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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.
Elliot Noss Director since August 2001
Mr. Noss, 52, is our President and Chief Executive Officer and has served in such capacity since the completion
of our merger with Tucows Delaware in August 2001. From May 1999 until completion of the merger in August 2001,
Mr. Noss served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Tucows Delaware. Before that, from April 1997 to May
1999, Mr. Noss served as Vice President of Corporate Services of Tucows Interactive Ltd., which was acquired by
Tucows Delaware in May 1999.
Mr. Noss’s lengthy service as our Chief Executive Officer has provided him with extensive knowledge of, and
experience with, Tucows’ operations, strategy and financial position. In addition, Mr. Noss has widespread knowledge of
the internet and software industry generally that, coupled with his operational expertise, qualifies him to be a director of
Tucows.
Jeffrey Schwartz Director since June 2005
Mr. Schwartz, 52, has served as a director of Dorel Industries since 1987 and as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer since 2003. Mr. Schwartz is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal and has a degree in the
field of business administration.
Mr. Schwartz has a significant amount of public-company financial expertise, particularly in his executive
experience as the chief financial officer of Dorel Industries, Inc. This executive experience, along with Mr. Schwartz’s
service as one of our Audit Committee members (and as Chairman of our Audit Committee since 2005), qualifies him to
be a director of Tucows.
Robin Chase Director since October 2014
Ms Chase, 56, is a transportation entrepreneur. She is founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the largest car
sharing company in the world; Buzzcar, a service that brings together car owners and drivers in a car sharing
marketplace in France; and GoLoco, an online ridesharing community. She is also Executive Chairman of Veniam, a
vehicle communications company building the networking fabric for the Internet of Moving Things.
Ms Chase is on the Boards of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the World Resources
Institute, and Tucows. She also served on the National Advisory Council for Innovation & Entrepreneurship for the
US Department of Commerce, the Intelligent Transportations Systems Program Advisory Committee for the
US Department of Transportation, the OECD’s International Transport Forum Advisory Board the Massachusetts
Governor’s Transportation Transition Working Group, and Boston Mayor’s Wireless Task Force.
Ms Chase lectures widely, has been frequently featured in the major media, and has received many awards
in the areas of innovation, design, and environment, including Time 100 Most Influential People, Fast Company Fast
50 Innovators, and BusinessWeek Top 10 Designers. Robin graduated from Wellesley College and MIT's Sloan
School of Management, was a Harvard University Loeb Fellow, and received an honorary Doctorate of Design from
the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Her experience operating companies at the CEO level along with her numerous experiences on these boards
and councils qualify her to be a director of Tucows.
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