"We are delighted to welcome Bill to the Handspring executive team," said Handspring CEO Donna Dubinsky. "Bill is a seasoned finance executive with a proven track record. We are confident that with his breadth of experience in the wireless, handheld and personal computing industries, he will play an instrumental role at Handspring. "
Slakey was most recently Chief Financial Officer at WJ Communications, a leading RF semiconductor company. Prior to that, Slakey was CFO at SnapTrack, a QUALCOMM company that pioneered the industry's most advanced GPS-based wireless tracking system for pinpointing wireless phones, PDAs, pagers and other wireless devices. Slakey has over 16 years of experience in financial management, including a senior controller position at 3COM's Palm Computing Division and various financial roles spanning ten years at Apple Computer.
