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Prior to his executive position at Kyocera Communications, Inc. Zeran was Senior Director of the company's consumer handset business segment, where he oversaw the product management of entry-level and mid-tier handsets. Zeran has held positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of program and product management and has been involved in the CDMA subscriber products business since the development of the first commercial CDMA handset at Qualcomm Inc. Zeran holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University and has completed graduate work in systems engineering and program management science. </td></tr> </table> <table height="30"><td></td></table> <table height="20"><td></td></table> </td></tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div>  <div class="headerLogo"><a href="/"><img src="/image/header/logo.gif" alt="Kyocera" width="113" height="39" border="0"></a></div> <div class="taglineContainer"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="610"> <tr>  <td><h5 class="tagline"><a href="/phones">Wireless Phones</a> | <a href="/store/?discount_name=KWCWEB">Accessories</a></h5></td>  <td align="right"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <form action="/search/query.html" name="QueryForm" id="QueryForm"> <tr> <td class="tagline">Search Kyocera</td> <td width="7" nowrap="nowrap"></td> <td><input type="text" name="qt" id="globalsearchbox"></td> <td width="7" 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