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Ofer Adler and Yaron Adler are cousins. There are no other familial relationships among our executive officers and directors. Yair M. Zadik
was initially appointed to the board by our founders, Ofer Adler and Yaron Adler, pursuant to provisions of the articles of association that were in
effect prior to our initial public offering. Tamar Gottlieb was initially appointed to the board by the board of directors, and David Jutkowitz were
elected to serve as our external directors by our shareholders as required by Israeli law. No shareholder has special voting rights with respect to the
election of directors or otherwise.
Ofer Adler co-founded IncrediMail and has been our Chief Product Officer and a director since our incorporation. Since February 5, 2008
Ofer Adler serves as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. As a Chief Executive Officer he is responsible for our day-to-day operations,
business development and the overall management of IncrediMail. As a Chief Product Officer he had overall responsibility for the design and
development of IncrediMail products, website and graphic content. Mr. Adler had direct responsibility for the design of all major IncrediMail
applications and websites. Before co-founding IncrediMail, Mr. Adler worked as a trader and portfolio manager at Clal Insurance from 1997 to
1999, and as a trader and technical analysis expert at Batucha, Israel’s largest private brokerage firm, from 1994 to 1997.
Yaron Adler co-founded IncrediMail in November 1999. Has served as a director since our incorporation, as our Chief Executive Officer
since our incorporation and until February 5, 2008, and since February 5, 2008 serves as the Company’s President. In 1999, prior to founding
IncrediMail, Mr. Adler consulted Israeli startup companies regarding Internet products, services and technologies. Mr. Adler served as a Product
Manager from 1997 to 1999, and as a software engineer from 1994 to 1997, at Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd., a software company that develops
and markets production-engineering solutions to complex automated manufacturing lines that fill the gap between product design and production,
and which was acquired by UGS Corp. in April 2005. In 1993, Mr. Adler held a software engineer position at Intel Israel. He has a B.A. in
computer sciences and economics from Tel-Aviv University.
Dan Blumenfeld joined us in May 2004 and serves as our Vice President – Marketing. He is responsible for in-depth analysis of our market
and industry, implementation of appropriate market positioning, development of pricing and overall marketing strategies. Prior to joining us
Mr. Blumenfeld gained more than ten years experience, working primarily as a Product Manager or a Creative Manager, in planning, designing
and marketing of computer software in several positions including at Hotbar Ltd. from 2003 to 2004, at DVDemand Ltd. from 2000 to 2003 and at
Waves Ltd. from 1997 to 1999.
Keren Elkin has been the Vice President of HR and Administration since 2000. She is responsible for the planning, recruitment,
organizational development, training, compensation, benefits, and social activities of company personnel. Keren also served as IncrediMail’s
Purchase Manager for several years. Keren Elkin holds a B.A in Business Administration, majoring in Human Resources, from Ruppin College.
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Tamar Gottlieb has served as our director since 2001 and became Chair of the Board of Directors on February 3, 2006, the closing date of
our initial public offering. She is a Managing Director of Harvest Capital Markets Ltd., an investment banking and financial consulting firm that
she founded in January 2001. Prior to 2001, Ms. Gottlieb held Managing Director or Senior Manager positions in several investment banking
institutions, including Investec Clali – Management & Underwriting Ltd. (from July 1997 to January 2001), Oscar Gruss (1996) Ltd. (from
February 1996 to May 1997) and Leumi & Co. Investment Bankers Ltd. (from 1980 to 1991). From August 1991 to June 1994, Ms. Gottlieb
served as the Founding Managing Director of Maalot – The Israeli Securities Rating Company Ltd., Israel’s first credit rating agency. She
currently serves as a board member of several Israeli public and private companies, including Emilia Development Ltd., Leumi Mortgage Bank
Ltd., Hasin-Esh Ltd., N.R. Spuntech Industries Ltd., Reit 1 Ltd. and T.R.A Radio Tel Aviv Ltd. In the past she has also served as a director of,
among others, El Al Israeli Airlines Ltd. and “Dan” the Company for Public Transport Ltd. Ms. Gottlieb public service activities include serving
as a member of the Statutory Committee for the approval of Directors and General Managers of Israeli Government Companies and Statutory
Authorities and until 2007 as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Israeli Anti-Trust Authority. Ms. Gottlieb has a B.A. in international
relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.A. in economics from Indiana University.
Yuval Hamudot is our Chief Technology Officer since March 2007, and is responsible for the technological design and development of our
products and online system. In that capacity he manages our research and development team as well as our quality assurance and information
technology departments. Mr. Hamudot joined us in 2000, and since 2003, and until his recent appointment, was Vice President – Research and
Development. Prior to joining us, Mr. Hamudot worked for two years in the research and development at Commonsense Ltd., a software company
that outsourced hi-end technology solutions. Mr. Hamudot served in the IDF computer unit (“Mamram”) and has a B.Sc. in Computer Science
from Tel Aviv University and an M.B.A. from Bar-Ilan University.
Jeff Holzmann was engaged as Executive Vice President and General Manager of IncrediMail USA in April 2006. Prior to joining
IncrediMail Mr. Holzmann was the CEO of Genius Technologies, a high tech venture capital fund. Mr. Holzmann also served as the CEO of
GREY Interactive in Israel, an interactive advertising agency, as Vice Chairman of the board of M.L.L Software (TASE:MLL), an Israeli publicly
traded IT software company, and a director with a venture capital fund at Koor Technologies (NYSE:KOR), an Israeli publicly traded holding
company. Mr. Holzmann is a certified systems analyst and holds a B.A in Business Administration and Information Technologies from the
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.
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