The Atrinsic
Advantage.
Atrinsic, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRN)
is one of the fastest growing
digital entertainment and
advertising networks in the
United States.
Atrinsic, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRN)
is one of the fastest growing
digital entertainment and
advertising networks in the
United States.
Executive Management
Jerome Chazen
Chairman of the Board
Jeffrey Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Raymond Musci
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Director
Robert S. Ellin
Director
Lawrence Burstein
Director
Mark Dyne
Director
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Board of Directors
Jerome Chazen
Mr. Chazen is currently the Chairman of our Board of Directors, and has served as one of our directors since April 2005. Mr. Chazen is also Chairman of Chazen Capital Partners, a private investment company. Prior to Chazen Capital Partners, Mr. Chazen was one of the four founders of Liz Claiborne Inc., where he is also Chairman Emeritus. Mr. Chazen is also the founder and Benefactor of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business, the focal point of all international programs at Columbia Business School. Mr. Chazen received his Bachelor Degree from the University of Wisconsin and his MBA from Columbia Business School. Mr. Chazen has been a director of Taubman Centers, Inc., since 1992.
Jeffrey Schwartz
Mr. Schwartz was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Atrinsic, Inc. in January 2010 and has served on the company’s Board of Directors since November 2008, chairing the Audit Committee prior to his appointment to the CEO role. Mr. Schwartz is widely recognized as an innovator in performance marketing. He previously served as President and CEO of Autoweb and Autobytel, both Nasdaq listed companies, where he created a leading automotive marketing services provider with over 25,000 participating dealers, operations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia and a market value exceeding $500 million. Previously, Mr. Schwartz held various executive positions at The Walt Disney Company, including Corporate Vice President responsible for corporate alliance business development. Mr. Schwartz received his Bachelors, Masters, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. He serves as a director of U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc., a leading Nasdaq-listed automotive e-commerce company.
Raymond Musci
Mr. Musci has been a director since May 2007. From August 2006 through February 2008, Mr. Musci served as President of New Motion Mobile, Inc., and prior to joining our organization as an employee, Mr. Musci was a consultant to our operations from January through August of 2006. Mr. Musci brings over 25 years of high tech, media, entertainment and consumer product experience to us. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Musci was Chief Executive Officer of Bam! Entertainment, Inc., a company he founded in 1999 that published and distributed movie, sports and cartoon video games to a wide range of retailers. Prior to Bam!, from 1996 to 1999, Mr. Musci was president and chief executive officer of the U.S. subsidiary of Infograms Entertainment, Inc., now better known as Atari, Inc. In that position, he oversaw all aspects of the company's North American unit, was responsible for 250 employees, and grew global revenues from $60 million to $300 million, and U.S. revenues from $80 million to $150 million. Before joining Infograms/Atari, Mr. Musci was founder, president and chief executive officer of Ocean Of America, Inc., a publisher and distributor of entertainment software. Founded in 1990, Mr. Musci built the company to annual revenues of $50 million, and sold it to Infograms/Atari in 1996. Mr. Musci holds a degree in criminal justice with a minor in business administration from Western New Mexico University. Mr. Musci is a director of publicly traded Talon International, Inc.
Robert S. Ellin
Mr. Ellin has served as one of our directors since October 24, 2006, and served as our Chief Executive Officer and President from October 24, 2006 to February 12, 2007. Mr. Ellin is a Managing Member of Trinad, which is a hedge fund dedicated to investing in micro-cap public companies. Mr. Ellin currently sits on the board of Command Security Corporation (CMMD), ProLink Holdings Corporation (PLKH), U.S. Wireless Data, Inc. (USWI) and Mediavest, Inc (MVSI). Prior to joining Trinad Capital LP in 2004, Mr. Ellin was the founder and President of Atlantis Equities, Inc., a personal investment company. Founded in 1990, Atlantis has actively managed an investment portfolio of small capitalization public company as well as select private company investments. Mr. Ellin frequently played an active role in Atlantis investee companies including board representation, management selection, corporate finance and other advisory services. Through Atlantis and related companies Mr. Ellin spearheaded investments into ThQ, Inc. (OTC:THQI), Grand Toys (OTC: GRIN), Forward Industries, Inc. (OTC: FORD) and completed a leveraged buyout of S&S Industries, Inc. where he also served as President from 1996 to 1998. Prior to founding Atlantis Equities, Mr. Ellin worked in Institutional Sales at LF Rothschild and prior to that he was the Manager of Retail Operations at Lombard Securities. Mr. Ellin received a Bachelor of Arts from Pace University.
Lawrence Burstein
Mr. Burstein became a director upon the completion of our merger with Traffix, Inc. on February 4, 2008. Mr. Burstein has been a director of Traffix since April 1999. Since March 1996, Mr. Burstein has been Chairman of the Board and a principal shareholder of Unity Venture Capital Associates, Ltd., a private venture capital firm. For approximately ten years prior thereto, Mr. Burstein was the President, a director and principal stockholder of Trinity Capital Corporation, a private investment banking concern. Trinity ceased operations upon the formation of Unity Venture Capital Associates, Ltd. in 1996. Mr. Burstein is a director of several companies, being, respectively, THQ, Inc., engaged in the development and marketing of video games for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo; CAS Medical Systems, Inc., engaged in the manufacture and marketing of blood pressure monitors and other disposable products, principally for the neonatal market; I.D. Systems Inc., engaged in the design, development and production of a wireless monitoring and tracking system which uses radio frequency technology; Millennium India Acquisition Corp., a publicly trading holding company; and American Telecom Systems, Inc., engaged in the development and marketing of convergent telecommunication services.
Mark Dyne
Mr. Dyne has served as a director of the company since November 11, 2008. Mr. Dyne currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Europlay Capital Advisors, LLC, a merchant banking and advisory firm, and has served in this capacity since 2002. In this capacity, he provides corporate and advisory services. Prior to joining Europlay, Mr. Dyne served as Chief Executive Officer of Sega Gaming Technology Inc. (USA), a gaming company, and Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Interactive Entertainment Ltd., a distributor of computer software programs and video games based in London, England. Mr. Dyne was a founder and former director of Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd., a leading distributor of entertainment software in both Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Dyne served as one of the first board members and was one of the earliest investors in Skype and Joost.com.
Shareholder Communications
Stockholders interested in communicating with our Board may do so by writing to any or all directors, care of our Chief Financial Officer, at our principal executive offices. Our Chief Financial Officer will log in all stockholder correspondence and forward to the director addresses(s) all communications that, in his judgment, are appropriate for consideration by the directors. Any director may review the correspondence log and request copies of any correspondence. Examples of communications that would be considered inappropriate for consideration by the directors include, but are not limited to, ordinary business matters, or personal grievances.
Correspondence that is not appropriate for Board review will be handled by our Chief Financial Officer. All appropriate matters pertaining to accounting or internal controls will be brought promptly to the attention of Barry Regenstein.
Stockholder recommendations for director nominees are welcome and should be sent to our Chief Financial Officer, who will forward such recommendations to our full Board, and should include the following information: (a) all information relating to each nominee that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including such person's written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (b) the names and addresses of the stockholders making the nomination and the number of shares of our common stock which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholders; and (c) appropriate biographical information and a statement as to the qualification of each nominee, and must be submitted in the time frame described under the caption, "Stockholder Proposals for 2009 Annual Meeting", in our 2009 Proxy Statement. The Board will evaluate candidates recommended by stockholders in the same manner as candidates recommended by other sources, using criteria, if any, approved by the Board from time to time. Our stockholder communication policy may be amended at any time with the consent of a majority of our Board.