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Tom Sidman is a co-founder and Executive Vice President, Business Processes of Cyren Call Communications. A wireless industry veteran, Mr. Sidman was the General Counsel of Nextel Communications, from October 1994 until early 2001, and thereafter served as Senior Legal Advisor to Nextel until April 2003. From the time of Nextel’s initial public offering in January 1992, with Mr. Sidman acting as principal outside counsel or serving as General Counsel, Nextel concluded numerous significant acquisition transactions in which an aggregate of in excess of 350 million shares (split adjusted) of Nextel common stock were issued; raised gross cash proceeds of more than $4.5 billion in major issuances of its common and preferred equity to the public, significant shareholders and strategic investors; and issued over $12.5 billion in stated value of various high yield, redeemable or convertible debt or hybrid securities. Mr. Sidman also represented Nextel in structuring and negotiating various major strategic transactions, including equipment purchase and related financing arrangements involving Motorola and Nortel; the formation, financing and establishment of relationships with each of Nextel Partners and NII Holdings; the sale to, and leaseback from, Spectrasite Holdings of certain tower assets of Nextel; and the establishment of outsourcing arrangements relating to billing services with Amdocs and to customer care services with IBM and Teletech. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and graduated from The University of Virginia School of Law. Subsequently, he obtained an MBA degree from The George Washington University. | 