Under his direction, the Online & Emerging Technologies department interfaces with all other Sony Music Online-related areas and ventures, and third party relationships as they relate to, and affect, the label's domestic artists online. Mr. Ghuneim coordinates Columbia Records efforts in areas of new technological developments including the broadband initiative, wireless, Video-On-Demand, e-commerce, and electronic music delivery.

Mark has been instrumental in creating and implementing innovative and effective new strategies, promotions, and relationships for Columbia Records in the expanding area of new technology. Under his direction, columbiarecords.com has generated award-winning online sites while maintaining and expanding its reputation as a compelling entertainment destination and quality source of online music information.

His career in the music industry began in 1980 when Mr. Ghuneim worked as a VJ in New York area nightclubs. In 1981, he became Program Director/Production Manager at the nation's premiere video club, Private Eyes, where he spent four years. Mr. Ghuneim's background also includes several on-air promotion spots for MTV and visuals for MTV's "120 Minutes." He has moderated video-related panels at CMJ, New Music Seminar, Billboard Music, Webnoize and other music conferences.

Mr. Ghuneim has guest-lectured at the University of Southern California and continues to guest lecture at the New York University School of Business on marketing developments and techniques. Currently, he works as a mentor with the Center of Communications. "I believe the label will be as important to the 21st century as it was to the 19th and 20th and am very excited to be working with the most talented people in the business as we forge our path into the future."

Since 1985, Rick Fritz has served as President of the Private Equity Group at BankBoston and the successor organizations under the merger resulting in FleetBoston Financial.

From 1981 to 1985, Mr. Fritz served as Commercial Banking Head of BankBoston's London Branch office. Prior to that, he worked in various BankBoston lending areas, such as Middle Market, High Technology and geographic lending, as well as management assignments.

He holds a B.A. from Middlebury College, where he currently serves as a Trustee, and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School. Presently, Mr. Fritz serves as a board member for a number of portfolio companies and Investment Funds.

Jonathan Whitehead has extensive legal experience in the fields of Internet piracy, online commerce and intellectual property serving as anti-piracy counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The RIAA is a Washington, D.C. based trade association that represents hundreds of member record companies responsible for creating, manufacturing and distributing more than 90 percent of all legitimate sound recordings sold in the United States.

Jonathan provides legal counsel to RIAA member companies regarding copyright law and the Internet. In that capacity, he is counsel to RIAA's Internet anti-piracy program. Jonathan also administers "SoundByting," a successful University/College copyright education campaign created to help college and university administrators teach students about the value of copyrighted sound recordings on the Internet.

Jonathan regularly represents the recording industry at entertainment, technology and University conferences. As a panelist or public speaker, he discusses in detail the role of intellectual property in an emerging online market and the degree to which Internet piracy has affected its growth.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University, and a J.D., magna cum laude, from American University's Washington College of Law.

Since starting ChangeAddress, Graham Balch has been featured in Business Week and Jungle MBA for his entrepreneurial efforts. Originally from Atlanta, Graham Balch worked as a strategy consultant for Bain & Company in Atlanta focusing on Internet related strategy cases before leaving to start ChangeAddress.

Prior to this, Graham worked for Congressman Sherwood Boehlert in Washington D.C for a year and ran a small business called MUBS for a period of two years. Graham attended Middlebury College in Vermont where he graduated Cum Laude with Honors and was a recipient of the Ronald Brown scholarship.

On a personal level, Graham has an avid interest in the outdoors and has led a successful expedition up Mt. McKinley in Alaska, has hiked the 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, and is actively involved with Habitat for Humanity here in Atlanta.

As Vice President of Digital Strategies for CheckOut.com, Jason Fiber is responsible for identifying and expanding the Company's audio and video digital distribution assets. Fiber, who joined CheckOut.com from Wherehouse Music after the companies merged their Web site operations, has been elected to build CheckOut.com's digital distribution infrastructure and broadband strategy. In this capacity, Fiber will oversee digital downloads, streaming, in-store digital kiosks and broadband audio & video initiatives.

Fiber comes to CheckOut.com with extensive expertise in both the online and music arenas. While at Wherehouse Music from September 1998 through December 1999, Fiber was Vice President of Internet Services responsible for building & running the Company's Internet business (WherehouseMusic.com), creating & launching The Wherehouse Music Lounge (a weekly live streaming video event) and overseeing all digital in-store kiosk & listening station projects.

Prior to joining Wherehouse Music, Fiber was in charge of the Interactive Music Group at iXL, a leading Internet development and consulting firm. At iXL Fiber was responsible for securing new clients in the music industry and overseeing the firm's music clientele including building sites for Spinner.com, The Velvet Rope, Alanis Morisette, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, as well as Guess Clothing, UPN Television, SegaSoft, Major League Soccer and many others. From September 1991 to December 1996, Fiber ran noted independent label World Domination and worked in the A&R area at Epic Records.

