Management

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Greg Meyer.  Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

Prior to working with DVDXpress, Mr. Meyer was CEO and founder of MBSAuction LLC, a financial trading platform geared towards institutional participants in the mortgage-backed securities market. Prior to that, Mr. Meyer was a Vice President in Fixed Income Trading at Lehman Brothers where he specialized in mortgage-backed securities trading. Previous experience includes positions with Merrill Lynch and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, as well as independent consulting to publicly traded supermarket chains for Non-Foods and Pharmacy merchandising and revenue enhancement. Mr. Meyer holds an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration and a B.A. in Economics and French from Dartmouth College where he graduated summa cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Jason Tanzer, CFA.  Chief Financial Officer, Co-Founder

Most recently, Mr. Tanzer was a Senior Investment Associate with Hawk Holdings, LLC, a private equity firm that provided capital and operating expertise to emerging companies in the new media, entertainment and communications sectors. During his tenure at Hawk, Mr. Tanzer served as Acting CFO of Teoma Technologies, which was subsequently purchased by Ask Jeeves Inc. (NASDAQ: ASKJ). He previously worked as a Management Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers where he provided strategic business advisory services to an array of Fortune 500 clients. He is an honors graduate of Emory University (B.A. in Political Science) and New York University’s Stern School of Business (M.B.A. in Finance) where he was awarded the Price Fellowship for Entrepreneurship. Mr. Tanzer holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. 

Arun Mathur. Chief Marketing Officer, Director of Operations

Most recently, Mr. Mathur was the CEO of Offshore Internet Solutions, a pivotal provider of offshore IT and IT enabled services. Mr. Mathur developed the initial groundwork for the company including the formulation of its business and revenue models, assembled a technology network and series of joint ventures valued at $100 million, appointed key leadership, led the business development efforts, and brought the firm to profitability in its first year. Previously, Mr. Mathur was the co-founder of World Beer Direct, where he established the company’s early e-business presence and built a logistics system and technology infrastructure equipped to process over 50 million products annually. Mr. Mathur completed the profitable sale of World Beer Direct in May 2000. Mr. Mathur received his Bachelors of Science in Economics and Information Systems from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. 

Scott Kaplan. Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Kaplan has 14+ years of hands-on experience in IT consulting, technology management, and Enterprise-class Software Engineering R&D. Most recently, Mr. Kaplan was VP of Engineering for Accruent, the leading Real Estate Contract Management Solutions provider to the Fortune 1000. Mr. Kaplan was instrumental in providing technology diligence for three Accruent funding cycles totaling $27 million and two successful technology-backed IP acquisitions. Previously, Mr. Kaplan served as a Regional Practice Manager and Principal Architect for Vignette Corporation (NASDAQ: VIGN), the leader in Enterprise Content and Web Portal Applications to the Fortune 5000. He helped ramp the Professional Services organization through 125%+ post-IPO quarterly growth, monitored strategic national and regional technology partners, and led client engagements for several high-profile e-commerce website launches. He received a B.S. in Computer Science from Tulane University School of Engineering and was awarded the Dean's Scholarship while earning a dual M.B.A. in Finance and International Business from the University of Colorado. In addition, Mr. Kaplan holds a pending business process patent in the field of Insurance Risk Management. 

Floyd Thompson. Customer Experience Manager

Mr. Thompson brings over 25 years of experience in Retail Management and Customer Service with several national retailers, including Toys R Us, Kodak, Target, Alltel Communications, and Verizon Wireless. Prior to working with DVDXpress, Mr. Thompson served as Vice President of Operations and Marketing for Instant Photo Systems, Inc., a specialty photo vending/special events company. Mr. Thompson oversaw the daily operations of a national network of over 900 Photo Vending Kiosks across the United States. Mr. Thompson also managed the distribution of photo related supplies and support to other distributors and special event coordinators nationally.

John Davis. Director of Merchandising

Mr. Davis has over 30 years of retail and merchandising experience with top retailers including Best Buy, Circuit City, Rite Aid, Dollar General, and Service Merchandise. Most recently, Mr. Davis was District Supervisor for Entertainment Resources Inc where he was responsible for merchandisers covering over 1000 stores in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. These merchandisers serviced entertainment software in Walgreen’s, CVS, Giant Food (Carlisle), Kinney Drug and Shaw’s along with DVD kiosks in A & P, Pathmark, and Super Fresh.