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Ask Jeeves (Ask) was founded in 1996 and has grown to become the 6th largest global web property (ComScore Media Metrix, March 2005). Ask Jeeves operates a range of websites, portals and downloadable applications. Ask Jeeves' search and search-based portal brands include: Ask Jeeves (Ask.com, Ask.co.uk and es.Ask.com), the Ask Jeeves Japan joint venture (Ask.jp), Ask Jeeves for Kids (AJKids.com), Bloglines (bloglines.com), Excite (excite.com), iWon (iwon.com), My Way (myway.com) and Fun Web Products (funwebproducts.com). Additionally, Ask Jeeves owns the differentiated search technology Teoma, as well as natural language processing, portal and ad-serving technologies. In February 2006, Ask Jeeves officially changed its name to "Ask" and sent the famous butler Jeeves into well deserved retirement.

Contact Information

5858 Horton Street

Emeryville, California 94608

askjeeves.com

NAICS Code Miscellaneous Intermediation: 523910

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Steve Berkowitz CEO
Bruce Nakao Chief Financial Officer
Dominic Butera Chief Financial Officer
Michael Palka Director of Search
Micki Seibel Director of Revenue Products
Andy Yang Product Manager
Dan Caul General Counsel
Eric Weisler
Roger Strauch CEO

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
A. George Battle Executive Chairman
Dan Nova Board of Directors
Ron Conway Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Ask Jeeves CEO Current
Ask Jeeves President Current
TheLadders.com Board of Directors Current
Lisa Cupini Board of Directors Current
Calstrs Co Board of Directors Current
Ask.Com, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Microsoft Corporation Senior Vice President, Online Services Group Former
State University of New York at Albany B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
Ask Jeeves Chief Financial Officer Current
BakBone Software Incorporated Chairman Current
Ask Jeeves Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration Former
Stanford University Masters of Business Administration Former
Stanford University Bachelor of Arts Degree In Business Former

As CFO of IAC Search & Media, Butera is responsible for all financial operations of the Company worldwide including, financial planning and forecasting, accounting, and treasury. Butera joined IAC Search & Media from Ocular Sciences, where he served as Treasurer and was responsible for managing foreign currency exposure, bank relations, corporate cash management and insurance. Before joining Ocular, Butera held a number of finance positions at various companies, including VP treasurer of Innoventry, a joint venture between Wells Fargo Bank, Cash America International, and Capital One; VP of finance & operations for Intermap Technologies; and director of financial planning and treasury for IDG Books Worldwide. Butera received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Organization Position Status
Ask for Kids Chief Financial Officer Current
Ask Jeeves Chief Financial Officer Current
Ask.Com, Inc. Current
Cash America International Former
Wells Fargo Bank Former
Capital One Financial Corporation Former
Cash America International, Inc. Former
IAC Search & Media Treasurer Former

Organization Position Status
Ask Jeeves Director of Search Current
Webmasterworld Pubcon Director of Product Management, Ask Jeeves, Inc Current
Sara Lee Corporation Senior Director of Marketing and Brand Strategy Former

As the director of revenue products for Ask Jeeves, Seibel is responsible for the development and implementation of Ask Jeeves' Branded Advertising, Paid Listings and Paid Inclusion products. Prior to joining Ask Jeeves, Seibel was the director of product management, buying, for eBay, the world's largest person-to-person marketplace. At eBay, Seibel managed the end-to-end buyer experience on the company's US and 21 International sites, with responsibilities including the development and execution of global product strategies to grow eBay's business. Seibel's prior experiences also include managing product management at Netscape and Intel. She received her bachelor of sciences in Information and Decision Systems, from Carnegie Mellon University.

Organization Position Status
Ask Jeeves Director of Revenue Products Current
Esems Director of Revenue Products, Askjeeves.Com Current

Organization Position Status
Ask Jeeves Product Manager Current
Webmasterworld Pubcon Product Manager Current
Stanford University B.S. In Computer Science Former

As General Counsel for IAC Search & Media, Caul oversees all legal affairs for the Company worldwide. Caul held the position of Associate General Counsel at IAC Search & Media prior to his appointment as General Counsel. Before joining IAC Search & Media in 2003, Caul served on the legal staffs for numerous Bay Area Internet companies, including Critical Path and Slam Dunk Networks. Prior to these positions, he served as corporate counsel for Barclays Global Investors and as an associate with Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk Rabkin. Caul received a B.A. in Political Science from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Organization Position Status
Ask Jeeves General Counsel Current
Ask.Com, Inc. Current
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin associate Former
Slam Dunk Networks, Inc. Former
Critical Path, Inc. Former

Eric has been developing large commercial and e-Commerce web sites since 1995 at such companies as: Volvo Cars, Barnes & Noble, Readers Digest and currently at Ask Jeeves, Inc. He answered our ad in THE JEWISH REPORTER and volunteered as a Webmaster for JFS. Eric has volunteered his time, energy and expertise to the complete creation of this site including: design, HTML, JSP, JAVA, ASP, CSS coding, graphics production, web hosting and its ongoing maintenance. Eric is a volunteer firefighter for New City Fire Engine Company No. 1. and is also a committed marine preservationist of the retired 1931 FDNY fireboat John J. Harvey, which was instrumental in fighting the World Trade Center fires of September 11, 2001.

