Splashtop, co-founder and CEO of Spalshtop has been re-elected to the Board of Directors of The Linux Foundation representing the Silver Members for a second two-year term.

This appointment recognizes the significant role that Mr. Lee has played in contributing to the advancement of Linux. Splashtop Inc. is a leader in remote desktop technology, bridging phones, tablets, computers and TVs, to deliver the best user experience and performance to more than 6 million people.

The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization, aims to promote, protect and advance Linux and is dedicated to accelerating the growth and understanding of the Linux platform. The Foundation is comprised of more than a hundred members including Splashtop, VMware, Citrix, Qualcomm, Intel, NVIDIA and other leading technology companies.

"Linux and open source is playing a bigger and bigger role in the world of mobile, social and cloud computing," said Mark Lee, "I am excited to be re-elected to the Linux Foundation Board of Directors to support and promote an open computing platform of information exchanges and sharing."

"Mark brings to The Linux Foundation Board of Directors important perspective on the maturing role of Linux in building the future of computing," said Jim Zemlin, executive director, The Linux Foundation. "The ongoing collaboration with Mark at the board level will help to advance work that ranges from Linux in mobile to the open cloud, among other developing areas. We're excited about the opportunity to continue working with him in this role."

Prior to co-founding Splashtop Inc. in 2006, Mr. Lee was a co-founder and CEO of OSA Technologies, which was acquired by Avocent in 2004 for $100M. He continued to serve as Avocent senior vice-president until June of 2006. Before co-founding OSA, he spent more than 7 years at Intel.

Mr. Lee received his MS and BS in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and executive MBA from ASU.