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12/22
Evan Katz Joins 1GlobalPlace
1GlobalPlace, Inc., an established B2B resource for companies expanding online into foreign markets, has named Evan Katz, Esq. to its board of directors. Evan an expert on intellectual property and Internet/e-commerce law, is General Counsel and Vice President of Business Development of IPnetwork.com, the premier online marketplace for licensing, event marketing and intellectual property. Prior to joining IPnetwork.com, Mr. Katz was the chairman of the intellectual property and Internet law department of Kane Kessler, P.C., where he concentrated in IP licensing, prosecution and litigation.

12/15
Grove Joins Interactive Resource
Dane Grove has been appointed Director of New Media Recruiting at The Interactive Resource (www.interactiveresource.com ). Dane had been heading up recruiting at Rare Medium. He will oversee all recruiting activities for The Interactive Resource's new media and wireless clients.

Turtledove Joins InfoRocket.com
InfoRocket.com, the world’s first question-and-answer marketplace, has signed on Robert J. Turtledove as chief marketing officer. Turtledove, most recently with Pizza Hut International, will apply his years of experience building and managing several of the world’s best known consumer brands to guide the InfoRocket.com brand and serve as the chief advocate for InfoRocket.com’s network of over 300,000 members.

NYNMA Names Board
Guiding the continued growth of the new media industry into a new era dominated by wireless networks, PDAs and high-bandwidth services, the New York New Media Association (NYNMA) has elected six new members to the 15-member Board of Directors. The new faces belong to Alain Bankier, partner, Alternative Partners, LLC; Donna Campbell, founder and director, Ericsson CyberLab New York; Jason Chervokas, venture partner, Primedia Ventures; Howard Greenstein, business alchemist, Sorceron; Ann Kirschner, president and CEO, Fathom; and Andrew Weinreich, Sky Forge Solutions. Welcome all!

12/08
Jack Kramer Joins CondeNet
CondeNet today has hired Jack Kramer as Midwest advertising manager. Jack is now responsible for the 13 states in the Midwest and its major cities, including Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis. Jack came over from NBC Internet, where he was Midwest manager, responsible for establishing the Midwest office in Chicago for NBC Internet. He has also worked for Emusic.com, previously known as Tunes.com, which included Rollingstone.com, Thesource.com and Downbeatjazz.com. Before working in online publishing, Jack held sales management positions at major magazine companies, including Wenner Media (Rolling Stone), Hearst (Esquire and Sports Afield) and Parade Magazine. He holds a BS in history and psychology from Georgetown University.

Former NYTimes SVP Joins ORB
ORB, Inc.has named Erich Linker as Senior Vice-President for Corporate Development. Erich comes to ORB with plenty of experience. He spent more than 20 years at the New York Times where he was Sr./VP Advertising for the New York Times Newspaper and Sr./VP Group Advertising and Marketing for the New York Times magazine division. He was most recently Executive Vice-President/Sales with Presspoint, a service he helped launch that distributed same-day editions of influential newspapers to business travelers globally. Erich also sits on the advisory board of Plum Holdings, LLP, an investment fund for early stage content enterprises. At ORB, he will be responsible for spearheading the development of large-scale corporate relationships.

McCullagh Joins Tradeout
TradeOut, a global Internet marketplace for business surplus, today announced the appointment of Phyllis McCullagh as Group Vice President of Computers. Phyllis joins TradeOut from Gateway, Inc., where she was Vice President of Strategic Accounts & Partners, managing and developing potential strategic opportunities in the Commercial Business Unit. During her tenure at Gateway, Phyllis also served as Vice President of Corporate Sales, and prior to that, Vice President of Partner Sales, where she was responsible for both the corporate field sales organization and Gateway's channel programs and partners. Previously, Phylis spent 10 years at Compaq Computer Corporation where she held various senior management positions. When she left the company in 1998, Phyllis was Vice President, Western Region. Her responsibilities at Compaq included channel sales and marketing. McCullagh was also with AT&T, Lotus Development Inc., and AES Data in Canada.

Expansion Brings Dooley to Razorfish
Razorfish, Inc. is expanding its Infrastructure and Security Services (ISS) practice. Razorfish clients can now benefit from ISS-related offerings, including: Network Architecture, Infrastructure Analysis, Secured Commerce, Security Assessment, and Managed Services Consulting. Joseph Dooley, formerly head of Ernst & Young??™s Information Security Services group for the Connecticut region, has been appointed as the New York practice lead for ISS at Razorfish. His focus is both to identify areas of IT infrastructure and security needs and to develop digital solutions specific to a company??™s e-commerce initiatives. Joseph brings with him a wealth of information security and e-commerce experience with Fortune 500 clients, spanning industries such as: banking and financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, consumer products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, information processing, telecommunications, publishing, and broadcast.

Zollie Embarks on New Challenges
After six exciting (and exhausting) years of helping to craft the vision, values and visibility of Siegelgale, Andrew Zolli has decided to leave the company to pursue new and greater challenges - in particular to complete a newly contracted book on design and brand experience. I'm very excited about this new project and may be contacting some of you to participate. Andrew says he's very proud of what Siegelgale ahs achieved, and he is leaving on excellent terms. The company continues to do well, although it is now pursuing a path different than the one he advocated, and so the parting is bittersweet. Still, Andrew says it was an amazing experience to witness the birth of an industry and to have facilitated the wholesale transformation of a company.

Sherman Writing Office.com Column
Net veteran Aliza Sherman of Cybergrrl and Webgrrls fame has just started writing a new monthly online column for Office.com. The column will featur a different woman entrepreneur each month. Please check out the first one at: http://www.office.com/global/0,2724,9-20925,FF.html. And remember to stop by to help Aliza get a good discussion going on their discussion board - the link is next to her article.

Razorfish Makes Appoints
Razorfish has named Bob Lord as executive vice president of North America and Clayton Hubner as executive vice president of Infrastructure. The appointments provide the company with two strong additions to its senior management team and underscore its focus in providing high-level client satisfaction. Bob Lord will spearhead the overall growth, profitability and development of Razorfish's North American region. He will oversee Razorfish's day-to-day operations in the Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices. Most recently, Bob was vice president of corporate alliances at Pretzel Logic Software, where he was responsible for building and managing the company's top tier relationships. He holds a B.S. in Engineering from Syracuse University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Clayton Hubner joins Razorfish with a global perspective drawn from a wide range of international experience. As the executive vice president of infrastructure, Clayton will oversee the development and maintenance of the company's global infrastructure for its 15 offices. That includes redefining business processes surrounding the deployment of all global applications in an effort to leverage Razorfish's global scale and resources to support the company's client-facing teams. Clayton's last post was as performance and business systems integration leader for Applied Power Inc. He holds a B.S. in Finance and an MBA from Brigham Young University as well as a master's degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering and a Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of Michigan.

12/07
CondeNet Names Shepard Editor in Chief of Epicurious CondeNet today announces that Elizabeth Shepard has joined Epicurious as editor in chief. Ms. Shepard oversees all editorial development for Epicurious, the most-visited food destination online and the home of Gourmet and Bon AppC©tit magazines. Ms. Shepard joins Epicurious with extensive new media and journalism experience. Most recently, Ms. Shepard served as general manager of Halo46, a multimedia upscale lifestyle brand that launched content and commerce on the Internet. As general manager, Ms. Shepard oversaw online and offline brand positioning, selected the editorial, marketing and technology teams, and launched a Web magazine and online store in five months. Ms. Shepard has also worked as a freelance journalist for more than a decade and is the recipient of three journalism awards. She holds a BA in English composition from Vassar College and an MFA in writing from Columbia University.

09/29
SMA Realtime Names Bissiccio SVP
After completing a one-year consulting tenure, Edvardo Bissiccio has been named Senior Vice President with SMA Realtime Inc. Working with CEO Michael J. Morrissey, Bissiccio raised more than $22 million in both cash and stock assets to finance the expansion of the company’s HDTV capabilities and to launch SMA’s new audio/visual recording label. Under the five-year contract, Bissiccio will spearhead new business development, oversee all marketing efforts, and head up the audio/visual recording label for the full-scale production/post production house, with sophisticated video/audio & film capabilities. Bissiccio will ultimately create the first production /post-production facility with complete audio/visual capabilities by leveraging SMA’s award- winning creative team and technical assets under one roof. Bissiccio has vowed to “hand-pick” a small number of artists who will closely collaborate with SMA’s staff to conceptualize and mold their individual creative identity in tandem with their music.

Razorfish and Vanguard Creates Intranet Portal
Razorfish, Inc., and The Vanguard Group have launched "CrewNet", a new intranet portal for Vanguard crew members. To enhance internal communications and productivity, Razorfish has teamed with Vanguard to develop a solution that allows Vanguard's crew members to access and share vital information with ease and efficiency. The "CrewNet" site introduces a set of useful features that provide convenient access to internal announcements, company policies and crew benefits, crew member training program information, as well as links to email, timesheets and other important resources, such as local traffic and weather. Future enhancements to "CrewNet" will include links to business division-specific content and applications, and allow for crew member personalization. Razorfish is aggressively recruiting talented leaders. Interested? You can send your resume to jobs@razorfish.com!

