BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Mark Seremet
Mr. Seremet has been our Chief Executive Officer and President since May 2009, and has served as a director since September 2008. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Zoo Games since January 2009 and has served as President of Zoo Games since April 2007. Prior to his start at Zoo, Mr. Seremet was an activist internet investor with investments in private companies. From 2005 to 2006 Mr. Seremet also served as CEO of Spreadshirt.com, a provider of online, customized merchandise. Mr. Seremet is a co-founder and the first CEO of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., which he helped take public in 1997, and where he was President and Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to 1998. Additionally, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Picis from 1998-2000, SA in Barcelona, Spain and orchestrated its registration for an initial public offering on the Nouveau Marche. Mr. Seremet is also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Paragon Software, which was acquired in 1992 by MicroProse. Mr. Seremet serves on the board of Serklin, Inc. He was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration in 1989 for Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region and received a B.S. in Business Computer Systems Analysis from Saint Vincent College. Mr. Seremet’s extensive experience in the video game industry, his familiarity with our business and his management and entrepreneurial skills, are an asset to his services as a director.
Jay Wolf
Mr. Wolf has served as a director and our Secretary since October 1, 2007, and as Executive Chairman of our Board of Directors since February 11, 2010. He is the founder and principal of Wolf Capital LP an investment advisory firm he formed in October 2009 to focus on small cap public companies. From November 2003 until September 2009, Mr. Wolf was a partner at Trinad Capital LLC, an activist hedge fund focused on micro-cap public companies. During his work at Trinad, Mr. Wolf assisted distressed and early stage public companies through active board participation, the assembly of management teams and business and financial strategies. Prior to his work at Trinad, Mr. Wolf served as executive vice president of Corporate Development for Wolf Group Integrated Communications Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Wolf worked at Canadian Corporate Funding, Ltd., a Toronto-based merchant bank as an analyst in the firm’s senior debt department and subsequently for Trillium Growth Capital, the firm’s venture capital fund. Mr. Wolf currently also sits on the boards of directors of Xcorporeal, Inc. (XCR), Hythiam Inc. (HYTM) and NorthStar Systems, Inc. Mr. Wolf is also a member of the board of governors at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. He is a former director of Asianada, Inc., ProLink Holdings Corp., Mandalay Media, Inc., Atrinsic, Inc., Shells Seafood Restaurants, Inc., Optio Software, Inc., Xcorporeal Operations, Inc., Zane Acquisition I, Inc., Zane Acquisition II, Inc., Starvox Communications, Inc. and Noble Medical Technologies, Inc. Mr. Wolf received his B.A from Dalhousie University. Mr. Wolf was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Starvox Communications, Inc. from March 2005 to March 2007. On March 26, 2008, StarVox Communications, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose. Shells Seafood Restaurants, Inc., a company for which Mr. Wolf formerly served as a director, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, on September 2, 2008. Mr. Wolf’s broad range of investment and operations experience, which includes senior and subordinated debt lending, private equity and venture capital investments, mergers and acquisitions advisory work and public equity investments, enable him to have the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board of Directors.
Barry Regenstein
Mr. Regenstein has served as a director since October 1, 2007. Mr. Regenstein is also President and Chief Financial Officer of Command Security Corporation. Mr. Regenstein has served as Command Security Corporation’s President since January 2006, as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from August 2004 until December 2005, and also as its Chief Financial Officer since October 2004. Trinad Capital Master Fund, Ltd. is a significant shareholder of Command Security Corporation and Mr. Regenstein has formerly served as a consultant for Trinad Capital Master Fund, Ltd. from February 2004 until August 2004. Prior to that period, Mr. Regenstein served as a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GlobeGround North America LLC (formerly Hudson General Corporation), an airport services company from 2001 until 2003. Mr. Regenstein also served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GlobeGround North America LLC from 1997 to 2001 and was employed in various executive capacities with GlobeGround North America LLC from 1982 to 2003. Prior to joining Hudson General Corporation, he was with Coopers & Lybrand in Washington, D.C. Mr. Regenstein is a Certified Public Accountant and received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Taxation from Long Island University. Mr. Regenstein is also a member of the board of directors of Command Security Corporation (NYSE Amex: MOC). Mr. Regenstein has also served as a member of the board of directors of a number of publicly held companies. From December 2005 until August 2009, Mr. Regenstein served as a member of the board of directors of ProLink Holdings Corp., a company whose common shares are publicly traded in the over the counter markets (“OTC”). From March 2005 until February 2008, Mr. Regenstein served as a member of the board of directors of StarVox Communications, Inc., a company whose common shares are publicly traded in the OTC. From October 2006 until February 2008, Mr. Regenstein served as a member of the board of directors of New Motion, Inc., a company whose common shares are publicly traded in the OTC. From February 2005 until November 2009, Mr. Regenstein served as a member of the board of directors of Mandalay Media, Inc., a company whose common shares are publicly traded in the OTC. Mr. Regenstein’s over 30 years of business experience, including over 25 years in operations and finance of contract services companies, are valuable to his contributions as a director. Mr. Regenstein’s advice to our Board regarding the Company’s ongoing operations and its short- and long-term challenges and opportunities are valuable in his service as a director.
