Board of Directors
Jerome Chazen
Mr. Chazen is currently the Chairman of our Board of Directors, and has served as one of our directors since April 2005. Mr. Chazen is also Chairman of Chazen Capital Partners, a private investment company. Prior to Chazen Capital Partners, Mr. Chazen was one of the four founders of Liz Claiborne Inc., where he is also Chairman Emeritus. Mr. Chazen is also the founder and Benefactor of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business, the focal point of all international programs at Columbia Business School. Mr. Chazen received his Bachelor Degree from the University of Wisconsin and his MBA from Columbia Business School. Mr. Chazen has been a director of Taubman Centers, Inc., since 1992.
Raymond Musci
Mr. Musci has been a director since May 2007. From August 2006 through February 2008, Mr. Musci served as President of New Motion Mobile, Inc., and prior to joining our organization as an employee, Mr. Musci was a consultant to our operations from January through August of 2006. Mr. Musci brings over 25 years of high tech, media, entertainment and consumer product experience to us. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Musci was Chief Executive Officer of Bam! Entertainment, Inc., a company he founded in 1999 that published and distributed movie, sports and cartoon video games to a wide range of retailers. Prior to Bam!, from 1996 to 1999, Mr. Musci was president and chief executive officer of the U.S. subsidiary of Infograms Entertainment, Inc., now better known as Atari, Inc. In that position, he oversaw all aspects of the company's North American unit, was responsible for 250 employees, and grew global revenues from $60 million to $300 million, and U.S. revenues from $80 million to $150 million. Before joining Infograms/Atari, Mr. Musci was founder, president and chief executive officer of Ocean Of America, Inc., a publisher and distributor of entertainment software. Founded in 1990, Mr. Musci built the company to annual revenues of $50 million, and sold it to Infograms/Atari in 1996. Mr. Musci holds a degree in criminal justice with a minor in business administration from Western New Mexico University. Mr. Musci is a director of publicly traded Talon International, Inc.
Lawrence Burstein
Mr. Burstein became a director upon the completion of our merger with Traffix, Inc. on February 4, 2008. Mr. Burstein has been a director of Traffix since April 1999. Since March 1996, Mr. Burstein has been Chairman of the Board and a principal shareholder of Unity Venture Capital Associates, Ltd., a private venture capital firm. For approximately ten years prior thereto, Mr. Burstein was the President, a director and principal stockholder of Trinity Capital Corporation, a private investment banking concern. Trinity ceased operations upon the formation of Unity Venture Capital Associates, Ltd. in 1996. Mr. Burstein is a director of several companies, being, respectively, THQ, Inc., engaged in the development and marketing of video games for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo; CAS Medical Systems, Inc., engaged in the manufacture and marketing of blood pressure monitors and other disposable products, principally for the neonatal market; I.D. Systems Inc., engaged in the design, development and production of a wireless monitoring and tracking system which uses radio frequency technology; Millennium India Acquisition Corp., a publicly trading holding company; and American Telecom Systems, Inc., engaged in the development and marketing of convergent telecommunication services.
Mark Dyne
Mr. Dyne has served as a director of the company since November 11, 2008. Mr. Dyne currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Europlay Capital Advisors, LLC, a merchant banking and advisory firm, and has served in this capacity since 2002. In this capacity, he provides corporate and advisory services. Prior to joining Europlay, Mr. Dyne served as Chief Executive Officer of Sega Gaming Technology Inc. (USA), a gaming company, and Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Interactive Entertainment Ltd., a distributor of computer software programs and video games based in London, England. Mr. Dyne was a founder and former director of Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd., a leading distributor of entertainment software in both Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Dyne served as one of the first board members and was one of the earliest investors in Skype and Joost.com.
Stuart Goldfarb
Mr. Goldfarb has served as a director of the Company since January 12, 2010. From 2001 to 2009 Mr. Goldfarb was President and CEO of Direct Brands, Inc. Under his leadership, the company grew to be the world's largest direct marketer of music, DVDs, and books, with household brands such as Columbia House, BMG Music, Doubleday Book Club, Book-of-the-Month-Club, cdnow.com and many more. Prior to that, Mr. Goldfarb was President and CEO of bol.com, Bertelsmann's premier online retailer of books and music, doing business in 18 European and Asian countries. Before joining Bertelsmann, he was Vice Chairman of Value Vision International, a cable TV home shopping and e-commerce company. He was formerly Executive Vice President, Worldwide Business Development at NBC, where he held various executive level positions. Mr. Goldfarb was selected to be a member of our Board of Directors because of extensive history and success in operating entertainment and media related companies.