09/22
Clark Takes on the Planet
Patricia Clark, former regional vice president of sales at Talk City, has moved on to Halftheplanet.com, where she is vice president of sales. Halftheplanet.com is the Internet source for people with disabilities and their families.

McCloskey Pursuees New Passion
After nearly two years as Comet Systems’ Director of Corporate Business Development and the company's chief evangelist, Bill McCloskey has resigned from Comet in order to pursue my passion: building out the Rich Media SIG full time. Bill started the Rich Media SIG a little over a year ago as a way for a group of people passionate about rich media technologies to get together once a month to discuss the industry, have a little wine, and meet each other. As much as Bill loved working at Comet, he says there are times when one feels a calling. The Rich Media SIG, he says, is his calling. The Rich Media SIG will become Emerging Interest (www.emerginginterest.com) in order to reflect its focus on all 'emerging' technologies as they relate to on-line marketers, and as a tip of the hat to its roots as a special interest group. The launch party will be on Thursday, October 5th at TBWA/Chiat/Day in Manhattan between 7-10pm (488 Madison Ave, 5th Floor).

Brownstein Joins RLM PR
Amy Brownstein has joined RLM Public Relations as group account director of New Business Development. Good luck, Amy!

Internet Entrepreneur Goes AWOL
Pioneering Internet entrepreneur and spokesperson, Aliza P. Sherman, leaves Silicon Alley this week for a three-month "radical sabbatical," driving solo across the country in a classic RV. With her two chihuahuas in tow, her G3 PowerBook, cell phone, and cellular modem, she's a dial-up connection away from the Internet but far away from the daily ups and downs of the Internet industry. Sherman established the first woman-owned, full-service Internet company in January 1995, built the first three websites for women (Cybergrrl.com, Webgrrls.com, Femina.com) and started the first bilingual website for Latinas in business, the latter of which is currently on hiatus. Sherman will drive a 1977 Dodge Apache from New York City to Maine, Montana, Arizona, Florida and all points in between. She'll make stops during her trip to meet with local chapters of Webgrrls International, the global networking organization for women she founded in April 1995. In January, she will embark on a two month book tour to promote her second book, "Cybergrrl @ Work: Tips and Inspiration for the Professional You" (Penguin Putnam).

09/15
Stockback Enhances Executive Team
Stockback, provider of the first "consumer stock ownership" program, has added to players to its senior management team, rounding out a seasoned executive team to drive the company's goal to democratize stock ownership. The company appointed Bill Bailey, formerly of Netcentives, as executive vice president, business development. Kathy Reilly, formerly of Flooz.com, takes over as chief marketing officer. Both Bailey and Reilly played instrumental roles in the recent launch of Stockback's online program, which enables consumers to begin building personal savings through a mutual fund investment simply by making everyday purchases. In addition, these seasoned executives will significantly contribute to Stockback's vision to enable millions of Americans to participate in mutual funds.

Need a Minister?
Michele Rennert can now help out with some life's big social events, like weddings, funerals and baptisms. She recently received her ordination certificate as a Universal Philosopher of Absolute Reality, D.D.

09/01
STUDENT ADVANTAGE APPOINTS INTERNET VETERAN CTO
Student Advantage Appoints Internet Veteran Chief Technology Officer. Craig Macfarlane, chief technology officer for iCAST, a CMGI company, has been named chief technology officer at Student Advantage, Inc. (Nasdaq:STAD), the leading offline and online portal to the higher education community, the company has announced. As CTO at Student Advantage Macfarlane will be responsible for developing and implementing Student Advantage's overall technology strategy and implementation. He will also be responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure to support the strategy for the company, its Web site and various products.

ARGENTO MOVES ONWARD
After a successful run at Middleberg & Associates, Rob Argento will be moving on to assume the role as VP Corporate Communications at starting September 5th. Congratulations Rob!

HALFTHEPLANET.COM ANNOUNCES PATRICIA E. VANCE AS NEW CEO & PRESIDENT
HalfthePlanet.com announces Patricia E. Vance as the new CEO and president. Patricia E. Vance comes from the ABC Internet Group where she served as the senior vice president. Vance was the leading force behind the success of ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, Oprah.com and Oscar.com.

RAZORFISH NAMES BARRY WOLFIELD VP OF GLOBAL ALLIANCES & NEW VENTURES
Razorfish, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAZF), the global digital solutions provider announced the appointment of Barry Wolfield as vice president of global alliances & new ventures. In his new position, Wolfield will focus on enhancing Razorfish's development of strategic relationships with leading technology and services solution providers. He will also work throughout Razorfish to create new business opportunities by leveraging the strengths and synergies of the company's strategic alliances.

08/25
ORB NAMES CFO, VP-Client Services and Media Director Also Appointed ORB, Inc. (www.orb.net), an Internet marketing and technology services company that optimizes advertising and transactions in real time, announces the hiring of a new CFO, VP/Director of Client Services and Media Director. This is the next phase in ORB’s growth plan following their recent round of funding from eVentures (OTC BB: ENVT) and new appointments to the Board of Directors. Signing on as CFO is Frank DeSimone, a veteran of over 20 years working with emerging and high growth companies. Kathi S. Mendell is the new VP/Client Services Director. Ms. Mendell brings over 20 years experience in advertising. Also joining the ORB team is Cynthia Miller, Media Director. Ms. Miller has over a decade of media expertise, both traditional and online.

Iguana Interactive Hires Fortune 500 Executive as New VP of Sales
Iguana Interactive, Inc., a creator of high bandwidth, database- driven multimedia software, announced the addition of James R. Coleman as its new vice president of sales. Coleman comes to Iguana Interactive with 17 years of sales, sales management and trade marketing experience, and proven success working with companies such as Oscar Mayer & Co., Pepsi-Cola Company, Philip Morris USA and American Express. As the vice president & general manager for the Middle Market Consulting Services Group of American Express Corporate Services, Coleman was responsible for $18 billion in corporate travel and entertainment volume, as well as for overseeing a 40-person staff located both in-house and at remote offices throughout the U.S.

STS Hotel Net™ Management Team to Include Brad Gray, Pioneer in Mobile Internet Access for Travelers
STS Hotel Net, LLC appointed Brad Gray, vice president of business development for the nation’s fastest growing online portal of content and services for the business traveler. At STS Hotel Net™, Gray will enhance and broaden the appeal of the proven Hotel Net Portal™ platform. By working closely with corporations and their mobile work forces, Gray and his team hope to leverage STS Hotel Net’s expertise to significantly improve efficiencies for the entire corporate travel experience.Gray is a principal and co-founder of Wayport, Inc., an Austin, Texas based company offering high-performance connectivity solutions for mobile computer users. He was instrumental in the early development of products and services designed to bring the power of the Internet to business travelers.

Loren Pomerantz joins environments.com
Loren Pomerantz, has recently left Middleberg and Asssociates to head the communications practice of incubator, environments.com. She is beginning to work with many new and interesting companies.

08/18
Dreyfus Hosts Website
Marion DS Dreyfus is on the move as the host of www.ThemeStream.com, a web site that covers what's hot from the what's happening intersections of Culture and Politicking She's also promoting a brand-new, indexed, fully researched and annotated, bibliographied pocket book by author Harold Leidner, out from SurveyBooks Press, called "The Fabrication of the Christ Myth," with the latest resources, arguments, citations and arguments on this never-say-die topic. Readable, fast, controversial and current!

ImageDirect Names Gabe Palacio Director of Immersive Imaging
ImageDirect, a leading provider of digital photography solutions to entertainment, fashion and corporate clients, announces the appointment of Gabe Palacio to Director, Immersive Imaging. Palacio’s pioneering work in immersive imaging technologies, along with an intimate knowledge of IPIX, QTVR and other interactive formats, qualify him as the prime candidate to oversee the interactive photography needs of ImageDirect clients. One of the first photographers, outside of Apple Computers own staff, to work with QTVR technology, Palacio claims an impressive list of credits. He has worked on dozens of new media projects featuring QTVR, IPIX and other immersive imaging technologies including the Star Trek Captain’s Chair CD-ROM for Simon & Schuster Interactive, the Olympic Museum for an AT&T web site as well as a CD-ROM, Yankee Stadium for the NY Yankees Interactive Yearbook CD-ROM, Stephen King’s Storm of the Century sets for ABC-TV, and the Atlanta Olympic Games with Aurora for MSNBC. Most recently, Palacio gave ABC.com web site visitors a glimpse of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia using IPIX technology.

Gary Feldman Joins AETN interactive
Continuing its steady growth pace, A&E Television Networks' AETN Interactive announced today the hire of Gary Feldman as Director of Marketing, a newly created position. The eight month old division now boasts a full-time staff of 34. Feldman, former Group Account Director at Darwin Digital/Saatchi & Saatchi, oversees all marketing initiatives for AETN Interactive and its Web sites, including HistoryChannel.com, Biography.com, and AandE.com. Feldman comes to AETN Interactive with an extensive background in both online and offline marketing. At Darwin Digital/Saatchi & Saatchi, he managed account teams for Procter & Gamble brands, including Physique and Olay. Prior to that, he held Director and Senior Marketing Manager positions with American Express, in the Interactive Channel Strategy group, where he led the re-design of the America Online site, and developed new content and features for the Consumer Marketing area.

