For new BII investors, here are the people behind Bid.Com, excerpted from the prospectus filed Jan. 18/99
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Paul Godin is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a founding shareholder of the Company. Prior to the founding of Bid.Com in September, 1995, Mr. Godin was Senior Vice-President, Corporate Sales and Marketing for Completely Mobile Inc., a Canadian company which designs and implements wireless data systems. He has an extensive marketing and management background spanning 20 years in retail and wholesale electronics and computer distributors. Before joining Completely Mobile in 1994, Mr. Godin was Vice-President and General Manager of Casio Canada Inc., makers of calculators and household electronic goods. Mr. Godin was also Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, for Alpine Electronics of Canada Inc. and has privately consulted to Canadian Airlines, H.J. Heinz, and Clarion Canada.
Jeff Lymburner is the President and a founding shareholder of Bid.Com. Mr. Lymburner is also President of IL USA. Prior to the founding of Bid.Com, Mr. Lymburner was President, from 1990 to 1995, of Completely Mobile Inc., a company that he started and grew to five high profile retail outlets. In the 1980's, Mr. Lymburner held several management positions with responsibilities for advertising, purchasing, store management, sales management and strategic planning for Multitech Warehouse Direct, a national consumer electronics retail chain. Mr. Lymburner helped build this retail chain from the start-up level to approximately 50 stores and annual revenues in excess of $100 million. He left the position of National Manager Corporate Sales for Multitech to start his own business. Mr. Lymburner started his career as a Systems Engineer with IBM in 1978.
Chris Bulger has been with the Company on a full time basis for approximately two and one-half years and is also a partner with HDL Capital Corporation, a Toronto based merchant bank which specializes in the venture capital sector. From 1991 to 1993 he was Vice-President Finance with Erin Maxx Canada Corp. and from 1981 to 1988 he managed the business turnaround and ultimate sale of Murray G. Bulger & Associates Limited. Mr. Bulger obtained his corporate finance experience from 1988 to 1991 while in the merchant banking group of Central Capital Corporation. Mr. Bulger began his career in 1980 as a Research Analyst with Midland Doherty Limited. Mr. Bulger is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds an MBA from the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD).
Robert Joynt was Vice-President Sales & Marketing for Logitech Electronics Inc. from July, 1994 to December, 1995 and prior to that President of Koss Limited and Vice-President of Koss Corporation since 1984. Mr. Joynt has spent the last 18 years in the consumer electronics industry. In addition to a diversified background in general and product management, he has a track record of accomplishments in product development, marketing and sales.
James I. Moskos has spent in excess of 12 years in the management, development, delivery and deployment of large scale, mission critical, information technology solutions for a wide array of clients. This includes recent and specific experience in the development and delivery of client server and Inter/Intranet applications for a department with a staff of over 3,000 employees and a budget of $4 billion dollars. For the previous five years, Mr. Moskos has held the position of Senior Technology Manager for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (the "Department"). In this role, he was responsible for setting the technical direction for all aspects of application development. In addition, he was responsible for reviewing emerging technologies and effectively positioning the Department to take advantage of leading edge advancements. Mr. Moskos was also responsible for delivery of a portfolio of mission critical applications to a diverse clientele. During this period, he managed a staff of 12 to 14 people including employees and contractors. Mr. Moskos was the recipient of the 1996 Canadian Information Productivity Award from Canadian Business Magazine, the 1995 Smithsonian Innovator Award for Information Technology, the 1995 Government Technology Achievement Award and is a two-time recipient of the Deputy Ministers Outstanding Achievement Award.
Paul Hart recently joined the Company and is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Hart has approximately 17 years of experience in finance and treasury and was Vice-President, Finance of ADP Canada from 1995 to 1998 and Vice-President, Treasury of GAN Canada from 1990 to 1995. Mr. Hart is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from Queen's University.
Brent Bowes is the Vice-President, Corporate Controller and Assistant Secretary of the Company and was most recently a Senior Accountant in the Corporate Finance Group of Deloitte & Touche, Chartered Accountants. Mr. Bowes spent five years assisting a broad range of clients on assignments ranging from audit and review engagements to public financings, divestitures and company reorganizations. During the 1980's, Mr. Bowes held various management positions within the manufacturing, financial and retail sectors. Mr. Bowes is a graduate of Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology and a student member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.
Outside Directors
Dr. Duncan Copeland is President of Copeland & Company, a Washington D.C. based international consultancy firm providing information counsel to management, and is a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University. He served on the faculty of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario ("Western") from July, 1989 to June, 1996 as a professor of Information Management in addition to being Chief Information Officer of the institution. As a professor, Dr. Copeland designed and delivered courses in strategic and tactical information management in undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA, Ph.D., and various executive education courses. Dr. Copeland earned his undergraduate business degree at Western and his doctorate from The Harvard Business School. He managed the implementation and continued development of Western Business School's presence on the World Wide Web. He has extensive consulting experience introducing new technologies to financial services firms in both the United States and Canada, and is co-author of Waves of Change: Business Evolution Through Information Technology, a recent Harvard Business School Press publication.
Fred Singer is a Senior Vice-President of AOL Studios, directing corporate strategies, finance and co-ordinating operations and human resource activities. Mr. Singer also serves as an advisor and board member on several AOL Studios companies. Prior to Mr. Singer's current position, he was Vice-President of Corporate Development at AOL, working on strategy and major acquisitions specializing in content and E-commerce. Before joining AOL in March, 1996, Mr. Singer was founder and Vice-President of the Washington Post electronic subsidiary, Digital Inc., from 1992 and subsequently, moved on to develop and manage the business operations of Digital Inc. Mr. Singer also worked as a director of corporate development for the Washington Post Company. Mr. Singer also previously worked as an international consultant at Bain and Company in Boston and has worked for Proctor and Gamble in brand management in the Paris office. Mr. Singer is a native of Canada, receiving his BA, BCOM, MA in Philosophy and a JD from Queen's University, as well as a MBA from Harvard University.
David Pamenter is a partner in Gowling, Strathy & Henderson, a Toronto law firm, and has been so since July 1, 1995. Gowling, Strathy & Henderson is a Canadian law firm with a strong focus on advising technology companies. From 1977 to 1995, Mr. Pamenter was a partner in Lang Michener, also a Toronto law firm.
Michael Abramsky is the President of Rogers New Media, a division of Rogers Media Inc., a division of Rogers Communications Inc. and has been so since January, 1998. Rogers manages many of Canada's leading online properties, including Yahoo! Canada, Quicken Financial Network Canada, Electric Library and others. Prior to joining Rogers in March, 1997, Mr. Abramsky was Vice-President of Marketing for InSystems in Markham, Ontario, a software development company from March, 1996. Prior to holding the position at InSystems, he was from February, 1993, Vice-President of Marketing for Delrina Corp. (now part of the Symantec Group), a worldwide technical and market leader in PC forms, fax and content software. At Delrina Corp., Mr. Abramsky oversaw the launch of 14 new products, including WinFax PRO 4.0 which set the industry standard for fax software. Prior to holding the position at Delrina, Mr. Abramsky was the Marketing Director for Interleaf Canada, where he led the software company's marketing efforts in the growing document management marketplace. He has also held marketing, management and sales positions at Xerox Canada, Moore Corporation and Baxter International in Chicago. Mr. Abramsky holds an MBA from Harvard University and an engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. <<<
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