Organization Position Status
Ask Jeeves Current
Jewish Family Service of Rockland County, Inc Webmaster, Board Member Current
Jewish Family Service of Rockland County, Inc Webmaster Former
Volvo Former
Barnes & Noble, Inc. Former

Organization Position Status
Aspen Institute Senior Fellow Current
Fair Isaac Corporation Chairman Current
Ask Jeeves Executive Chairman Current
F.A.I.R Chairman of The Board Current
Expedia, Inc. Board of Directors Current
NetFlix, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Hotel Blogs Board of Directors Current
OpenTable, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Andersen Consulting Board of Directors Current
Advent Software, Inc. Director Current
Aspen Institute Senior Fellow Current
Ask Jeeves CEO Former
Andersen Consulting Worldwide Marketing Partner Former
Andersen Consulting Market Development Associate Former
PeopleSoft, Inc. Director Former
Barra, Inc. Director Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA Former
Stanford University M.B.A. Former
Dartmouth College BA Former
Dartmouth College Degree Former

Roger Strauch is chairman of The Roda Group, a venture development company, based in Berkeley, California. His firm, co-founded in 1997 with Dan Miller, provides entrepreneurs the environment, resources, and guidance to launch and grow their high technology businesses. Mr. Strauch is on the board of directors of three private companies - SightSpeed, Ink2, and GameReady. The Roda Group is the lead investor in Solazyme and co-investor in Ravenflow. Mr. Strauch co-founded Polyserve, a server and storage consolidation software company sold to HP in 2007. He was the first CEO and former chairman of Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com) a leading search engine on the web. Mr. Strauch was a board member and former CEO of Symmetricom, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer. In 1983 he co-founded TCSI Corp., a telecom software company. As TCSI's chairman and CEO, Mr. Strauch was responsible for growing the company from a start-up to over $60M in annual revenues. TCSI completed a successful IPO in 1991 and secondary public offering in 1996. Mr. Strauch is a member of the Engineering Dean's College Advisory Boards of Cornell University and University of California at Berkeley. He is the recipient of the 2002 Wheeler Oak Meritorious Award from the University of California at Berkeley. In 2006, Mr. Strauch and his wife Dr. Julie Kulhanjian were named and honored as "Builders of Berkeley". He is an executive member of the Board of Trustees for the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley and is a past President Emeritus of the Berkeley Repertory Theater. Mr. Strauch is a member of the Executive Board of the Piedmont Council of the Boy Scouts of America and serves as a leader in the local scouting troop. He is a Life Trustee of the Armenian Assembly of America. Mr. Strauch endowed the Roger A. Strauch Chair in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and co-founded the William Saroyan Endowment for Armenian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. With Mr. Miller, he helped establish the Ask Jeeves Planetarium at the Chabot Space and Science Center and the Roda Theater at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, winner of the 1997 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Mr. Strauch is the Chairman of the Paros Foundation which supports arts and education organizations in Armenia. Paros projects include The Paros Chamber Choir - which is composed of disabled musicians, The Manana Youth Center an after school training program for documentary and animated film production, photography and journalism, and The Vanadzor Museum of Fine Arts an artistic center in the Lori region. Mr. Strauch earned a Bachelor of Science degree, with distinction, from Cornell University and Master of Science degree from Stanford University, both in electrical engineering. He holds two patents in the area of wireless communications.

Organization Position Status
The Roda Group Manager Current
CoolSystems Inc. Chairman, Board of Directors Current
Msri Chairman, the Roda Group Current
Game Ready Equine Chairman, Board of Directors Current
Sightspeed Inc Director Current
Polyserve, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Boyscouts.Com Board of Directors Current
The Roda Group Board of Directors Current
INK2 Board of Directors Current
California Inc Board of Directors Current
CoolSystems Inc. Board of Directors Current
Symmetricom, Inc. CEO Former
Polyserve, Inc. Co-Founder Former
The Roda Group Chairman Former
Ask Jeeves Chairman of the Board Former
Symmetricom, Inc. Board Member Former
Stanford University Master of Science Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Highland Capital Partners, Inc. Managing General Partner Current
Nantucket Conference Current
Clubmom, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Ask Jeeves Board of Directors Current
Beliefnet, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Coremetrics, Inc. Board Member Current
Yoga Works Board of Directors Current
Gotuit Media Corp Board of Directors Current
GlobalStreams, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Children's Hospital Board of Directors Current
Cmi Marketing, Inc Board of Directors Current
Amp Resources Board of Directors Current
Cafemom Board of Directors Current
Stylefeeder, LLC Board of Directors Current
Tristar Investors Board of Directors Current
Top Ten Media Board of Directors Current
Healthcentral, Inc. Director of Business Development Former
Lycos, Inc. co-founded Former
Summit Partners Senior Associate Former
Summit Partners Senior Associate Former
Wang Laboratories Sales Position Former
Highland Corporation Former
Raindance Communications, Inc. Board Member Former
Quote.Com Board Member Former
MapQuest, Inc. Board Member Former
Terra Lycos, Inc. Board Member Former
NextCard, Inc. Board Member Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Columbia University M.S. Health Policy Former
Harvard Business School M.B.A Former
Princeton University A.B. Molecular Biology Former
Boston College BS In Computer Science Former
Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. member Former
Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc. member Former

Organization Position Status
Myyearbook Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors Lp Current
Anchor Intelligence, Inc. Co-Founder Current
I-Behavior, Inc. Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors Lp Current
Plaxo, Inc. General Partner of Angel Investors, LP, and Advisor Current
Merchantcircle Current
Snapjot, Inc. Current
Napster, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Sendmail, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Support, Inc Board of Directors Current
I-Behavior, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Odesk Corporation Board of Directors Current
Ask Jeeves Board of Directors Current
Acerno Board of Directors Current
Blue Pumpkin Software Inc. Board of Directors Current
Vitrue, Inc Board of Directors Current
Personal Training Systems CEO Former
National Semiconductor Corporation CEO Former
National Semiconductor Corporation President Former
Personal Training Systems President Former
National Semiconductor Corporation Co-Founder Former
Personal Training Systems Co-Founder Former
UCSF Medical Center Former
The University of California, San Francisco Former
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