Drew Larner
Mr. Larner has served as a director since September 2008. He is CEO of Rdio, Inc., a digital music subscription service. From 2003 to 2009, he was a Managing Director of Europlay Capital Advisors, a Los Angeles-based merchant bank and advisory firm specializing in media and technology companies. Prior to Europlay, Mr. Larner spent over 12 years as an executive in the motion picture industry, most recently as Executive Vice-President at Spyglass Entertainment Group. In that role, he was involved in all operations of Spyglass with specific oversight of business development, international distribution and business and legal affairs. Mr. Larner was responsible for managing the company’s output arrangements with the Walt Disney Company, Kirch Media, Canal Plus and Toho Towa (among others) as well as the equity investments of Disney, Svensk Filmindustri (a subsidiary of the Bonnier Group) and Lusomundo Audiovisuais (a subsidiary of Portuguese Telecom) in Spyglass. During Mr. Larner’s tenure at Spyglass, the company released over fifteen feature films including the blockbuster hit The Sixth Sense, as well as successes, Seabiscuit, Bruce Almighty and The Recruit. Prior to Spyglass, Mr. Larner spent a total of five years at Morgan Creek Productions during which time he headed up the business and legal affairs department and then moved on to run Morgan Creek International, the company’s international distribution subsidiary. In this period, Morgan Creek released over twenty feature films including hits Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, its sequel Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Last of the Mohicans . Additionally, Mr. Larner spent two years as Vice President/Business Affairs at Twentieth Century Fox. Mr. Larner began his career as an attorney in the Century City office of O’Melveny & Myers. Mr. Larner currently serves on the Board of Directors of Broadspring, an online search and advertising company. Mr. Larner received a B.A. from Wesleyan University, after which he earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School. Mr. Larner’s background and experience with technology and entertainment are assets to his services as a director.
Moritz Seidel
Mr. Seidel has served as a director since January 2009. Since April 2007, Mr. Seidel has been the managing director of T7M7 Unternehmensaufbau GmbH, a privately held venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in Ecommerce and gaming companies. He has also served as a Managing Director of My Best Brands GmbH, a B2C Ecommerce service, since November 2008. In 1998 he founded Webfair AG, a company that provides software solutions to automotive original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and became its Chief Executive Officer. Webfair’s software is used today by more than 50% of all automotive OEMs to monitor the status, bonus schemes and improvement processes of their dealer networks in Europe. In March 2006, Webfair AG was acquired by Urban Science Inc., headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Seidel was responsible for the integration of Webfair AG within the international Urban Science organization and left the company in April 2007. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Seidel was a consultant with Roland Berger & Partner, the largest management consulting firm of European origin. His focus was consumer goods, retail and internet. He is a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO and EO). Mr. Seidel graduated from the University of Regensburg, Germany with a Diploma in Business Studies (Diplom Kaufmann) and went to school in Germany and United States. Mr. Seidel’s experience with internet and gaming companies, coupled with his management skills, are valuable contributions to his services as a director.
David Smith
Mr. Smith has served as a director since December 2009. Mr. Smith is the President, CEO, Chairman and primary beneficial owner of Coast Asset Management, LLC, a private investment management firm. Since 1971, following his graduation from the MBA program at the University of California at Berkeley, Mr. Smith has worked in various capacities in the securities industry. His past experience includes work at Security Pacific Bank (1973-1983), where Mr. Smith most recently served as a Vice President responsible for the sales and fixed income arbitrage trading activities of the Investment Department. In March 1983, Mr. Smith joined Oppenheimer and Company as a bond arbitrageur trading that firm’s proprietary capital account. In 1986, Mr. Smith was appointed a Senior Vice President at Oppenheimer, a position he held until he left in November 1990. Following his departure from Oppenheimer, Mr. Smith founded the predecessor for what would ultimately become Coast Asset Management, LLC. Mr. Smith’s experience in the securities industry and his entrepreneurial skills are assets to our Board of Directors.
Alex Krys
Mr. Krys has served as a director since March 2011. Mr. Krys is currently the Managing Partner of Juniper Capital Partners, LLC, a firm specializing in private equity and investment advisory, distress real estate restructuring and acquisitions, global branding and distribution. Mr. Krys served as the President of Diageo Spain in 2003. Mr. Krys was also President of Diageo’s Venture Markets Americas & Caribbean from 1999 to 2003, managing the company’s growth and expansion throughout 36 markets encompassing the Caribbean, Central America and the South America region. Mr. Krys served as member of the executive committees for Venture Markets Worldwide as well as the brand executive board for Guinness Worldwide from 1999 to 2003. In 1996, he joined United Distillers and held several key management positions for the Latin America region, including Marketing Director and External Affairs Director. From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Krys served as the Chief Executive Officer for Ketchum Asociados, an advertising and public relations company. He also served as a partner at Daniels & Roberts from 1995 to 1996, where his advertising and public relations agencies managed a roster of clients such as Microsoft Latin America, Acer Computers, Polaroid Latin America, Sony Consumer Products Latin America, American Express, FedEx, Miller Brewing, Reebok, MCI and Univision Television Network. Mr. Krys graduated from Florida International University in 1990 and received a degree in Liberal Arts (Psychology and Marketing). Mr. Krys also attended MIT’s Sloan International Business and Strategy Program in 1997. Mr. Krys’ considerable principal and investment advisory experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, as well as his extensive operational experience combined with his marketing experience are assets to his services as a director.