Chairman of the Board of the Company since July 12, 2006. Mr. Particelli was also Chief Executive Officer of Modem Media, an interactive marketing services firm, from January 1991 until its acquisition by Digitas Inc. in October 2004, and more recently, from August 2005 until March 2006, he was the Chief Executive Officer of TSM Corporation, a telecommunications company serving the Hispanic market. Earlier, Mr. Particelli was a partner at Oak Hill Capital Management, a private equity investment firm, and managing director at Odyssey Partners L.P., a hedge fund. Prior to entering the private equity business, Mr. Particelli spent 20 years with Booz Allen where he helped create the Marketing Industries Practice and led its expansion across Europe, Asia and South America. Mr. Particelli also currently serves as a director of and investor in several private companies, and as an advisor to several private equity firms.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company since October 9, 2006. Mr. Tarzian has been designing and developing marketing and sales technology systems since 1995, and has extensive knowledge of the integrated communications business and expertise in the design of real-time marketing and sales automation systems. From 1996 through 1999, Mr. Tarzian was President of Blau Marketing Technologies, the technology subsidiary of Barry Blau and Partners, one of the largest independent direct marketing agencies in the U.S. at that time. In late 1998, he became Chief Technology Officer of Circle.com, the publicly traded subsidiary of Snyder Communications Inc. providing Internet professional services, including strategic e-commerce consulting and online marketing. Mr. Tarzian later became Circle.com's Chief Strategy Officer before being appointed its Chief Executive Officer in November 2000. At such time, Circle.com had grown to a 650 person, 13 office multi-national group. In 2001, Circle.com was integrated into Euro RSCG Worldwide, the global advertising unit of Havas, and Mr. Tarzian assumed the title of Chief Executive Officer of the New York region of Euro RSCG, a position he held until May 2006.
Jim joined the Board as a Director in July 2004. He has spent the past 4 years as a Partner at O'Neill Lifton Huffstetler Feeney & Barry, LLC, a venture marketing, creative development group as well as being the principal in The Feeney Group, LLC, working with companies in developing strategic positioning.
Jim was President and CEO of Trone Advertising from 1996 to 2000 and President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Albert Frank-Guenther Law, a 125 year old Wall Street based financial service agency from 1993 to 1996.
Prior to AFGL, he spent 13 years as Executive Vice President of Ally & Gargano where he led the launch team at the Agency for MCI for 5 years. He was at the Ted Bates Agency for 12 years where he was a Managing Director, Senior Vice President.
Herb has been a Director since May 1997 Executive Vice President, Barrett-Gardner Associates, Inc., an investment and merchant banking firm, since October 2002. Prior thereto, Senior Vice President of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, an investment banking firm, since 1978. Presently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Supreme Industries, Inc. and as a director of Chase Packaging Corp., Nu Horizons Electronics Corp., TGC Industries, Inc. and Rumson Fair Haven Bank and Trust Company.
John has been Director since July 2002, and prior was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Express Bank from January 1996 until September 2000, and President of Travelers Cheque Group from April 1997 until September 2000. He joined American Express following a 27-year career at Chase Manhattan Bank, during which he held various senior posts in the United States, Europe and Japan. His last position at Chase was that of Chief Executive Officer of ChaseBankCard Services, which he held from 1993 until 1995. Presently serves as a director of Rewards Network Inc.
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