Kolasch Joins Proxicom
Proxicom, Inc. a leading e-business consulting firm recently hired communications specialist Heather Kolasch as the Regional Marketing Manager for the East Coast. In her role, she is responsible for increasing Proxicom's brand awareness in the Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Reston/Washington, DC markets. She will accomplish this through a variety of efforts including guerilla marketing, arranging employee speaking opportunities, placing/suggesting articles on regional activity, announcing local promotions, philanthropic programs and broadening industry awareness. Heather comes to Proxicom with over 10 years of experience as a communications professional, developing and executing branding and publicity campaigns for products, companies and people such as Starbucks Coffee Company, The GAP, and a professional sports league.

Cherins Heads to Gate42
Gate42 Technologies, creators of the WebString Platform, today announced the appointment of Robert H. Cherins as its new Chief Executive Officer. Cherins was the former Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Juno Online Services (Nasdaq: JWEB). At Juno, Cherins was widely credited for his key role in building a base of over 10 million subscribers. He was also part of the team that successfully raised over $235 million for the company in both private and public rounds of financing. As CEO of Gate42, Cherins will be charged with launching Gate42's WebString Platform, building the company infrastructure, and raising the next round of financing for the company. Prior to Juno, Cherins held leadership positions at several well-known advertising and direct-marketing firms working with blue chip clients including Procter & Gamble, Citicorp, Mercedes-Benz, and Exxon, among numerous others.

Coleman Joins Iguana
Iguana Interactive, Inc., a creator of high bandwidth, database-driven multimedia software, announced the addition of James R. Coleman as its new vice president of sales. Coleman comes to Iguana Interactive with 17 years of sales, sales management and trade marketing experience, and proven success working with companies such as Oscar Mayer & Co., Pepsi-Cola Company, Philip Morris USA and American Express. As the vice president & general manager for the Middle Market Consulting Services Group of American Express Corporate Services, Coleman was responsible for $18 billion in corporate travel and entertainment volume, as well as for overseeing a 40-person staff located both in-house and at remote offices throughout the U.S. Coleman specializes in developing strategic business development plans and building long-term relationships with clients. Additionally, Coleman has experience in managing the launch and penetration of technological products such as the American Express E-commerce @Work Solutions.

08/04
InterActive Agency Founder Sells Out
Alan Wallace, co-founder of InterActive Agency, Inc., has decided to sell his ownership stake and resign his position as CEO. His business partner, Tony Winders, and his investor will be purchasing my shares in iAgency. As co-founder and CEO of iAgency since its inception five years ago, Wallace says that his decision to leave hasn't been easy. But it's time for something new. He's contemplating a new startup -- a Web-based database driven marketing service called "listenermail." While developing the concept with potential partners and investors, he has also received some interesting offers. As a hobby, he has started a list called iPartylist (http://www.ipartylist.com) The list is designed to create better networking and make sure you are aware of all the events you should be attending. Good luck, Alan!

ORB Welcomes New Board Members
ORB Communications & Marketing, Inc. (www.orb.net), an Internet marketing and technology services company that optimizes advertising and transactions in real time, has appointed a new Chairman and several new members to its Board of Directors. In conjunction with the appointments, the Company will now be known as ORB, Inc. Olaf Guerrand-Hermes, Sr. VP, Corporate Development for eVentures, has been named the new board Chairman. Mr. Guerrand-Hermes has served in various finance capacities with Blue Growth Capital, LLC, and The Athena Group, an international investment concern and Nomura Securities International. Mr. Guerrand-Hermes is also a board member of Hermes-Sellier and a member of the New York Bar. The other new Directors are Barrett N. Wissman, Co-Founder, Director and President of eVentures; and Michael Kubin, CEO and Co-Founder of Leading Web Advertisers.

Always-On, Inc. Pulls Together Veteran Management Team
Always-On, Inc. (www.Always-On.com), formerly LightPC.com, today announced it has assembled a veteran management team to launch its premier software subscription service in the United States. This team will help Always-On offer the first multi-language broadband subscription software service to address the business and lifestyle needs of consumers worldwide. New team members include: VP of Global Sales and Marketing Joseph Miksch, VP of Content Larry Foster; VP and Chief Information Officer Philip Chen, VP and Chief Financial Officer Chris Longobucco, VP of Business Development Michael Hicks, VP of Products Ido Ophir.

The James Group Recruits New eBusiness Director
The James Group, a rising Silicon Alley branding and eBusiness strategy firm, recently hired Dawn Norris, formerly of Luminant Worldwide, as the new Managing Director of eBusiness. Norris, was a Senior Consultant in the Enterprise Strategy group at Luminant. She'll be leading The James Group's efforts to create business strategies and enhance identities for emerging start-ups, ultimately positioning them for financing and launch. While at Luminant, Norris worked with both Fortune 500 and emerging companies on prioritizing Internet initiatives and developing overall eBusiness visions and strategies. Norris' career in eBusiness began in 1996 on Capitol Hill, as an analyst and lobbyist for the first pieces of electronic commerce legislation.

Susanna Martin Joins ImageDirect
ImageDirect, a leading provider of digital photography services for the entertainment, fashion and media industries, has named Susanna Martin Vice President of Production. Martin will oversee the day-to-day operations of the ImageDirect professional services group that provides digital, immersive and 3-D imaging services. Martin's experience as a consultant and print producer to the entertainment, advertising and television industries as well as the 15 years she spent as Director of Photo Services at HBO, qualify her as the ideal professional to oversee the production arm of ImageDirect. While at HBO, Martin supervised a department which was responsible for creating the photographic images the company used for advertising, promoting and publicizing its series, comedy specials, sports, music film and documentary programming. Additionally, she was responsible for creating HBO's first promotional CD ROM distributed to the television press. Martin began her career as a photo editor for CBS Television Network.

Expression Engines Appoints New CEO
Favemail, Inc., has changed its name to Expression Engines, Inc., and its focus to providing end-to-end e-mail marketing services. Along with that change in focus, the company has appointed Internet marketing and sales veteran Al DiGuido to CEO. DiGuido, 44, who also joins the company's board of directors, comes to Expression Engines with an extensive track record of marketing, sales and Web development success. As executive vice president at Ziff-Davis, he led the company's e-commerce group to year-on-year record profitability and growth. Previously, DiGuido was publisher of Computer Shopper, a Ziff-Davis franchise that he successfully expanded into new print, broadcast and online channels.

IAN's Appoints Audrey Parma CEO
IAN (Internet Appliance Network), a leading provider of a technology-driven marketing services platform in the Internet appliance and pervasive computing arena, has appointed Audrey Parma as the new CEO of the company. Audrey has been with IAN since the company's inception in April 1999, and has served as its President since September 1999. Ms. Parma brings a wealth of industry knowledge and depth of experience to the CEO position for IAN. As both President and CEO of IAN, Audrey is responsible for the vision and execution of IAN's company-wide goals and for the development of key strategic partnerships and business opportunities. The company is currently in talks with a variety of partners to distribute IAN's solution through OEMs, broadband and wireless access providers, brands, and employers.

07/21
Online Learning Resource Provider Adds Staffers
AvidLearn, Inc., a leading provider of online seminars, customized training solutions, and continuing education for individual users as well as corporations through http://www.avidlearn.com, has added seven new staff members in recent weeks, including: Katie Dougherty, Director of Marketing (formerly of Compass International Services Corp., Woodbury, NJ); Anna Reis, Director of Human Resources (most recently with Infonautics/Big Chalk, in Wayne, PA); Brian Schaeffer, Director of MIS (formerly of Dow Jones, Inc., Princeton,NJ); Marsha Archibald, Executive Assistant (previously with NCO Group, Inc., Woodbury, NJ); Denise Thomas, Senior Account Executive (most recently with Mediq, Inc., in Pennsauken, NJ); Rick Watt, Account Executive; Patrick Wills, Account Executive.

Passlogix Signs on Officers
Passlogix, a leading developer of secure e-business software, recently added Ennius E. Bergsma, formerly a Senior Director of McKinsey & Company, as the new Chief Strategic Officer. Ennius founded and led McKinsey's global Corporate Finance practice and was co-founder and co-leader of McKinsey's E-Commerce Practice. He initiated McKinsey's Marketing Sciences Practice, led the effort that synthesized McKinsey's approach to Business Strategy, was a leader of McKinsey's Consumer and Telecommunications sectors, and was a core member of McKinsey's Strategy Initiative that crafted the firm's priorities for 2000 and beyond. Passlogix also hired Joel York as the Vice President of Marketing. Formerly the General Manager of SPSS Science, Joel had worldwide P&L responsibility for the SPSS Science division including sales, business development, marketing, software engineering and support. Joel also served as a Director of Marketing at SPSS, where he was responsible for brand and product management as well as leading several significant acquisitions, which collectively resulted in the creation of SPSS Science as an independent operating unit.

Razorfish Hires Sax
Industry veteran Scott R. Sax, has joined Razorfish, a leading global digital solutions provider. Sax has been appointed to the position of managing director for both the San Francisco and Silicon Valley locations. Razorfish’s expansion into Silicon Valley will enhance the company’s ability to provide localized client services in the region’s digital consulting space. This new location will also serve as home for a new Razorfish mobile technologies research laboratory.Razorfish, the leading global digital solutions provider, today announced plans to launch operations in Santa Clara, CA and the hiring of industry veteran, Scott R. Sax. Sax has been appointed to the position of managing director for both the San Francisco and Silicon Valley locations.

