Executive Management
Board of Directors:
Burton Katz
Mr. Katz became New Motion, Inc’s Chief Executive Officer and a Director on February 12, 2007. Mr. Katz also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of New Motion and has served in such capacity since September 2006. Mr. Katz has been involved in the mobile industry since its inception. Previously, Mr. Katz was with Buongiorno S.p.A., where he was president of Buongiorno’s North American operations and past executive of its U.K. operations. Mr. Katz oversaw strategic planning and implementation of both Buongiorno's B2B business and the successful U.S. launch of their consumer brand. Prior to joining Buongiorno in 2001, Mr. Katz was a principal in PriceWaterhouseCooper's E-Business Division, where he advised global telecom and media clients on pioneering new products and developing digital distribution channels. Mr. Katz holds a masters of business administration degree in marketing and interactive technologies from the University of Southern California.
Andrew Stollman
Andrew Stollman is president of Atrinsic, Inc. Previously, he was president and secretary of Traffix, Inc., which merged in January 2008 with New Motion, Inc. to form Atrinsic. Previously, Stollman held several executive roles with the company, including chief operating officer and executive vice president. Prior to joining Traffix, Stollman was a consultant to Cas-El, Inc., a manager at Media Management Group, Inc., and a national marketing manager for Infotrax Communications, Inc. and Advanced Marketing & Promotions, Inc., all companies engaged in providing telephone entertainment services.
Andrew Zaref
Mr. Zaref joined Atrinsic in July, 2008 as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Zaref served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Westwood One, Inc., a NYSE-listed publicly traded provider of information services and programming to the radio, TV, and online industries in the United States. At Westwood One, Mr. Zaref was responsible for managing the financial affairs of the company under a Management Agreement between Westwood One and CBS Radio, Inc. Mr. Zaref also spent several years at KPMG LLP as a Partner servicing numerous clients in the Information, Entertainment, Communications, and Technology industries. Mr. Zaref is an alumnus of the State University of New York at Buffalo, a certified public accountant, and is involved in numerous professional and civic organizations.
Raymond Musci
Mr. Musci became New Motion, Inc’s President and a Director on February 12, 2007. Mr. Musci also serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of New Motion and has served in this capacity since August 2006. Mr. Musci was a consultant to New Motion from January through August 2006 prior to joining the organization. Mr. Musci brings over 25 years of high tech, media, entertainment and consumer product experience to us. Most recently, Mr. Musci was founder and 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!, 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 Tag-It Pacific, Inc.
Robert S. Ellin
Robert S. Ellin is a Managing Member of Trinad, which is a hedge fund dedicated to investing in micro-cap public companies, and served as our Chief Executive Officer and President from October 24, 2006 to February 12, 2007. Mr. Ellin has served as one of our directors since October 24, 2006. 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, 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 Burnstein
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 in 1996. Mr. Burstein is a director of several companies, being, respectively, THQ, Inc., engaged in the development and marketing of 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 public acquisition vehicle engaged in searching for an acquisition in India; and American Telecom Systems, Inc., engaged in the development and marketing of convergent telecommunication services.
Robert Machinist
Mr. Machinist was appointed a director of Traffix in August 2004. Mr. Machinist is currently a managing partner of MCapital, LLC, a private equity investment firm in Rye, New York. He also runs a private family investment company. From November 1998 until December 2001, Mr. Machinist served as managing director and head of investment banking for the Bank of New York and its Capital Markets division. From 1986 through November 1998, Mr. Machinist was president and one of the principal founders of Patricof & Co. Capital Corp. (and its successor companies), a multinational investment banking business. Mr. Machinist is also a director of Dobi Medical Internatinal,Inc., a publicly-held development stage company in the business of advanced medical technology imaging.
Jerome A. Chazen
Jerome A. Chazen 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, 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.
Compliance & Ethics:
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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 2007 Annual Meeting", in our 2007 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.
