Robin Abrams

Biography

Robin Abrams is an independent director. Robin has extensive experience in governance and oversight over the financial matters of large, publicly traded entities including Firefly Mobile, a mobile products company for the youth market, where she held the position of CEO. Prior to that, Robin was president and CEO of BlueKite, a leading provider of bandwidth optimization software for wireless operators. She also served as president and CEO of Palm Computing, Inc., leading the launches of the Palm V and Palm VII handheld devices. Prior to Palm, Robin was president and CEO of VeriFone, a global leader in debit and credit card payment solutions, and she has also held internationally focused executive positions at Apple and Unisys. Robin earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Nebraska, and she serves on the board of directors of HCL Technologies, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Zephyr Sleep Technologies Inc., Sierra Wireless and FactSet Research Systems Inc., as well as on the board of trustees for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.     Robin Abrams is an independent director. Robin has extensive experience in governance and oversight over the financial matters of large, publicly traded entities including Firefly Mobile, a mobile products company for the youth market, where she held the position of CEO. Prior to that, Robin was president and CEO of BlueKite, a leading provider of bandwidth optimization software for wireless operators. She also served as president and CEO of Palm Computing, Inc., leading the launches of the Palm V and Palm VII handheld devices. Prior to Palm, Robin was president and CEO of VeriFone, a global leader in debit and credit card payment solutions, and she has also held internationally focused executive positions at Apple and Unisys. Robin earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Nebraska, and she serves on the board of directors of HCL Technologies, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Zephyr Sleep Technologies Inc., Sierra Wireless and FactSet Research Systems Inc., as well as on the board of trustees for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.    

Research Interest

Robin has extensive experience in governance and oversight over the financial matters of large, publicly traded entities including Firefly Mobile, a mobile products company for the youth market, where she held the position of CEO. Prior to that, Robin was president and CEO of BlueKite, a leading provider of bandwidth optimization software for wireless operators.