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GlobalSpec Management Team

Jeffrey Killeen, Chairman & CEO
Jeff Killeen has been CEO of GlobalSpec since January 2002, and has more than 25 years of executive management experience in the media, information services and Internet industries. He joined GlobalSpec from Forbes.com, where as CEO, he led the development of Forbes' portfolio of online financial information and electronic publishing businesses; guiding both editorial and sales/publishing strategy and operations. Prior to his tenure at Forbes, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Barnes & Noble.com, leading that organization from a startup to the world's third largest consumer e-commerce company at the time. Prior to that, he held subsidiary CEO positions at SBC/Pacific Bell in their electronic media and Internet group, was CEO of ESS Ventures (a new media joint venture between the Los Angeles Times & Pacific Bell) and was the President of AISG, the largest claims information data resource to the U.S. property & casualty insurance industry. He began his career at The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, last holding the post of Senior Vice President of Telco Operations and before that Chief Marketing Officer at D&B's Reuben H. Donnelley yellow pages business. In addition to serving as CEO and Chairman of GlobalSpec, Mr. Killeen also serves on the boards of two publicly traded companies: SkyTerra Corporation (SKYT) and Drugstore.com (DSCM); as well as on several civic and non-profit boards, including The Saratoga Opera Company, The Fund For Lake George and the New York Center For Disability Services. He received his B.A. in Government & Political Science from St. Lawrence University. Mr. Killeen has been named as one of the 'Top 50' B2B media executives for each of the past several years, and under his leadership, GlobalSpec has been recognized as an Outsell "rising star" company and by the trade press as a "Top 100 e-business" and as a "Best Places To Work" organization for the past two years.


William Hollyer, Chief Financial Officer
Bill Hollyer joined GlobalSpec in 2000 and has more than 20 years of general and financial management experience, including 11 years at PepsiCo where he served as CFO of Pepsi-Cola's North American Fountain Beverage Division after holding senior finance positions in Frito-Lay, PepsiCo International Corporate Finance, and Pepsi-Cola Mergers and Acquisitions. Prior to joining PepsiCo, he was a management consultant at Bain & Company focusing on manufacturing cost reduction, product pricing, and sales targeting as well as business acquisitions and divestitures for Bain Capital. He began his career as a process engineer at General Motors where he was a GM Scholar followed by process engineering and product management positions at 3M. Mr. Hollyer holds an MBA from the University of Chicago as well as a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.


Stephen MacMinn, Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Steve MacMinn brings more than 20 years of engineering and technical management experience to GlobalSpec, including 16 years as a researcher and technical manager at GE Corporate Research and Development. Dr. MacMinn received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. Dr. MacMinn holds thirteen U.S. and international patents. He is the author or co-author of eleven publications.


Thomas Brownell, Senior Vice President, Production & Engineering
Tom Brownell is a cofounder of GlobalSpec and has led the Production and Engineering (content management/'domain expertise') operations since the company's beginning in 1996. Prior to GlobalSpec, he spent more than 18 years at GE's Corporate Research and Development Center (CRD) working on and managing a wide variety of projects across many product groups. He managed programs for GE's Aircraft Engine Business to develop advanced control and diagnostic concepts for jet engines; and he worked closely with GE's Aerospace group to develop concepts for International Space Station (ISS) and Mars Rover programs. He started his career at GE CRD helping to develop factory automation products including the Axis Positioning Module which won an IR100 award. Prior to GE, Mr. Brownell worked at GTE's Advanced Technology Laboratory developing advanced robotic systems. Mr. Brownell holds a ME degree in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that was received as part of GE's prestigious Advanced Engineering Program. He also earned two B.S. degrees, in Biomedical Electronics Engineering and Zoology from the University of Rhode Island.


Angela Hribar, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Angela Hribar is the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of GlobalSpec, joining the business in February 2002. In her role, Ms. Hribar is responsible for the strategic development and direction of the organization's specialized vertical search, information services and e-publishing worldwide business. She brings more than 25 years of Marketing, Sales, Business Development, Technology and Operations Management experience to the business. Prior to joining GlobalSpec, Ms. Hribar served as Senior Vice President of Sales at Entertainment Publications Corporation, leading start-up, turnaround and acquisition integration efforts and guiding the organization through a merger and change of control. She also held other executive-level positions including Senior Vice President of Partnership Marketing and Business Development, establishing relationships with Fortune 1000 companies, and Senior Vice President of New Product Development where she launched the company's website development efforts. She began her career at Dun and Bradstreet's R.H. Donnelley Corporation. During her tenure she held the position of Vice President & General Manager, Vice President of Applied Sales Technology where she developed the first Interactive Sales Information System and numerous senior level posts in Sales, Marketing, Operations Management, Human Resources and Training and Development.


Guy Maser, Senior Vice President, Marketing
Guy A. Maser is Senior Vice President of Marketing for GlobalSpec, Inc., responsible for Marketing, Product Development, Website Management and E-Publishing. He serves as advisor to Strategic Planning, Sales, Sales Training and Search Marketing. Immediately prior to joining GlobalSpec in 2002, he served as President and COO of Chinabig.com in the People's Republic of China and of Unicom Media, Ltd. in Hong Kong. In this capacity he developed the first commercially viable yellow pages throughout mainland China, developed and engineered Chinabig.com from start-up to an organization of over 250 serving four major regions of the PRC. A specialist in new business start-ups and re-engineering existing businesses, he has worked in senior executive capacities within divisions of Dun & Bradstreet/RH Donnelley Corp. where he was VP Marketing/Strategic Planning of Proprietary Publishing, VP General Manager of Ohio Operations, and held the Senior Marketing responsibilities for nationwide partnership alliances with Sprint Publishing Corp., Verizon and Disney. He served as a marketing and sales consultant to Yellow Pages organizations throughout Europe and Asia and prior to his offline and online career in the publishing field he was a Marketing Information Systems and Marketing consultant to major banking institutions in Great Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands. He is a frequent contributor to numerous online publications in the area of lead management and online sales and marketing. He received his undergraduate degree in Marketing and Economics from Hofstra University and attended the Wharton School of Business and Columbia University, Graduate School of Business.


Liz Taylor, Vice President, Human Resources
Liz Taylor joined GlobalSpec as its first HR executive in April 2000 as the company grew from a small startup to a business with 250 employees in 15 states. She has over 18 years of HR experience in the Internet, software, healthcare, and business services industries. Liz serves as the senior HR advisor on issues including innovation, training and development, recruiting, benefits, and employee relations. Prior to joining GlobalSpec she led the HR function of Novalis Corporation, a division of the Trizetto Group. She also held HR leadership roles with a large regional healthcare center and an employee leasing company. She holds a degree in Psychology from the State University at Albany, has completed doctoral coursework in Organizational Behavior, and co-authored several peer-reviewed articles.



GlobalSpec Board of Directors