OTHER BOARD OF DIRECTOR INFORMATION
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DWIGHT H. EGAN became Executive Vice President-Sales and Marketing in October,1998. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcast International, Inc. ("BII"), a subsidiary of the Company since, 1985. Acquired by DBC in 1995, BII supplies business information, real-time financial market data and communications services to retail, financial and other business customers. Mr. Egan also serves on the Board of Directors of Gentner Communications, Inc., a manufacturer of teleconferencing equipment.
JAMES A. KAPLAN is Vice Chairman of the Board and President and founder of Capital Management Sciences ("CMS"), a division of the Company. He has held this position since CMS was founded in 1979. Acquired by DBC in 1994, CMS distributes fixed income portfolio analytics and information.
CHARLES M. DIKER is a non-managing partner with the investment management company of Weiss, Peck & Greer, having been associated with that firm since 1976. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Cantel Industries, Inc. which is a healthcare company concentrating in infection prevention and control products and diagnostic equipment. Mr. Diker currently serves on the Board of Directors of BeautiControl Cosmetics, a direct marketer of cosmetics; Chyron Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of digital equipment for the broadcast industry; International Specialty Products, a chemical company; and AMF Bowling, Inc., an owner and operator of, and manufacturer of equipment for, commercial bowling centers.
DONALD P. GREENBERG has been a professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, NewYork, for the past 31 years. He is the Jacob Gould Sherman professor of computer graphics and director, program of computer graphics at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. In 1987, Dr. Greenberg received the ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons award for outstanding creative contributions to computer graphics and in 1991 was named a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is the founding director of the National Science Foundation's Science and Technology Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization. Dr. Greenberg currently serves on the Board of Directors of Chyron Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of digital equipment for the broadcast industry.
DAVID R. MARKIN has been President and Chairman of the Board of Checker Motors Corporation ("Checker"), a manufacturer of transportation equipment, since 1970. Mr. Markin is also presently President and Chief Executive Officer of Checker Holdings, the parent of Checker, and was President of Great Dane from 1989 to 1996. Mr. Markin also serves as a director of Jackpot and Enhance.
HERBERT S. SCHLOSSER has been Senior Advisor, Broadcasting and Entertainment,of Schroder & Co. Inc., since 1986 and for almost 30 years was employed by National Broadcasting Company, Inc. ("NBC") and RCA Corporation ("RCA") in various capacities, including President and CEO of NBC and Executive Vice President of RCA in charge of its entertainment group of activities other than NBC. Mr. Schlosser is a member of the Board of Directors of U.S. Satellite Broadcasting Company, Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of Central European Media Enterprises LTD. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Museum of the Moving Image.
CARL SPIELVOGEL is Chairman and CEO of Carl Spielvogel Associates, Inc. and until April 1997 he also served as the Chief Executive Officer of the United Auto Group, Inc., a publicly traded operator of multiple-franchise auto dealerships. Mr. Spielvogel was associated with Bates Worldwide, an advertising and marketing communications company, from July 1987 until January 1, 1994. He served in various positions with Bates Worldwide, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He was Vice Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. for approximately 20 years. Mr. Spielvogel is a member of the Boards of Directors of Hasbro, Inc., Alliant Food Service, Inc., (formerly Kraft Food Service, Inc.), and Culligan Water Technologies, Inc
ztect note: I know Don Greenberg from my time at Cornell U. Don was one of main pioneers of Computer Aided Design. The programs he initially developed have been used by some of the largest architectural and engineering firms in the world. |
