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Doug C. Dohring,
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Dohring founded The Dohring Company in 1986, which within five years became a top-100 market research firm in the United States and the largest provider of custom market research to the retail automotive industry. In 1995, Mr. Dohring set aside his daily operations of The Dohring Company to become President and a Director of a high-tech telecommunications equipment company, which in February 1997 completed its Initial Public Offering at a valuation of $300 million on the NASDAQ.

Mr. Dohring returned to The Dohring Company in 1998 to launch its online market research effort, which now operates as MarketSurveys.com, a multi-million-member online research panel, that generates several million completed online surveys per year. Additionally, in mid-1999, as an investor and advisor to an Internet-based online casual game company, Mr. Dohring helped secure its first interactive sponsorship, which ultimately contributed to its $50 million sale in late 1999 to a publicly traded NASDAQ company.

Soon thereafter, Mr. Dohring founded Neopets, Inc., which was (and remains) one of the top ranked global online youth entertainment communities, serving over 5 billion pageviews per month in 11 languages throughout the world. Mr. Dohring served as Chairman and CEO of Neopets, Inc. from its inception in February 2000, through its successful transition to a new management team in September 2006, following its sale for $160 million to Viacom, Inc. in June 2005. Presently, Mr. Dohring serves as Chairman and CEO of The Dohring Company.

Lee Borth,
Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Borth has served The Dohring Company for more than 15 years, first as Vice President of Sales and then as Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Borth served as COO of Neopets, from 2000 through 2006 where he oversaw the Company's development into the largest youth community on the Internet, in both the U.S. and throughout the world. Mr. Borth has guided Neopets' development of offline merchandise and product licensing, and has personally secured many of Neopets' licenses and strategic relationships with companies such as Sony Computer Entertainment, Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, Milton Bradley, Thinkway Toys, and Index Corporation, the largest wireless content developer in Japan.

Rik Kinney,
Executive Vice President

Mr. Kinney is well versed in the fields of business development and research, having advised over 3,000 national and international corporate clients on their advertising, marketing, Internet, and corporate strategies while serving as Executive Vice President of The Dohring Company since its establishment in 1986.

During his tenure with the company, he was instrumental in developing The Dohring Company's multi-million-member online research panel for OpinionSurveys.com, MarketSurveys.com as well as its vertical online market research divisions, including RestaurantSurveys.com and SatisfactionSurveys.com.

Mr. Kinney served as Executive Vice President of Neopets, Inc. from April 2000 to December 2006 where he spearheaded the development and marketing of an innovative advertising technique created by Neopets which integrates advertisers' products, services, and brands into existing or customized Neopets site activities, thereby delivering the advertising message in an impactful and engaging format. Mr. Kinney has directly brought on numerous Fortune-1000 clients such as McDonald's, Disney and Mattel, and oversaw all aspects of advertising, both business development and creative execution of client campaigns, for the Company.