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10
Robert Leeds joined the Company in 1977 and has served as Vice Chairman of the Company since April
1995. Mr. Leeds also served as President of Domestic Operations of the Company from April 1995 until March
2005. On April 18, 2011, Mr. Leeds was selected to serve as the Interim Chief Executive of the Company’ s
Technology Products Group. Mr. Leeds graduated from Tufts University in 1977 with a B.S. degree in Computer
Applications Engineering. Mr. Leeds, together with his brothers Richard and Bruce Leeds, are the majority
stockholders of the Company and the sons of one of the Company’ s founders. Mr. Leeds served as Co-President
and head of Domestic Operations of the Company prior to its becoming a public company in 1995. Mr. Leeds was
selected to serve as a director on our Board because of his experience and depth of knowledge of the Company
and the direct marketing, computer and industrial products industries, his role in developing and managing the
Company’ s business strategies and operations, his significant computer and technology industry experience as well
as his exceptional business judgment.
Lawrence P. Reinhold joined the Company in January 2007 and has served as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company since that date. In addition, Mr. Reinhold has served as a Director since
March 2009. Mr. Reinhold was a business, finance and accounting consultant in 2006. Previously he was
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Greatbatch, Inc., a publicly traded developer and
manufacturer of components used in implantable medical devices from 2002 through 2005; Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Critical Path, Inc. a publicly traded communications software company in
2001; and a Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with responsibility for its Technology, Information,
Communications, Media and Entertainment industry practice in the Midwestern United States from 1998 until 2000
(and held other positions at that firm from 1982 until 1998). He received his B.S. degree summa cum laude in
Business Administration in 1982 and his M.B.A. in 1987 from San Diego State University and received his Certified
Public Accountant license in California in 1984. Mr. Reinhold was selected to serve as a director on our Board due
to his contributions since joining the Company and his extensive experience and expertise in business, finance,
accounting, SEC reporting, public company management, mergers and acquisitions and financial systems as well as
his serving as a CFO of other public technology companies and a partner with an international accounting firm.
Robert D. Rosenthal has served as an independent Director of the Company since July 1995. He has been
the lead independent director since October 2006. Mr. Rosenthal is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First
Long Island Investors LLC, which he co-founded in 1983. Mr. Rosenthal is a 1971 cum laude graduate of Boston
University and a 1974 graduate of Hofstra University Law School. Mr. Rosenthal is the chairman and CEO of a
wealth management company that invests in numerous public companies and is also an attorney and member of the
bar of the State of New York. Mr. Rosenthal was selected to serve as a director on our Board due to his financial,
investment and legal experience and acumen.
Stacy S. Dick has served as an independent Director of the Company since November 1995. Mr. Dick has
served as Chief Financial Officer of Julian Robertson Holdings since November 2008. Mr. Dick was a Managing
Director of Rothschild Inc. from 2001 to 2008 and served as an executive of other entities controlled by Rothschild
family interests. Mr. Dick graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. degree magna cum laude in 1978 and a
Ph.D. in Business Economics in 1983. He has served as an adjunct professor of finance at the Stern School of
Business (NYU) since 2004. Mr. Dick was selected to serve as a director on our Board due to his exceptional
knowledge and experience in the areas of business, finance and economics.
Marie Adler-Kravecas has served as an independent Director of the Company since June 2009. Ms. Adler-
Kravecas joined Myron Corporation, an international, business-to-business direct marketing company, in 1984 and
served as President from 1999 to 2004. In 2005, Ms. Adler-Kravecas founded Wellconnected, LLC, a consumer
direct marketing company which was sold in 2008. Ms. Adler-Kravecas is currently retired. Ms. Adler-Kravecas
received a B.S. degree in Marketing and Business Administration from George Washington University in 1981. She
has been a member of the Young President’ s Organization since 2003 and The Executive Group from 2004 to
2008. Ms. Adler-Kravecas has been on the Board of the Children’ s Aid and Family Service since 2004. Ms. Adler-
Kravecas was selected to serve as a director on our Board due to her practical experience in direct marketing and
international business.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF
ALL THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES, WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS PROPOSAL NO. 1.