07/14
InfoRocket.com Hires Veterans
InfoRocket.com, the world's first question-and-answer marketplace, has signed on Beth Maier and Tom Barr to its executive management team. As the senior vice president of product development, Maier's role will encompass the entire customer experience, from interface design to site navigation, ensuring that every customer interaction reinforces that InfoRocket.com is the fast way to the right answer. Maier, who was one of the original founders of About.com, has been a key player in the Internet industry. Barr is the vice president of engineering and will be responsible for overseeing the architecture of the site, as well as the integration of the front and back-end systems. As a thirteen-year veteran of the technology industry, Barr previously served as the principal architect of Prodigy Business Solutions' web hosting systems and services.

Den norske Bank Norway Deal Expands Razorfish's Presence
Razorfish (NASDAQ: RAZF), the global digital solutions provider, today announced that Den norske Bank ASA, Norway's leading financial institution, has appointed Razorfish as its partner in the strategic development of a new and improved online financial service. Razorfish is a global leader in strategy, design and technology consulting for digital technology. The DnB relationship is the latest in a long list of strategic relationships with financial institutions to create global online financial services. Other partnerships include NatWest, Bankers Trust, Charles Schwab, Euromoney, Identrus and Price Waterhouse.

Worley Joins Gist Communications
Gist Communications, the Internet's leading provider of TV listings and related editorial content, has appointed Tom Worley vice president of production, effective immediately. In his new post, Mr. Worley will be responsible for daily production processes at gist.com as well as the introduction of new features to the site and operational management of the Gist creative team. Since joining Gist as its first production manager last year, Mr. Worley has overseen the technical production department, with responsibility for the scheduling and approval process for gist.com. He served as primary liaison between Gist's engineering, creative, editorial, marketing and business development groups in the day-to-day operational oversight of gist.com, while assuring high quality of service levels to Gist's network of partners. Immediately prior to joining Gist, Mr. Worley was the editorial production director at Wenner Media, Inc. where he oversaw production for Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, and US magazines.

Cone Signs on Juarez
Cone Interactive, the marketing integrator for dot-com brand lifecycles, today announced the addition of Kenneth Juarez as an account manager. At Cone, Juarez will be working on the SmartMoney.com account. Juarez joins Cone from PepperCom, where he was responsible for high-level media relations and partnership development. Key clients included U.S. Hispanic portal quepasa.com and entertainment Web site UGO.com. One of the highlights of his career at PepperCom involved the development and implementation of a first-of-its-kind Celebrity Web-a-Thon for former child actor Gary Coleman, for which his team won a CIPRA (Creativity in Public Relations Award). Prior to his work on the agency side, Juarez was an assignment desk editor/manager for the Fox News Channel, where he coordinated news coverage for the 24-hour cable news network. Juarez started his career as a desk assistant for Good Morning America and was soon promoted to World News Tonight as an active participant in developing news stories for broadcast.

07/07
Student Advantage Strengthens Senior Executive Ranks
Moving to strengthen further its ranks of seasoned senior executives, Student Advantage, Inc., the nation's leading online and offline portal to the higher education community, has signed on an experienced chief financial officer and a vice president of public relations. The company also promoted a veteran executive to oversee corporate operations, including investor relations. Kenneth S. Goldman, formerly the senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of MediaMap, has joined Student Advantage as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. James R. Dorsey, an experienced financial services corporate affairs executive, former press secretary and reporter, has taken over as Student Advantage's Vice President of Public Relations James R. Dorsey. Two weeks ago, the company announced that AT&T College and University Solutions executive Jay Summerall joined the company as head of its Student Services Division. Student Advantage also promoted Christopher Andrews to Executive Vice President, Corporate Operations, with responsibility for Investor Relations and Corporate Administration. He will also continue to serve on the Executive Committee.

Leo Joins Community Connect
Denise Leo, Multicultural Marketing Consultant and former Director and Founder of Mosaica, a multicultural unit of Young & Rubicam, has joined Community Connect Inc. (www.CommunityConnectInc.com), developer of ethnic online communities, as the Director of Multicultural Sales. Not only is she an expert in multicultural marketing, but Ms. Leo has over 20 years of direct marketing experience. Before her appointment as V. P. General Manager of J. Walter Thompson Direct in Hong Kong, Ms. Leo served as E.V.P. General Manger of Wunderman Worldwide in Toronto. Ms. Leo's most recent agency position was as Senior Vice President of Young & Rubicam. In her agency career Ms. Leo has worked for many international clients including IBM, American Express, AT&T, Colgate, United Airlines, and Citibank. For the past 5 years Ms. Leo worked to bring multicultural solutions to her many clients. Her focus has been the integration of Asian American, African American, and Latino marketing initiatives for her clients. In addition, Ms. Leo is a regular speaker at multicultural conferences and seminars.

06/31
Perez Joins TheDeal.com
Ruben Perez has accepted a position at TheDeal.com to manage all of the online marketing efforts. Ruben's career has been an interesting one. He's worked in various marketing and product development roles with companies such as Vitt Media, i-traffic, New Jersey Online, Nelson Information and most recently digiTRADE. Ruben says he is looking forward to starting his new position and working with the excellent team at TheDeal.com. All the best, Ruben!

Pearl Becomes Venture Katalyst
Larry Pearl, formerly of Ecom Advisors, has a new company. His new contact info is at Venture Katalyst. Good luck, Larry!

Zooba Taps Malden Mills and Hasbro For Talent
Zooba.com appointed Sharon Collin to director of marketing and David Kahan to director of business development. Collin will develop and execute strategic consumer marketing initiatives to broaden Zooba's subscriber base. Kahan will be responsible for identifying and negotiating strategic partnerships. Zooba.com is an infomediary that leverages the power of e-mail to equip publishers, content owners and e-tailers with a cost effective, highly targeted marketing and distribution channel. Collin and Kahan will undoubtedly fit well into this mission. Collin is a consumer-marketing veteran who was previously a senior brand manager at Hasbro Interactive in the Family category. There she oversaw the global marketing planning, strategy and tactics for new and existing entertainment software. Kahan joins Zooba from Malden Mills where he was the director of strategic planning and was responsible for diversifying the company's focus on core apparel markets.

Newman Joins JumpCut, Inc.
JumpCut, Inc., leaders in highly interactive live webcast programming, recently appointed Allen Newman Executive Producer. Formerly vice president and head of production for the Metropolitan Entertainment Group in New York, Newman brings nearly 20 years experience in the live broadcast entertainment industry to his new role at JumpCut, where he will oversee worldwide production and focus on facilitating truly convergent broadcast and broadband programming experiences.

Moran Heads to WatchIT.com
Dan Moran is embarking on a new adventure. As of July 5th, you won't be able to catch him at the Metro Channel.That's because he's taken a position with WatchIT.com -- a group delivering technology programming via the web. He'll be there as of July 10.

Birch Has Vision
Alisdair K. M. Birch, an industry veteran who has worked with companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Ford Motor Company and US Interactive, joins VISION as chief technology officer. That appointment fits well with the Web integrator's aggressive growth strategy. Birch's arrival at VISION highlights the company's success in attracting world-class Internet experts to its flourishing talent pool, strengthening its market position and ensuring continued success for the future. Birch comes to VISION from US Interactive where, as vice president of technology and engineering, he grew the company's technology and engineering department from a staff of five to 30. In this position, Birch directed the architecture, design and development of multi-million dollar e-commerce sites, as well as coordinating strategic alliances with IBM, Oracle, Vignette, Sun and Microsoft.

Levinson Gets With It
Harris Levinson, formerly an AE and Field Producer with LOADtv joined Tribe Studios (formerly Morgan Digital Studios) out of Hollywood, California as a Producer. Harris started with Tribe on June 1st and has been charged with coordinating production projects for various clients in Tribe's New York office including Gear Magazine which produces a monthly Internet show called gearmagTV (www.gearmagtv.com) which compliments their print publication. He will report directly to Kelvin Duckett, CEO/President of Tribe Studios.

Iguana Snags Abrams
Iguana Interactive, Inc., a creator of high bandwidth, database-driven multimedia software, announced the addition of Michael Abrams as its new chief technology officer. Abrams comes to Iguana Interactive with a wealth of experience in the high-technology arena. Prior to joining Iguana Interactive, Abrams used his technical background to architect and implement enterprise-wide solutions for Fortune-level companies in a variety of industries. He co-founded and served as chief technology officer of FSEdge.com, Inc., a business-to-business Web site for the food service industry. Abrams was the CTO for Beverage Marketing Technologies, where he functioned as a technical strategist in the creation and deployment of kiosks to wine merchants nationwide. Abrams' technical background also includes consulting positions at companies such as J.P. Morgan and Pepsi-Cola International. He holds a B.S. in computer science from the State University of New York at Albany.

06/23
esävio Welcomes Execs
Berwyn-based esävio, an industry-leading provider of e-business solutions, has named two top executives: Trish Herlan takes on the post of senior vice president of Marketing and Scott Waters heads to the position of senior vice president of People Care. Herlan’s responsibilities will include planning and directing the marketing of esävio’s corporate brand and services to enhance the company’s market performance. Waters will head esävio’s national recruiting infrastructure and develop the company’s people care strategy.

