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David Bell — Chairman Emeritus, Interpublic Group of Companies

David Bell has extensive experience in the marketing services sector having been CEO of three major industry companies: Bozell Worldwide, True North Communications, and the Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. The various positions David held at Bozell Worldwide led to his becoming its CEO, where he became a major factor in building the company from a $12 million company to one worth over $600 million, making it one of the ten largest global agencies. David was named CEO of True North, the fourth largest agency holding group, following its acquisition of Bozell. Following the acquisition of True North by the Interpublic Group, he was named CEO of this second largest agency holding group with 44,000 employees and nearly $7 billion in revenue. The shareholder value of both companies increased by over 50% in each case.

David is the only industry executive to lead most major industry associations including The American Association of Advertising Agencies, American Advertising Federation, The Ad Council, and The Advertising Educational Foundation.

Joe Davis — CEO, Coremetrics

As President and CEO of Coremetrics, Joe Davis is responsible for leading the company's overall business strategy and guiding day-to-day operations. Joe brings over 20 years of executive management experience to the Coremetrics team. Prior to joining Coremetrics, Joe served as the group vice president and general manager of the CRM division at PeopleSoft (NASDAQ: PSFT), where he led the worldwide development and overall strategy for the CRM product division. At PeopleSoft, Joe turned the CRM division into the fastest growing product line within the company and led two exceptionally successful product launches. Prior to his tenure at PeopleSoft, Joe served as president of Nortel Networks' eBusiness division, where he held full P&L responsibility for a division of 1500 employees and over $300 million in revenues. Prior to that, he served as general manager of Remedy's CRM division, leading Lotus Development's Silicon Valley office, and managing all service and support initiatives for Everex Systems.

Joe holds an M.B.A. from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and received a B.S. and M.S. in Applied Mechanics from UC San Diego.

Alan Gould — Entrepreneur In Residence, Greycroft Partners

Alan Gould served as CEO of Advertiser Solutions - a business unit of The Nielsen Company that provides end-to-end marketing solutions to large and global advertisers - from May 2008 to November 2010. In 2000, he founded IAG Research and built the company into the leading provider of engagement metrics in the television industry. Alan served as its co-CEO until the company was acquired by Nielsen in May 2008 for $250 million. As co-CEO, Alan was involved in all aspects of IAG's product development, sales, and ongoing financing.

Earlier in his career, Alan worked as a campaign manager and communications consultant for various candidates for public office. Alan is a graduate of the New York University School of Law (J.D.), Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (M.P.P.), and the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (B.S.F.S.).

Andreas Stavropoulos — Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Andreas is a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, where he serves on the boards of a number of private companies. Andreas focuses primarily on software investments (consumer/internet and enterprise infrastructure), mobility, and technology-enabled services. Past investments include Mobile 365, 4info, ePocrates, Mimeo.com, Meetup, Technorati and Yodle. Prior to joining DFJ, Andreas held positions with McKinsey & Company and Cornerstone Research.

Andreas is a summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard College in computer science, holder of an MS degree in computer science from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.