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Gilbert Fiorentino joined the Company in 1995 as President of Tiger Direct, Inc. a subsidiary of the Company and has served as
Chief Executive of the Company’ s Technology Products Group and as a Director of the Company since 2004. Mr. Fiorentino
graduated from the University of Miami in 1981 with a B.S. degree in Economics and graduated from the University of Miami Law
School in 1984. Mr. Fiorentino was selected to serve as a director on our Board due to his exceptional business acumen and his
significant management and marketing experience in the technology products business, including computer and consumer electronic
product sales, as well as his significant retail sales experience, including direct marketing via online, catalogs and B2B relationship
sales as well as brick and mortar store retail sales.
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.