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Name Age Position(s) with the Company
Director Since
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William R. Cruz 37 Co-Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief
1982
Executive Officer and President
Ralph L. Cruz 34 Co-Chairman of the Board and
Co-Chief
1982
Executive Officer
Peter A. Parandjuk 35 Director and Vice President of
Product 1997
Development
Salomon Sredni(1) 30 Director, Vice President of
Operations, 1997
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
Marc J. Stone 37 Director, Vice President of
Corporate
1997
Planning and Development, General
Counsel and Secretary
Christos M. Cotsakos(1)(2) 49 Director
1998
Brian D. Smith(1)(2) 53 Director
1997
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(1) Member of the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors.
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of
Directors.
The Company's directors hold office until the next annual meeting of
shareholders. The Company's executive officers serve at the discretion of
the
Board of Directors.
WILLIAM R. CRUZ co-founded the Company in 1982 and has been its
President
and a director since that time. Mr. Cruz was appointed Co-Chief Executive
Officer of the Company in 1996. Mr. Cruz studied classical violin at the
University of Miami, which he attended on a full scholarship, and Julliard
School of Music. Mr. Cruz left Julliard School of Music prior to graduation
to
co-found the Company. Mr. Cruz has won numerous classical violin
competitions.
Mr. Cruz has been primarily responsible for the conception and management of
the
Company's products and product strategies.
RALPH L. CRUZ co-founded the Company in 1982 and has been a director
since
that time. Mr. Cruz was Vice President of the Company from 1982 until 1996,
at
which time he was appointed Co-Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cruz studied
classical violin at the University of Miami, which he attended on a full
scholarship, and Indiana University. Mr. Cruz left Indiana University prior
to
graduation to devote full time to the Company. Mr. Cruz has won numerous
classical violin competitions. Mr. Cruz has been primarily responsible for
the
Company's marketing strategies.
PETER A. PARANDJUK joined the Company in 1988 as a software engineer,
became the Company's senior software engineer in 1991, was appointed Vice
President of Product Development in January 1995 and was named a director of
the
Company in July 1997. Mr. Parandjuk has a bachelor's degree in Applied
Mathematics from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
SALOMON SREDNI joined the Company in December 1996 as its Vice
President
of
Operations and Chief Financial Officer and was named Treasurer in May 1997,
a
director of the Company in July 1997 and a member of the Audit Committee of
the
Board of Directors in January 1998. From August 1994 to November 1996, Mr.
Sredni was Vice President of Accounting and Corporate Controller at IVX
Biosciences, Inc. (formerly known as IVAX Corporation), a publicly-held
pharmaceutical company. Prior to that time, from January 1988 to August
1994,
Mr. Sredni was with Arthur Andersen LLP, an international accounting firm.
Mr.
Sredni is a Certified Public Accountant
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and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
the
Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Sredni has a
bachelor's
degree in Accounting from The Pennsylvania State University.
MARC J. STONE joined the Company in May 1997 as its Vice President of
Corporate Planning and Development, General Counsel and Secretary and was
named
a director of the Company in July 1997. From January 1993 to May 1997, Mr.
Stone
was a partner at a predecessor law firm of Bilzin Sumberg Dunn Price &
Axelrod
LLP ("Bilzin Sumberg"), which currently serves as the Company's regular
outside
counsel. Prior to that time, from 1985 to 1992, Mr. Stone was an associate
with
that predecessor law firm. Mr. Stone is of counsel to Bilzin Sumberg. Mr.
Stone
has a bachelor's degree in English and American Literature from Brown
University, and received his law degree from University of California (Boalt
Hall) School of Law at Berkeley.
CHRISTOS M. COTSAKOS has, since March of 1996, served as President,
Chief
Executive Officer and a director of E*TRADE Group, Inc. Prior to joining
E*TRADE, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating
Officer and a director of A.C. Nielson, Inc. (March 1995 to January 1996),
President and Chief Executive Officer of Nielson International (September
1993
to March 1995) and as President and Chief Operating Officer of Nielson
Europe,
Middle East and Africa (March 1992 to September 1993). Mr. Cotsakos joined
Nielson after 19 years with Federal Express Corporation (1973 through 1992),
where he held a number of senior executive positions both in the United
States
and Europe, including Vice President and General Manager for Europe, Africa
and
the Near East from 1988 to March 1992. Mr. Cotsakos also currently serves as
a
director of Forte Software, Inc., National Processing, Inc., Fourth
Communications Network and Datacard Corporation. Mr. Cotsakos became a
director
in January 1998, at which time he was also elected to the Compensation
Committee
and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
BRIAN D. SMITH, who currently consults to the wireless communications
industry, from January 1990 until 1996 served as President of Data
Broadcasting
Corporation ("DBC"), a leading provider of financial data services to the
individual investor market. Prior to becoming President, Mr. Smith, since
1983,
held several key positions with DBC and its predecessor companies. Prior to
that, Mr. Smith worked for 13 years for General Electric Company in
engineering,
sales and management positions, and for Texas Instruments in engineering.
Mr.
Smith also served as Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Broadcasting Corp., a
wireless communications company, from December 1996 to December 1997. Mr.
Smith
became a director in December 1997, and was elected to the Compensation
Committee and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors in January 1998.
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