist, Grocery Manufacturer's Association (GMA)

1972 - 1976

Lobbyist, National Cable Television Association (NCTA)

1976 - 1979

CEO, National Cable Television Association (NCTA)

1979 - 1984

CEO, Media Resources Corporation

January 1986 - March 1992

CEO, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA)

April 1992 - December 2004

Director of GLB BanCorp. Inc.

1994 - Present

Co-Founded Smart Brief Inc.

1999 - Present

Director of OmniSky Corp.

January 2000 - Present

Director of Earthlink

July 2003 - Present

Director of Nielsen Mobile (frm. Telephia)

September 2003 - December 2012

Advisor of Mercator Partners, LLC

2004 - Present

Chairman and a Member of Advisory Board of Inphonic, Inc.

January 2004 - June 2006

Director of Impatica Inc.

May 2004 - Present

CEO, Core Capital

January 2005 - Present

Member of Advisory Board of Bridgeport Networks, Inc.

June 2005 - Present

Director of Roundbox Inc.

September 2005 - Present

Non-Executive Director of RealNetworks Asia Pacific Co., Ltd.

December 2005 - Present

Director of UpdateLogic Incorporated

March 2006 - Present

Director of LimeLife Inc.

May 2007 - Present

Member of Advisory Board of Visto Corporation

October 2007 - Present

Special Advisor to Capitol Acquisition Corp. II

October 2007 - Present

Director of TNS Inc.

December 2009 - Present

Chairman of the Sixth U.S. Advisory Board at NTT DOCOMO

October 2011 - Present

Books

Take Command: Leadership Lessons of the Civil War

January 2000

Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails: How Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War

2006

Awards

One of the 20 most influential individuals in the cable industry’s history

1995

One of the top 10 innovators in the wireless industry

1998

Politicial Appointments

Appointed to board of trustees, Kennedy Center for Preforming Arts (Clinton)

2000

Appointed to board of trustees, Kennedy Center for Preforming Arts (Bush)

2001

Intelligence Advisory Board (Obama)

April 2011 - Present

Expected Nomination to Chair FCC (Obama)

April 2013

Non-Profit / Other

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for the National Archives

2002 - 2008

Obama/Biden Transition Agency (Science, Technology, Space and Arts)

November 2008 - February 2009