Fiber continues to be a voice in the online and music arenas touring the country speaking at influential conferences and trade shows including CES, Webnoize, NARM, Interactive Music Expo (IMX), Midem, among others. Born and raised in Northridge, Calif., Fiber is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Jim graduated from Middlebury College in 1984. While at Midd, he majored in Political Science and was captain of the men's rugby team.

He now lives in Middlebury, VT and is married to Elizabeth H. Robinson '84. She is the Director of Alumni and Parent Programs at Middlebury College. They have three daughters: Haley, Katherine, and Emily.

He is an Investment Analyst at Independent Research Associates (also the owner!), located in Middlebury, VT.

He retains an active participation at Middlebury college: attends several Midd events each year; volunteers as Career Services Office (CSO) Industry Expert/Main Contact, Specific and General Advisor; served as his 15th reunion co-chair. On 11/16/94, he spoke to the Midd Student Investment Committee on investment research techniques and strategies.

In 1988, he was one of three selected for the Wyoming Centennial Everest Expedition (a.k.a. "Cowboys on Everest") to climb Mt. Everest (in general, Jim is a huge outdoors enthusiast).

Clay Shirky's writings about Napster and peer-to-peer computing have appeared in the O'Reilly Network, Business 2.0, and FEED, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Harvard Business Review.His writings are archived at shirky.com.

Prior to joining The Accelerator Group, he was Professor of New Media at Hunter College, where he taught in both the undergraduate and graduate programs, and worked as a writer, programmer, and consultant, working with News Corp, Barnes and Noble, iVillage, Ziff-Davis University, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Eisnor Interactive and others.

Shawn Miele brings operational, merchant banking and merger and acquisition experience to Updata Capital. Before joining Updata in 1995, Shawn was President of Northeast Telecommunications, Inc., a paging company serving northern New England. At the time Shawn became President, Northeast was generating significant operating losses and substantial negative cash flow. Shawn implemented a restructuring program that tripled Northeast's customer base and decreased fixed costs by 18%, restoring the company to profitability and positive operating cash flow in less than 12 months.

From 1988 to 1993, Shawn worked in Bankers Trust Company's Merchant Bank in both New York and Hong Kong. At Bankers Trust, Shawn was responsible for executing mergers and evaluating investment opportunities for the firm's portfolio. He worked on transactions ranging from $100 million to $1 billion in value. In 1990, he was promoted and joined the team that founded Bankers Trust's Hong Kong Merchant Bank, whose operation he helped grow from start-up to significant revenue during his tenure.

Shawn received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, with honors, from Middlebury College and a Master of Business Administration, beta gamma sigma, from Columbia Business School. He serves on the Boards of several private companies. In March 2000, Shawn was selected by Business News New Jersey to be included in a feature on 40 business people under the age of 40 .

Rory B. Riggs was the President of Biomatrix, Inc. until the merger with Genzyme Biosurgery in December 2000, a New York Stock Exchange Company, specializing in biomaterial for medical use. Its lead product, Synvisc®, is an important new therapy for osteoarthritis knee pain.

Since being president, Biomatrix has grown from approximately $5 million in revenues to over $70 million in 1999. Mr. Riggs was elected President of the Company on April 1, 1996 and served as the acting Chief Financial Officer from September 1996 to January 1998.He has been a Director of the Company since October 1990.

Since 1991, he has been affiliated with ITIM Corporation, an investment advisory and venture capital firm specializing in technology venture capital. From 1991 to 1994, he was acting President and Chief Executive Officer of RF&P Corporation, a company wholly owned by the Virginia Retirement System. Until 1990, Mr. Riggs was a Managing Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department at PaineWebber Incorporated, where he was employed for more than nine years.

He is a graduate of Middlebury College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Business. Mr. Riggs is a member of the Board of Directors of Sparton, Inc., FibroGen, Inc., Chondrogene, Royalty Pharma and Active Life Network.

Keeper of L90's strategic vision, Bohan spearheads and manages all of the company's business ventures. Thanks to his business acumen and knowledge of the advertising industry, L90 recently completed a successful Initial Public Offering that raised more than $110 million.

Throughout his career, Bohan has demonstrated a keen knowledge and understanding of persuasive and effective advertising solutions. Prior to co-founding L90, Bohan served as executive vice president of Interactive Connection, an Internet startup specializing in advertising sales representation, Web site development and content syndication.

Bohan also has an extensive background in broadcast television, an expertise that he acquired as the top-performing sales account executive for both The Weather Channel and The Travel Channel in New York and Los Angeles. Early in his career, Bohan served as assistant vice president for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, an investment bank in New York City.

Bohan earned his bachelor of arts degree in economics from Middlebury College.