Smith Joins Omnient
Omnient Corporation, an end-to-end e-Business solution provider headquartered in Blue Bell, PA, has signed on Lee N. Smith as Managing Director of its New York City office. Smith will oversee all operations of the office, initially focusing on building a top flight team of e-strategists, designers and application developers in New York. Once key technical and creative positions are filled, he will concentrate on strategy, client services and business development. Smith comes to Omnient from Snickelways Interactive in New York, where he first served as Director of Marketing before moving to business development. Prior to Snickelways, Mr. Smith served as Group Account Director for Think New Ideas, Inc. in New York. He holds á B.A. in history from Connecticut College and an MBA with a concentration in marketing from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Swanson Ends ChickClick Fling
Heidi Swanson ended her tenure at Snowball/ChickClick. After a driving hiatus through the Southwest, Heidi plans to develop some new properties of her own. She'll work on branding, positioning, developing and forecasting the first six to 12 months of a few early-stage start-ups. She also has a new hobby site up my sleeve, it is called KinderCreate. It is going to function as a database of kid-friendly recipes, projects, and travel ideas designed to encourage creative, individualistic development in kids. -Check out a beta version at http://www.kindercreate.com or http://64.33.71.134 (login:backstage, password: pass) Want to check out photos of her February trip to Tanzania, East Africa? Click http://www.harlem.org/photos/tanzania/ Good luck, Heidi!

Abrams Joins Iguana
Iguana Interactive, Inc., a creator of high bandwidth, database-driven multimedia software, announced the addition of Michael Abrams as its new chief technology officer. Abrams comes to Iguana Interactive with a wealth of experience in the high-technology arena. Prior to joining Iguana Interactive, Abrams used his technical background to architect and implement enterprise-wide solutions for Fortune-level companies in a variety of industries. He co-founded and served as chief technology officer of FSEdge.com, Inc., a business-to-business Web site for the food service industry. Abrams was the CTO for Beverage Marketing Technologies, where he functioned as a technical strategist in the creation and deployment of kiosks to wine merchants nationwide.

06/16
Sony's Keeler Moves to Redleaf
After four amazing years at Sony Pictures Lynda Keeler is moving on to a new adventure as Managing Director - Los Angeles of Redleaf Group, a major internet holding company. She says that her new gig will be a lot like her old job -- identifying new business opportunities, analyzing start-up companies, searching for break-through technology. But now she'll have a chance to fund and help those entrepreneurs turn their great ideas into great companies. Good luck, Lynda!

06/09
Roger Milla Joins Goalnetwork.com
Goal Media Group Chairman Alan Rothenberg today announced that Roger Milla, Africa's most famous football player, has joined the company as an exclusive columnist for the company's online football networks, www.goalnetwork.com and www.todogol.com. Roger Milla, the first player to be voted African Footballer of the Year twice, made history as the oldest World Cup finals footballer of all time when he played in the World Cup finals at USA '94. Milla will contribute regular commentary to www.goalnetwork.com and www.todogol.com as well as participate in hosted chats and other online activities.

ORB Appoints Ad Industry Veteran To Lead Client Services Practice
ORB Digital announced today that Kathi Mendell has joined the firm as Vice President, Director of client Services. Ms. Mendell, an accomplished marketing executive with over 20 years experience, has worked at top consumer ad agencies building brands and delivering ROI for many Fortune 100 companies. Ms. Mendell will oversee all account and creative services for ORB clients, including Citigroup, Time, Inc., Nano, and mySEASONS.com.

Williams Leaves Bigstar.com
Donna Williams has left Bigstar.com. "Fried" from two years of high-paced work, Williams plans to take a break and weigh her future career options carefully.

Razorfish Promotes Maheu to COO
Razorfish, Inc., the global digital solutions provider, today announced the promotion appointment of its executive vice president of North American operations, Jean-Philippe Maheu, to chief operating officer, effective immediately. Mr. Maheu will assume responsibility for day-to-day management and operations of the company from Mike Pehl, recently promoted to president of Razorfish. In his new role, Mr. Maheu will oversee sales, client services, talent recruiting and retention, and Razorfish's process and methods globally. Currently, Razorfish has 13 offices in 9 countries worldwide. Mr. Maheu will report to Jeff Dachis, co-founder and chief executive officer of Razorfish.

BestSelections.com announces the appointment of Brad Wolfer to Vice President of Operations
BestSelections.com announces the appointment of Brad Wolfer to Vice President of Operations. In his new role, Wolfer will oversee BestSelections.com's merchandising, customer service, editorial and creative departments. He will also direct new product and services initiatives.

06/02
E*Trade president Levinson Takes Off
Big changes are afoot at E*Trade Group Inc. The online brokerage announced this week that President and Chief Operating officer Kathy Levinson will retire from the company to pursue philanthropic and community service interests. E*Trade marketing guru Jerry Gramaglia, who headed Spring's marketing efforts before joining E*Trade, will succeed her. That might be a good move for the company, since Gramaglia is credited with E*Trade's ability to generate account growth of 600% over the past 18 months.

NYC Digital Auteur Theresa Duncan Snags TV Deals
Downtown director Theresa Duncan's Valentine Media, a Mac-based production company has the distinction of being the first digital house to translate a web-based animated show into a substantial broadcast television series order. For the series "Closet Cases" Duncan animates women's personal stories that are based on an article of clothing that has special meaning to them. The series began airing in February on the Oxygen television network. The pilot episode features a woman who bought an elegant ball gown on sale but then realized she had nowhere to wear it -- so she frequented the local bar and pretended she had just come from an elegant soiree. Theresa began her digital career in 1993 as the writer and producer of "Chop Suey," an animated CD-ROM featuring narration by humorist David Sedaris and music by members of indie-rock bands Fugazi and Bikini Kill. In 1998, Ms. Duncan formed Valentine Media, where she directed and wrote the animated mock-documentary "The History of Glamour." The success of music-based "Glamour" helped Valentine snare a deal with music network VH1 for "Left of the Dial" an animated series based on people's favorite songs that Duncan will write and direct this summer.

Novack Joins CP Interactive
Marion Novack, CPC, has joined CP Interactive as Vice President in the New Media practice. The Lexington Avenue firm provides executive search and recruiting solutions for the information technology and new media industry.

Skidmore Joins iVillage Ventures
After a torturous week and a half of interviewing, Catherine Skidmore has accepted a position as Technical Director at Village Ventures a small venture capital/investments firm on 31st street. The company is setting up venture funds in small cities where startups and entreprenaurs need guidance. Catherine will be analyzing business plans from a tech perspective, evaluating and managing relationships with local development shops, determining high-level tech plans for startups, and enjoying the firm's lovely rooftop deck. She starts June 12.

05/19
DeMarse Lands President, CEO Spot at ILife
Elisabeth DeMarse has joined ILIfe.com as president and CEO. ILife.com provides personal finance information online and produces Bankrate.com. DeMarse will use her expertise in marketing to raise the profile of the online service. DeMarse was most recently executive vice president at Hoover's Inc. Prior to that, she worked for Bloomberg L.P. in a variety of executive and leadership positions.

OpenTable.com Names Jeffrey Edwards CEO
In a move that paves the way for continued aggressive growth in new and existing markets, OpenTable.com (www.opentable.com) has appointed hospitality technology veteran Jeffrey B. Edwards chief executive officer. The appointment will help OpenTable.com further its lead in supplying Internet-enabled customer relationship management, yield management and reservation management tools to restaurants worldwide. Edwards, 45, most recently served as president and CEO of Micros-Fidelio, the international division of Micros Systems, Inc.

05/12
Respond2 Announces New Hires
Respond2 (R2) must be on a hiring and promoting binge. The direct response agency has appointed Edward McNair vice president of interactive marketing. He also teaches web design at the Pacific Northwest College of Arts, and prior to joining R2, ran his own web design and consulting business. Respond2 also appointed Kirsten Finstad as creative director. She comes to R2 with 13 years of industry experience. Most recently she was senior art director and partner with Sullivan Pattison Clevenger. Darren Whittington has been named interactive design specialist. Whittington worked as a web site designer for the Rentrak Corporation. Joe Graham has been hired as a designer. Before joining R2, Graham worked as a digital advisor and technician for numerous local photographers. Kathryn Wimmer has also been named designer. Prior to R2, she worked as a designer for Avia, Airwalk and Adidas. Jorge Alvarez has been appointed a designer position. His experience includes video editor, special effects specialist and video compositing for Current Communications and music production for Columbia West Recording. Larryjohn Stupey has been named office manager. Prior to joining R2, he owned and ran an art gallery called Sugar From The Bone.

Agresta Joins ThinAirApps
Stephanie Agresta recently left Barnes & Noble.com (bn.com) to become the Director of New Business and Strategic Alliances at ThinAirApps, a wireless software company in NYC. ThinAirApps develops a software platform, ThinAir Server, that enables secure, real-time communication between any wireless device and any data source. Developers and service providers can use the ThinAir SDK to extend their existing applications to the mobile phones, PDAs, and interactive pagers. Enterprises can use "out-of-the-box" applications to access Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, or any POP or IMAP mail system. ThinAirApps has recently been mentioned in Business 2.0, Crains, and the Red Herring for being a leader in the wireless internet market.

