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Mr. Fiume has held many advisory board roles in both the public and private sectors. He currently works with
venture capital companies and SMEs on due diligence, strategy and human resources; he is also currently on the
advisory board of the Intel Science and Technology Center for Visual Computing.
Mr. Fiume has an extensive and evolving knowledge of computer science in the context of his experience as a
Professor at the University of Toronto. In addition, he has other valuable experience with technology companies
generally that, in addition to the other attributes listed above, qualify him to be a director of Tucows.
Erez Gissin Director since August 2001
Mr. Gissin, 54, has served since 2010 as a managing partner in Helios Energy Investment, a Renewable Energy
investment fund, and since 2005 as the Chief Executive Officer of BCID Ltd., an investment company focusing on
infrastructure development projects in China. From July 2000 to March 2005, Mr. Gissin has served as the Chief
Executive Officer of IP Planet Networks Ltd., an Israeli satellite communication operator providing Internet backbone
connectivity and solutions to Internet Service Providers. From July 1995 to July 2000, Mr. Gissin was Vice President,
Business Development of Eurocom Communications Ltd., a holding company that controls several telecommunications
services, equipment and Internet companies in Israel.
Mr. Gissin has a strong background in the internet communications industry and has gained significant
institutional knowledge in his long tenure as one of our directors. Mr. Gissin also has significant leadership experience
as the Chief Executive Officer of BCID Ltd. and IP Planet Networks Ltd. and has extensive financial acumen derived
from his years of executive experience. All of these qualities qualify Mr. Gissin to be a director of Tucows.
Joichi Ito Director since December 2008
Mr. Ito, 47, is the director of the MIT Media Lab. He is also the Chairman of Creative Commons, where he has
served on the board since April 2008 and is a co-founder of Digital Garage, where he has served on the board since
September 2006. Since June 2012, Mr. Ito has been a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Times
Corporation.
From June 2002 until July 2008, Mr. Ito served on the board of Pia Corporation, a ticket and entertainment
magazine company in Japan (Tokyo Stock Exchange 4337). Since May 2009 Mr. Ito has served on the board of CCC, a
video rental franchise company in Japan (Tokyo Stock Exchange 4756). He served on the board of ICANN, a U.S. non-
profit corporation, from December 2004 until December 2007. ICANN manages the domain name registration system
that Tucows uses for its domain name business and ICANN receives fees from Tucows for domain name registrations.
Mr. Ito is also on the board of directors of a number of non-profit organizations, including The Knight
Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and The Mozilla Foundation. He has created numerous Internet companies,
including PSINet Japan, Digital Garage (Tokyo Stock Exchange 4819) and Infoseek Japan and was an early stage
investor in Twitter, Six Apart, Flickr, SocialText, Dopplr, Last.fm, Rupture and Kongregate. He has served and
continues to serve on various Japanese central as well as local government committees and boards, advising the
government on IT, privacy and computer security related issues.
Mr. Ito has extensive experience as a director of a number of publicly traded companies and has a wide range of
experience with internet companies generally. This experience, along with Mr. Ito’s domain specific knowledge, enables
him to bring key experience to the Company and qualifies him to be a director of Tucows.
Lloyd Morrisett Director since February 1994
Dr. Morrisett, 83, served as a director and as a member of the audit and compensation committees of
Infonautics, Inc., our predecessor, beginning in February 1994. Dr. Morrisett also served as chairman of the Board of
Directors of Infonautics beginning in March 1998 until we merged with Tucows Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Tucows
Delaware”), in August 2001 and became Tucows Inc. He is the co-founder of the Children’s Television Workshop—
now Sesame Workshop—and served from 1969 to 1998 as president of The Markle Foundation, a charitable
organization.