Ronald Croen

RONALD CROEN, a co-Founder of Nuance Communications, Inc., has served as
Nuance’s President since July 1994 and as its Chief Executive Officer
since October 1995. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Croen served as a Consultant
to SRI International, an independent research, technology development
and consulting organization, for the commercialization of its speech
recognition capability. From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Croen served as Managing
Director of European operations, and from 1983 to 1987 as Vice President
and General Counsel of The Ultimate Corp. Mr. Croen holds a JD degree
from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a BA from Tufts
University.