David Brodsky has served as a director of Harris Interactive since November 2001. Prior to joining the Board, Mr. Brodsky served as a director of Total Research Corporation from June 1998 through November 2001 and as Chairman from July 1998 to November 2001.
Mr. Brodsky has been a private investor for the past ten years and currently serves as a director of Southern Union Company (NYSE: SUG) and chair of that company's Audit Committee.
Steven L. Fingerhood has served as a director of Harris Interactive since April 2008. He is the co-founder
and managing partner of Technology Opportunity Partners, L.P. and SLF Industry, L.P., private investment
partnerships that make concentrated investments in software and technology-enabled service companies.
Mr. Fingerhood has over twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur, investor and senior executive in the technology and business services industries. Before co-founding Technology Opportunity Partners and SLF Industry, he founded Zero Gravity Technologies Corporation, which developed document security solutions, and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until its sale to InterTrust Technologies Corporation. Prior to that, he founded and led Direct Language Communications, Inc., a provider of localization services to the technology industry.
Mr. Fingerhood previously served as an independent director for I-many, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMNY), a provider of enterprise-level contract management software and services.
Alan Gould has served as a director of Harris Interactive since April 2011. He is currently an Executive in
Residence at Greycroft Partners, a venture capital fund focused on digital media.").
From May 2009 to November 2010, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Advertiser Solutions, a business unit of The
Nielsen Company that offers end-to-end marketing solutions to advertisers. ").
In 2000, Mr. Gould founded IAG Research, a provider of real time advertising effectiveness measures of television programming viewed on TV, the Internet and mobile devices, and served as its co-Chief Executive Officer until its acquisition by The Nielsen Company in May 2008 for $250 million. After the acquisition, IAG Research was
rebranded as Nielsen IAG and Mr. Gould continued in his position as co-Chief Executive Officer until April
2009. He was involved in all aspects of IAG's product development, sales and ongoing financing, and built
the company into the leading provider of engagement metrics in the television industry, serving many of the
world's largest advertisers and media companies.
Howard L. Shecter has served as a director of Harris Interactive since November 2001. Prior to joining the Board, Mr. Shecter served as a director of Total Research Corporation from June 1998 to November 2001 and as Vice Chairman from July 1998 through November 2001.
Mr. Shecter currently serves as Senior M&A Partner with the law firm of Reed Smith LLP.
From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Shecter served as a Senior Partner with the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
Prior to that time, he was a Senior Partner with the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Mr. Shecter joined that firm in 1968 and served as its Managing Partner from 1979 to 1983 and as Chairman of its Executive Committee in 1985.
Antoine G. Treuille has served as a director of Harris Interactive since January 2004. Mr. Treuille is
currently the President of the French-American Foundation, a non-governmental organization linking
51 France and the United States at leadership levels. He also serves as Managing Partner of Altamont Capital
Partners, LLC, a private equity fund, a position he has held since June 2006. He continues to serve as
Executive Managing Partner of Mercantile Capital Partners, a private equity fund, a position he has held
since September 2000.
Prior to Mercantile Capital Partners, Mr. Treuille was President of Charter Pacific Corporation, an investment banking firm he founded in New York City, from 1996 to 1998. Before that, he served in executive roles at Desai Capital Management, Entrecanales Y Travora Inc. and Citibank N.A. in New York City, as well as Le Credit Chimique in Paris, France. Mr. Treuille currently serves on the board of Eramet (Paris: ERA).
Mr. Treuille formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Loehmanns' Holdings Inc., as well as Eye Care Centers of America. He is also a former director of the Societe Bic (Paris: BB).