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The bCorner management team is well-rounded and dynamic with proven experience in a variety of fields. This resourceful team has come together to achieve the goal of making bCorner a leading e-commerce loyalty solutions
provider. Through the talent and persistence of our team, we expect to deliver excellence and value to our clients, marketplace members and
merchants.


Alastair Onglingswan, President, COO and Co-Founder

Alastair Onglingswan serves as our President and COO. From December 1997 to June 2000, Mr. Onglingswan practiced law as a corporate attorney at Brown & Wood LLP. In April 1993, Mr. Onglingswan co-founded Arcon, Inc., a corporation utilizing computer neural networks to provide consulting services to the healthcare industry. Mr. Onglingswan served as Arcon's Operations Director and General Counsel from April 1993 until February 1996. From September 1995 to November 1997, Mr. Onglingswan practiced law at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York, NY. Mr. Onglingswan received a B.A. from Trinity College at the University of Toronto and a J.D. from Fordham Law School.

Evan J. Kaufman, Co-Founder

Evan J. Kaufman served as our Chairman and CEO from March 2000 until October 2001. From November 1999 to April 2000, Mr. Kaufman worked at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and, from September 1996 to October 1999, was employed by Prudential Securities, Inc. At both of these firms, Mr. Kaufman served as a Financial Advisor where he focused on technology and Internet companies. From September 1995 to August 1996, Mr. Kaufman practiced law at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker in New York, NY. Mr. Kaufman received a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Fordham Law School.

Clive G. Cook, Strategic Advisor

Clive Cook has extensive experience in technology based businesses, startup management and venture financing. Currently, Mr. Cook is founder and principal of South Beach Venture Partners LLC, an early stage technology venture firm. From October 1998 until October 1999, he was a co-founder and COO of Patagon.com, which received two rounds of VC financing before ultimately being sold for $750 million. His prior experience is as senior strategy consultant at Mercer Management Consulting and as a senior operating manager for different high tech companies including Nortel, Acterna Corp. and Visible Decisions Inc., an enterprise software venture focusing on the information management market. Mr. Cook holds a BS Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary, a Masters Degree in Computer and Systems Engineering and MBA from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

C. Lanier Benkard, Board Advisor

Since 1998, Lanier Benkard has been an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business where he has taught Applied Econometrics, Economic Research and Data and Decisions. From 1991 to 1993, he served as an Associate Economist at Wefa Inc. Mr. Benkard is a Member of the American Economic Association and the Econometrics Society and has published in numerous publications. Mr. Benkard received a B.S. and a M.A. from the University of Toronto. He received a M.Phil. and a Ph.D. from Yale University.

Lisa Arone, Board Advisor

Since February 1999, Lisa Arone has been a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in San Francisco, where she advises companies on their Internet and e-commerce strategies. Ms. Arone works with both start-up ventures and large Fortune 500 incumbents building B2B and B2C e-commerce capabilities. Ms. Arone was previously an associate in Strategy and in Risk Management at Bankers Trust. Ms. Arone received a B.A. from Trinity College at the University of Toronto and a M.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.