Millard Leaves Prudential Amidst Acquisition
Charles Millard is leaving Prudential Securities following the company's recent acquisition by Volpe Brown and Whelan, a San Francisco-based technology-focused investment bank. Although Charles says the purchase bodes well for the newly formed Prudential Volpe Technology Group and for Prudential Securities itself, which just completed its best quarter ever, he and the company have agreed to part ways. The creation of the Prudential Volpe Technology Group is, after all, a departure from the original strategy he was hired to execute. Charles says that he's pleased that he was able to contribute to the strength of this team and have landed some mandates that will help Prudential have its best year ever this year. He leaves Prudential on very good terms with the individuals here and with the institution, and expects to be doing something internet-related again before too long.

Everett Named CEO at Rainbow-Primedia
Carolyn Everett is leaving the bikini behind, just in time for summer. The senior vice president and chief operating officer of Sunshine Media Corporation, publishers of the pop culture Internet site Bikini.com, has just been named chief executive officer of the joint new media venture announced by Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. and PRIMEDIA's NEW YORK magazine on March 28, 2000. The new media partnership will combine the brands and content of NEW YORK magazine and Rainbow's MetroChannels to create the leading New York-focused Internet destination - a one-stop, interactive resource for the region. As CEO, Everett will recruit a staff of seasoned new media professionals to bring the product to market. Everett also will work closely with the staffs of both NEW YORK magazine and MetroChannels in the development of broadband programming initiatives, as well as content exchange and development across print, television and Web businesses.

05/05
Several Advancements at Advance.net
People are moving up at Advance.net, which oversees the Internet vision and strategy for Advance Publications, Inc., including CondéNet and Advance Internet. The company has promoted five members of its executive management team. Effective immediately, Jeff Jarvis has been named president and creative director of Advance.net, Sarah Chubb becomes president of CondéNet and Peter Weinberger is named president of Advance Internet. In addition, Peter Hauck is promoted to senior vice president and editorial director of Advance Internet, and Goli Sheikholeslami becomes senior vice president and general manager of CondéNet. Over the past five years, through its CondéNet and Advance Internet businesses, Advance.net has leveraged the strong content, consumer base and advertiser relationships of Advance Publications, Inc.'s magazines and newspapers to invent independent, highly successful brands on the Internet, including Epicurious, Vogue.com, New Jersey Online and Alabama Live. Advance.net also announcds the relocation of CondéNet's corporate offices from 342 Madison Avenue to a new 10,000 square-foot space at 1440 Broadway, the home of other leading Internet players, including About.com.

Ballou Joins AudiBase
Colette Ballou has joined AudioBase, Inc., of Sausalito, CA, an industry leader in in applying audio for online e-commerce, promotion and publishing. Colette will serve as Director of Public Relations. She had been a consultant with SOFTBANK and Director of Consumer New Media at Middleberg+Associates.

Green Gets the GIST
Alison J. Green has joined Gist Communications, Inc., as vice president of business development. The move is part of Gist's drive to forge new strategic partnerships while expanding its existing business relationships. Gist is one of the Internet's leading independent suppliers of TV listings and related editorial content. Alison will be responsible for identifying and initiating new business opportunities, managing the acquisition process, and staffing Gist's business development team. Good luck, Alison!

Columbia Student Explores New Immigration
Stephanie Sirota, a student at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism with a concentrating in new media is exploring New York's new immigrants for the final project for her new media class. She and her group wrote about different cultures that live along the 7 train. Check out the final "issue" of their site: http://www.nyc24.com.

04/28
Klein Joins Softbank
Karin Klein has joined Softbank, a venture capital firm widely known for its investments in the internet. As the Director of Corporate Development, she will be helping grow the portfolio companies, finding and evaluating new investment opportunities and working on corporate level projects. The CEO/Vice Chairman, to whom she reports, is based in Boston, where Klein will now make her home. But we'll still see plenty of her. Her new bosses say that 50% of her time will be spent in places like New York, San Francisco, London, continental Europe, Japan and Latin America. Congrats, Karin!

Model Lands at 4networld.com
Justin Model has left Predict to take on the Executive Vice President spot at start-up 4networld.com. The new mergers and acquisitions company based in midtown. Way to go, Justin!

Goldberg Wins Award
Harold Goldberg won the Award for Best Feature Story from the Western Publishers Association for a story he wrote about StarMedia, the Latin American portal, for the Industry Standard magazine. We understand that Harold beat out a huge amount of submissions. Wonder if he gets some sort of paperweight from those folks. Check out the article.

04/21
Snipes Joins Environmental Defense
Shane Snipes recently moved to Environmental Defense as their Director of Web Technology after serving as VP of New Media Consulting with Telefund Inc. He directed large complex database projects with the Swedish government, and advised the Lithuanian President on technology issues. His BA degree is Industrial Engineering and he completed a Graduate Fulbright Research project in with Baltic States. The team for Scorecard.org, Actionnetwork.org (a Webby nominee), and EnvironmentalDefense.org is now focusing on developing more exceptional content and interactive eco-information.

Model Leaves Predict
Now that he has his MBA, Justin Model has decided to leave Predict. Although he has accepted a position with another company, he can't release the name as yet. Stay tuned!

Serlin joins two VC groups
Jordan Serlin has joined forces with two venture groups in the New York area, the Brainstorm Venture Group and the Elvey Partnership. As of Friday, he'll begin working closely with George Sachs on specialized venture assessment. However, my primary VC affiliation will remain with the Elvey Partnership (www.elvey.com).

Jan Zlotnick opens strategic "rethink tank"
Jan Zlotnick, president and strategic creative director, has opened thezlotnickgroup, a strategic-creative "rethink tank" at 285 West Broadway in Tribeca. The no-walls, no-desks agency specializes in customer insight and repositioning brands through integrated solutions.

04/14
West Goes West
Nick West has transitioned to independent consulting and new media research in Austin, TX. Drop him a line at: nick@outskirts.net

Westrich Launches new "Start-Up"
Don Westrich left his job as Director of Business Development at Thinking Media in mid-January to concentrate on a new venture with his wife, Mary. That venture, a.k.a. Sarah Madeleine Westrich, was born at 11:21 pm on Valentine's Day, weighed 8 lbs 11 oz. Don and Mary are staying home with Sarah for the time being -- and loving every moment. Don plans to play full-time Dad until mid-May, when he will work on a new gig, TBD. Welcome to cyberworld, Madeleine!

eYada.com Expands Salesforce
Grabbing more offline real estate to sell its sizzling online "real estate," online entertainment network eYada.com, http://www.eYada.com, is expanding its advertising sales team with new offices in San Francisco and Chicago, the company announced today. Jason Schulman, former director of sales for AudioBase, Inc., will head up sales for the West Coast from the company's new San Francisco office. Jonathan Krongard, former national account manager for SFX Radio Networks, will lead eYada.com's sales for the Midwest from Chicago.

Cursormate.com Lands a Crane
Cursormate.com, a brand-enhancing technology company, today announced that Albert H. Crane III has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Crane comes to Cursormate.com from shopguide.com (Chief Operating Officer) and Salon.com, where he was a senior advertising sales executive. Before that he was President & CEO of CyberSalesOne, Inc. one of the very first sales rep firms, having developed the concept of representing multiple sites in 1995. He expects to hire 5-8 people during the next few weeks. Thos epositions will be for both senior and junior level executives, including interns for the summer.

04/07
InterActive Agency Founder Sells Out
Alan Wallace, co-founder of InterActive Agency, Inc., has decided to sell his ownership stake and resign his position as CEO. His business partner, Tony Winders, and his investor will be purchasing my shares in iAgency. As co-founder and CEO of iAgency since its inception five years ago, Wallace says that his decision to hasn't been easy. But it's time for something new. He's contemplating a new startup - a Web-based database driven marketing service called "listenermail". While developing the concept with potential partners and investors, he has also received some interesting offers. As a hobby, he has started a list called iPartylist (http://www.ipartylist.com) The list is designed to create better networking and make sure you are aware of all the events you should be attending. Good luck, Alan!

Amy Haimerl has shifted gears from Managing Editor of AlleyCat News to Managing Editor of Silicon Alley Reporter. Meow!

03/31
Foodline.com Names New Sales and Marketing Management Team
New York-based foodline.com (www.foodline.com), provider of diner information and reservation management technology solutions to the restaurant industry, has announced several new appointments to the company. The new hires include Rebecca Young as Vice President of Marketing; Mike Young (No, they're to related!) as Vice President of Sales (no relation); David Hlavac as Director of Sales for the Western region; and Mike Dee as Director of Sales for the Eastern Region.

Rebecca Young brings more than 10 years of business-to-business and business-to-consumer direct and Internet marketing experience. Most recently, she held the position of Marketing Director at Concrete Media, a top 50 Internet business development company. Michael Young has been foodline.com's Vice President of Sales since January 2000. He has experience in pre-IPO organizations, has managed complex multi-million dollar sales processes and has consistently exceeded sales quotas. Mike Dee joins foodline.com as the Director of Sales for the eastern half of the United States. Mr. Dee has 15 years of experience at such companies as the target marketing arm of Equifax, Inc., and LBR Group Commodities Trading Co. and WWWeb Ventures, Inc. David Hlavac brings more than 16 years experience selling business software solutions to a number of vertical industries. Most recently, as president and co-founder of WWWebVentures, Inc.

