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Governance
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Finance
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Robert S. Rosenschein
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 President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board Robert S. Rosenschein has been Chairman of our board and President since he founded Answers Corporation (previously GuruNet) in December 1998. From December 1998 to April 2000 and since May 2001, Mr. Rosenschein has served as our Chief Executive Officer. From May 2000 to April 2001, Mr. Rosenschein served as our Chairman. From 1988 to 1997, Mr. Rosenschein was Chief Executive Officer of Accent Software International Ltd. (formerly Kivun), a company that developed multi-lingual software tools, and from 1997 to 1998, Mr. Rosenschein was Chief Technical Officer of Accent Software International Ltd. Mr. Rosenschein graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received the Prime Minister of Israel's Award for Software Achievement in 1997.
| Holdings: 300,960 shares
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| Date |
Type |
Shares Traded |
Price Range |
| 09-12-06 |
Sell |
4,000 |
8.33 |
| 08-08-06 |
Sell |
4,000 |
9.06 |
| 05-25-06 |
Sell |
12,500 |
10.88 |
| 10-13-04 |
Statement of Ownership |
0 |
n/a |
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Mark A. Tebbe
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 Vice Chairman of the Board & Lead Director Mark A. Tebbe has served as a director since December 1998. He currently serves as the Chairman of our Nominating / Corporate Governance committee and as a member of our Compensation Committee. Since February 2002, Mr. Tebbe has been Chairman of Techra Networks LLC, a technology-oriented consulting firm. From August 1984 to January 2002, Mr. Tebbe founded and served as Chairman of Lante Corporation, a technology consulting firm. Besides several non-profit and civic organizations, Mr. Tebbe is a board member of SBI Group, Elexos Corp. and Selective Search. Mr. Tebbe is a former director of Octus Inc. and Accent Software International Ltd. Mr. Tebbe graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign.
| Holdings: 40,062 shares
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Shares Traded |
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| 08-29-07 |
Buy |
5,000 |
6.90 |
| 05-26-06 |
Option Execute |
8,341 |
n/a |
| 05-11-06 |
Buy |
5,000 |
11.60 |
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Yehuda Sternlicht
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 Director Yehuda Sternlicht has served as a director since June 2004. He currently serves as the Chairman of our Audit Committee and as a member of our Finance Committee. Since November 2003, Mr. Sternlicht has been self-employed as an independent financial consultant. From February 2005, Mr. Sternlicht also serves as Senior Vice-President and CFO of NanoVibronix Inc., a private corporation focused on research and development of solutions to prevent catheter acquired infection, other hospital infections and non-catheter biofilm based infections. From July 1992 until November 2003 he was employed by Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVNT) as financial manager and in January 1993 was appointed Chief Financial Officer of SVNT. In June 1995 he was appointed Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer of SVNT, and in December 2002 he was appointed Vice President-Chief Accounting Officer of SVNT. Mr. Sternlicht is qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Israel and has a B.A. degree in Accounting and Economy from The Hebrew University.
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| Date |
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Shares Traded |
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| 12-01-06 |
Sell |
2,000 |
16.33 |
| 12-01-06 |
Option Execute |
2,000 |
5.00 |
| 11-30-06 |
Sell |
13,000 |
16.30 - 16.97 |
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Option Execute |
13,000 |
5.00 |
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Mark B. Segall
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 Director Mark B. Segall has served as a director since December 2004. He currently serves as the chairman of our Finance Committee and as a member of our Audit Committee. Mr. Segall is the founder and Senior Managing Director of Kidron Corporate Advisors, LLC, a New York based mergers and acquisitions corporate advisory boutique serving emerging growth companies primarily in the technology, consumer goods and financial services sectors and is a founder and managing member of Kidron's private equity fund, Kidron Opportunity Fund I, LLC. Prior to forming Kidron in 2003, Mr. Segall was the Chief Executive Officer of Investec, Inc., the U.S. investment banking operations of the Investec Group, a South African based specialist bank. Previously he was a partner at the law firm of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP, specializing in cross-border mergers and acquisitions and capital markets activities. Mr. Segall currently serves as a director of the Escala Group and Integrated Asset Management. Mr. Segall was also a director of the Comtech Group until December 2006 and Siliconix Inc. until June 2004. Mr. Segall graduated with an A.B. from Colombia University and a J.D. from New York University Law School. Mr. Segall is a designee of Maxim Group LLC, in accordance with our underwriting agreement with Maxim Group LLC.
| Holdings: 4,000 shares
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| 08-31-07 |
Buy |
1,500 |
6.97 |
| 03-02-07 |
Buy |
2,500 |
12.00 |
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Lawrence S. Kramer
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 Director Lawrence S. Kramer has served as a director since May 2005. He currently serves as a member of our Financing Committee and of our Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Kramer is an advisor to CBS on interactive matters. Between March 2005 and November 2006, Mr. Kramer served as the first President of CBS Digital Media. In this role, Mr. Kramer created a new division that combined all new media operations for the network, including online, interactive and wireless initiatives. He had oversight over and re-launched several Web properties, including CBS.com, CBSNews.com, CBS SportsLine.com and StarTrek.com and created distribution partnerships with Google, Amazon, Apple I-tunes and Verizon for CBS content. Formerly, Mr. Kramer was the founder, Chairman and CEO of MarketWatch, Inc., acquired in 2005 by Dow Jones & Company. He has served on the Board of Directors of MarketWatch since the company was founded in 1997 and served as its Chairman of the Board between 1999 and March 2005. Prior to this, between 1994 and 1997, Mr. Kramer served as Vice President of News, Sports and Marketing at Data Broadcasting Corporation. At DBC he created a Sports and News Division, including DBC News, the predecessor company to MarketWatch, Inc. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Kramer held the position of founder, President & Executive Editor of DataSport Inc. Prior to founding DataSport he spent more than 20 years in journalism as a reporter and editor. During his distinguished career in the newspaper business, he has won a National Press Club Award, Gerald E. Loeb Award and Associated Press Awards for reporting. A past Guest Lecturer at the Harvard Business School for 10 years, Mr. Kramer holds an MBA degree from Harvard and a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism and Political Science from Syracuse University.
| Holdings: 2,500 shares
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Price Range |
| 08-30-07 |
Buy |
2,500 |
6.76 |
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Allen Beasley
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Director Allen Beasley is a partner with Redpoint Ventures. He currently serves as a member of our Compensation Committee and our Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee. Allen's bio is available at http://www.redpoint.com/team/allen-beasley/.
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R. Thomas Dyal
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Director R. Thomas Dyal has served as a director since June 2009. Since October 1999, Mr. Dyal has been a partner with Redpoint Ventures. From June 1997 to September 1999, Mr. Dyal was a partner and associate with IVP. Before joining IVP, Tom spent ten years in operating roles in the communications and networking industry. At Bay Networks, Tom ran product management for its network management software business. He began his career as a systems engineer with AT&T Bell Laboratories. Mr. Dyal focuses on a wide range of technology investment areas, including infrastructure and application software, services and systems targeting the Internet, mobile and enterprise segments. Currently, he is leading the firm's investments in Clearwell, Cortina, Kazeon and Wichorus. Mr. Dyal holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
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