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MobileIron appoints Jessica Denecour to its board

By TechTaffy Desk

MobileIron has appointed Jessica Denecour to the company’s board, said the company in a statement.

Ms. Denecour has served as senior vice president and CIO of Varian Medical Systems since January 2006. Prior to Varian, Ms. Denecour worked for Agilent Technologies as VP of Enterprise Applications from April 2005 to December 2005, and as VP of Global Infrastructure from June 2000 until March 2005. Prior to Agilent, Ms. Denecour worked for 18 years at Hewlett Packard.

Ms. Denecour holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration and Management Information Systems from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.

[Image courtesy: MobileIron]

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