Katalyst Adds World Class Strength to Marketing Team
Katalyst has welcomed a few new senior marketing professionals into the fold. The first Full Service Accelerator™ (FSA) providing strategic venture capital and management services to B2B Internet start-ups has added three senior marketing professionals and an in-house publicist to its staff. Joining Katalyst are Sandeep Thakrar, Venture Katalyst; Larry Pearl, Venture Katalyst; Louis Carmellini, Venture Katalyst; and Kathy Knaub, Publicist. Thakrar and Pearl come to Katalyst from Ecom Advisors LLC, a New York eCommerce strategy consulting firm that they co-founded. Both are regular contributors to Fortune magazine’s Fortune Small Business e-zine, where their bylines appear on the Net Guys column. Also, they teach a course in New York City titled "Successful Ecommerce and E-Tailing."

Changes at the Top of CDNow
CDNow has announced a few changes at the top. Leaving the company are VP of sales Bob Saltzman VP of Strategic Development Frank Fazio, VP of Opportunies Steve Dong and VP of Direct Marketing Chris Hoerenz. He is heading over to Publishers Clearinghouse.com.

03/24
Bumgardner Leaves Pioneer for Pittard/Sullivan
Looking for some right-brain stimulation, Jim Bumgardner has left Pioneer Digital Technologies in Burbank, Calif., to join the media design firm Pittard/Sullivan, in Culver City, Calif. Jim is one of two senior technical people working in the Convergent Media division. Pittard/Sullivan is well known for its Emmy and Clio- winning broadcast design work for numerous major entertainment companies such as Disney, Fox & ABC. Brian's division. Jim says that he's also excited about the interesting work that's going on there in the area of web design, settop interface design, wireless, kiosk and CD-ROMs. Good luck, Jim!

The Mouse Has Moved Its House
MOUSE Inc. has moved to new offices on Broadway and Franklin street.The company's new contact information is:
MOUSE Inc.
361 Broadway, Suite 600, New York, NY 10013,Phone: 212-431-1919, Fax: 212-431-4321, www.mouse.org

R/GA hires Jim Bixler as Senior Producer
R/GA has boosted its production team membership by naming Jim Bixler as senior producer. Bixler joins R/GA from Pixelpark, where he served as director of production and acting creative director, and worked on projects for Proctor & Gamble, WestLB and the German-American consulate. Prior to joining Pixelpark in December 1998, Bixler was at THINK New Ideas for four years. While at THINK he became a senior producer,working with clients such as Anheuser-Busch, Oracle, Gillette and Heinz. Congrats, Jim!

Tech Editor Ullman Joins Working Woman
Continuing her ascent in the high-tech journalism world, Ellen Ullman will join Working Woman magazine as technology editor! She'll be at her new post on March 27. Ullman is leaving FamilyPC magazine, where she has been a senior associate editor. She was previously with Small Business Computing & Communications magazine.

Stalter Leaves Creative Good
Kate Stalter has left Creative Good to move over to Studio One Networks, where she is now Vice President of Program Partnerships. Studio One syndicates original content to selected Web sites -- a very cool business model. Way to go, Kate!

Amy Brownstein is now the VP of Public Relations and Communication Strategy for Shooting Gallery, after a successful stint at KPE. She will be spearheading all corporate PR efforts and publicity for all of the divisions: film, interactive and television.

03/17
StarCite CEO and VP to Discuss Internet Innovations
John Pino, CEO of StarCite, Inc., says there are some new business rules. He'll talk about them at the Meeting Industry Future Forum, March 22 through 24 at the San Francisco Hilton and Towers. Pino will be part of a panel for the "New Rules" session on Thursday March 23 at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. The session, moderated by Michael Schrage of the MIT Media Lab, will explore the trends and challenges facing corporate America and their implications for corporate meeting professionals. Later that same day, Pino will join the "New Skills" panel, scheduled for 2 p.m. Pacific Time. The session will focus on the skills meeting planners need in the new business environment. On Monday, March 20, StarCite's VP of Marketing, Tom Flanagan, will talk about "Web Slinging" (whatever that is!) at Corporate Travel World 2000, sponsored by Business Travel News, at the Hilton New York. The panel discussion, "Web Slinging for Meeting Planners," is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

03/10
Valand Joins The Myers Group
Adding another industry leader to its team, The Myers Group has hired on veteran media executive Ted Valand, the former president and CEO of The VBS Group, Inc., Ted will serve as president of Myers Custom Research, a newly formed division. Valand comes to The Myers Group with more than 20 years of experience in media research, systems and management. He has held executive positions with Petry Interactive, a predecessor of 24/7 Media, New World Communications Group, newsroom system supplier BASYS, Inc., and Group W Television. Valand will lead The Myers Group's new custom research unit, responsible for all the company's custom business-to-business and consumer research projects. He will also spearhead the development of online access to Myers research assets.

Rogers Joins Student Advantage
Student Advantage, Inc. has appointed Frederick A. Rogers to Vice President of University Strategy and Partnerships. He will be in charge of expanding Student Advantage's business-to-business solutions for the higher education market by deepening current university relationships and identifying new university services. Rogers expands the company's depth, an important asset as it continues its rapid growth.

Ligon Joins ireserve.com
Kendall Ligon has taken over as director of business development at ireserve.com.

03/03
Fedonchik Joins Maximum Golf
New magazine and web site will cover golf with an attitude.
Scott Fedonchick has moved over to Maximum Golf Magazine as the Director of Marketing. It's his job to define the new magazine,which will launch mid-May, as the definitive voice for the new generation of young, affluent golfers. Scott says the magazine will cover golf with a whole new attitude -- combining hardcore tips, travel and equipment ratings with fashion, humor and celebrity profiles. Scott and his staff will roll also out acompanion website (co-branded with FoxSports.com). Take a look at their teaser site at http://www.maximumgolf.com. It's worth a trip -- if you like golf, that is!

Zimlin Leaves SonicNet
Unofficial mascot exitó after five years with company.
The unofficial mascot of SonicNet is leaving after 5 long years there. He has no definite plans that we know of and wouldn't go into detail about his departure. He did say, however, that he is "very unhappy with the direction that the company is heading towards." Makes you wonder!

Wolfer Joins BestSelections.com
Former Bally North America exec named vice president of operations
BestSelections.com has appointed Brad Wolfer to Vice President of Operations. Wolfer is gearing up to oversee BestSelections.com's merchandising, customer service, editorial and creative departments. He will also direct new product and services initiatives. Wolfer is no stranger to the retail world. He worked at Bally North America, a $116 million division of Bally Switzerland, since 1997. As Vice President, Retail, he directed and managed 47 prestigious retail specialty stores, generating total revenues of approximately $100 million. He was responsible for the planning and management of the company?s retail division, as well as ensuring that the retail division enhanced Bally's corporate, luxury brand equity and presence in the marketplace.

A&E Promotes Todd Tarpley
Television Networks division names Tarpley VP, Interactive Division Marking another phase in the executive structuring of A&E Television Networks' new Interactive division, the company has promoted Todd Tarpley, who spearheaded the launch of AETN's web sites four years ago, to Vice President, AETN Interactive, it was announced today by Thomas Heymann, Senior Vice President/General Manager, AETN Interactive. AETN Interactive, which was launched just last month, will shortly announce further developments regarding the expansion of this division. In his new role, Mr. Tarpley will be responsible for managing the company's six wholly owned web sites, in addition to broadband and interactive television initiatives. Previously, he was Director, AETN Interactive.

XseeksY.com Hires Greenberg
Former Paladin Staffing staffer takes on director of HR post.
XseeksY.com has signed on Sharon Greenberg as Director, Human Resources. She is recruiting for positions throughout the company and taking care of general HR duties. Sharon says she loves the job! Congrats!

Shell Leaves Marina Maher
Transition to RLM Public Relations Focuses on "dotcoms."
Eileen Shell is leaving Marina Hamer Communications for more interactive opportunities at RLM Public Relations. In her now job she'll focus on public relations for "dotcoms" and further explore the depths of the cyberworld.

02/25
Dine Joins Scient Corp.
After 10 months as Creative Director at Xceed, Jeremy Dine is moving to bigger and (we hope!) brighter pastures. He joined Scient Corp's Customer Experience Group in New York. Good luck, Jeremy!

Singleton Joins Centerseat
Centerseat LLC, has named James B. Singleton Senior Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel for the company. Mr. Singleton was Associate General Counsel for Metromedia Company.

Manski Joins Christian & Timbers
Kristen Manskie recently joined Christian & Timbers to support the growth of the New Media and Entertainment Practice. She will be working hand in hand with Paula Seibel, ManagingDirector, New Media and Entertainment.

BestSelections.com Appoints Brad Wolfer VP of Operations
BestSelections.com has appointed Brad Wolfer to Vice President of Operations. Wolfer will oversee BestSelections.com's merchandising, customer service, editorial and creative departments. He will also direct new product and services initiatives.

02/11
Girl Games, Inc., Names Editor-in-Chief of PlanetGirl.com
Los Angeles, CA and Austin, TX -- Girl Games, Inc. of Austin, TX, named Malissa Thompson Editor-in-Chief of PlanetGirl.com, the premier online network for teen girls. Thompson will oversee content and development of the website, which was re-launched on November 1st to offer teen girls access to cutting-edge information and interaction on a wide range of topics affecting their lives, including entertainment, fashion, beauty, health, relationships, sports and shopping. PlanetGirl.com also features branded original content, such as Indygirl, an action sports lifestyle brand and Big Head Teresa, a travel pop-culture brand.

ENews.com Names Yale Weinman VP, General Counsel
Gearing up for continued expansion, enews.com named seasoned Internet attorney Yael Weinman as the Company's Vice President, General Counsel, a newly created position. enews.com is the leading magazine retailer on the Web, offering subscriptions to nearly 1000 magazines at great prices. enews.com reaches more online consumers than any other magazine retailer through various distribution channels, including thousands of marketing partnerships. The Company recently established important equity relationships with barnesandnoble.com and Hachette Filipacchi Magazines. In her new position, Weinman will oversee all legal aspects of enews.com.

Student Advantage Adds Depth
Student Advantage, Inc. announced the appointments of Kevin Roche to Vice President, Human Resources, Laurie Jamieson to General Counsel and John Blake to Vice President, Integrated Sales and Corporate Sponsorships. The addition of these experienced veterans increases the depth of Student Advantage's management team as the company continues to grow at a rapid pace.

StarCite Names Ray Dorman Vice President of Business Development
StarCite, Inc. innovators of the Internet's leading global business-to-business E-Commerce meeting marketplace (http://www.starcite.com) has hired Ray Dorman as Vice President of Business Development. Dorman brings over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry to a senior management team that already boasts extensive meeting industry and Internet experience.

R/GA Names Jonathan Polay as Manager, Business Development
R/GA has expanded its business development department with the hire of Jonathan Polay as Manager, Business Development. Polay joins R/GA from Kokopelli New Media, where he spent two years overseeing new business initiatives and acting as a consultant for the development of online business strategies. Prior to that, he was director of business development at CDKNet.

02/04
MainXchange.com Appoints Peter Derow to Board of Directors
Leading teen site MainXchange.com, which enables teens to engage in fun activities that build "real life" skills, has announced the appointment of Peter A. Derow to its Board of Directors. Most recently, Derow worked at Taps, the rapidly growing E.M. Warburg Pincus majority owned Internet company that serves the global online information technology professional market. Derow has held many senior executive positions, providing leadership for major publishing initiatives at Newsweek, CBS and Reed Publishing. Derow also served as president and CEO of the magazine, newsletter, conference and database company Institutional Investor, Inc. Derow also sits on the boards of Publishers Clearing House, Global Decisions Group, LLC, and 101 Communications, LLC.

Fronefield Joins Internet.com
Internet.com has signed on Luke Fronefield as new analyst. He had previously worked with Henry Blodget at Merrill Lynch, where he mostly worked with Infrastructure (Inktomi, Exodus...) and B2B (Internet Capital Group). Fronefield helped put out Merrill's Internet Quarterly handbook and contributed to a number of initial and follow-up research reports. He has also consulted and invested in a number of start-ups, including CopyLeft.net and Lax.com.

Gist Communications Names Thomas J. Worley Production Manager
Gist Communications, the Internet's leading independent provider of TV listings and related editorial content, has appointed Thomas J. Worley to the newly created position of production manager. In this post, Mr. Worley will be responsible for all aspects of gist.com and Gist content on partner sites. He will also work in developing special feature projects. Mr. Worley was most recently the editorial production director at Wenner Media, Inc. where he oversaw production for Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, and US magazines. Prior to that, he was a consultant to creative and production departments of various publishing companies, design firms and music companies, advising the transition from conventional to desktop publishing. Mr. Worley holds a BS in marketing and in economics from St. Peter's College in New Jersey.

Tanya Edwards Joins gURL.com as Events Producer
After a stint as acting Senior Editor of Spin.com, Tanya L. Edwards is joining the gURL.com team as Events Producer. She'll be conceptualizing and producing interactive live events for gURL's mammoth audience of teenage girls. She's looking forward to working on exciting, creative projects with a great team.

Razorfish CEO Dachis Named to Crain's 40 Under 40
Razorfish, Inc. (NASADQ: RAZF), the digital solutions provider, today announced that Crain's New York Business has named its chief executive officer and president, Jeff Dachis, to its "40 under 40" list. The list is made up of individuals from the business world under the age of forty who have greatly distinguished themselves in a specific industry sector. The Crain's New York Business article, notes that Mr. Dachis has built a highly profitable firm that "ranks as a global enterprise valued at nearly $4 billion." Mr. Dachis founded Razorfish in 1995 with Craig Kanarick, chief scientist at Razorfish.

Macdara MacColl Leaves iVillage
Macdara MacColl has announced that she is leaving iVillage.com for CraftShop.com, where she'll be executive producer.

01/21
Heidi Raebeck Joins the Sawtooth Group
The Sawtooth Group, a "way cool" advertising agency, has hired Heidi Raebeck as director of interactive services. Ms. Raebeck will be responsible for building up and running Sawtooth's Internet division. The company has already begun designing and resdesigning web sites for such clients as Tetley Tea, and Johnson & Johnson. Ms. Raebec will be working directly with the COO.

HotSocket, Inc., Appoints Brian McConnell VP of Business Development
HotSocket, Inc., (www.hotsocket.com), the developers of D-Commerce, a data-driven and accountable way of selling on the Web, today announced the appointment of Brian McConnell as vice president of business development. McConnell brings a wealth of direct marketing experience and expertise to HotSocket, Inc., at a time when the Company is in the midst of rapid growth. As vice president of business development at HotSocket, Inc., McConnell will focus on developing strategic partnerships with traditional direct marketers as well as leading Internet companies.

Hartnick Joins i-traffic
Kate Hartnick is leaving FEED to join i-traffic as Director of their Strategic Planning Group. She says it's an exciting opportunity in light of i-traffic's recent merger with Agency.com.

OpenTable.com Appoints Danny Meyer to Board of Directors
OpenTable.com (www.opentable.com), the leading provider of online restaurant reservations and Internet-connected restaurant management tools, today announced the appointment of Danny Meyer, award-winning restaurateur, to its board of directors. Mr. Meyer brings years of experience as one of the country's top entrepreneurs and most innovative restaurant operators to OpenTable.com's industry-leading team of pioneers in the restaurant and technology communities. Mr. Meyer intends to implement a progressive rollout of OpenTable.com's proprietary Electronic Reservation Book (ERB) across his popular New York restaurants. In the coming months, Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Eleven Madison Park and Tabla will join the hundreds of restaurants across the country offering real-time, online reservations at www.opentable.com.

The Swayne Agency hires Susan Barry
As The Swayne Agency begins its third year, Susan Barry has joined the company from McGraw-Hill, where she was Editorial Director, Business & General Reference. Prior to that, Susan was a senior editor at John Wiley & Sons. She has worked with Business Week, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, Arthur Anderson Consulting, The Gallup Organization, NBC, CNBC, Commerce Net, and Microsoft.

Mark Safire joins Sachs Communications as a "user experience consultant"
Mark Safire will run usability labs where clients with a website will hire them to see how people use their software.They advise web developers on information architecture where they will advise a client during the construction of their site. Sachs also runs focus groups.

StarCite Names Vincent Campitelli VP of Research & Development and CTO
StarCite, Inc., innovators of a global business-to-business E-Commerce meeting marketplace (http://www.starcite.com) announced the hiring of Vincent Campitelli II as the company’s Vice President of Research and Development and Chief Technology Officer. Campitelli brings over 30 years of experience in technology and professional services to a senior management team that already boasts extensive meeting industry and Internet experience.

Michael Winston joins Jupiter Communications
Michael Winston joined Jupiter Communications on January 3 as a Regional Account Manager in New York City. Jupiter Communications provides companies with the strategic intelligence necessary to compete and grow in the online medium.

Anthony Giglio now senior editor at drinks.com
The site launced Monday Jan. 17. At www.Drinks.com , choose from among 25,000 items available, select choices using our exclusive search engines, pay by credit card in secure transaction, and the order will be delivered in as few as two business days. This new Internet marketing company created a business plan that enables it to work responsibly within each state's regulatory environment, paying taxes and buying products from local wholesalers while still bringing great prices and unprecedented availability to consumers.

01/14
Toni LoPresti is now the bright and shiny New Business Development Manager at Omnient. Omnient is a comprehensive e-Business development firm providing fixed-price fixed-time strategy consulting and industry-leading Internet solutions to traditional operating companies and startup businesses.

Raoul Didishiem has taken an Executive Producer position at eFit.com, the online health and fitness network.

Stephen McCoy, formally Vice President at 24/7 Media, joins LivePerson as Vice President of Client Services. LivePerson, Inc., the leading provider of real-time customer service solutions for Web sites, enables companies to directly interact with their customers at critical moments, humanizing the online experience and building long term successes.

01/07
EMusic.com Inc. (Nasdaq: EMUS), announced the appointment of Ray Farrell to the newly-created position of director of music marketing. A 25-year veteran of the music industry who has held management positions with top independent and major record labels, Farrell will be responsible for developing and executing marketing programs to promote EMusic.com's extensive catalog of downloadable music.

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