BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$250.5K
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Whether you need business cards, stationery, logo design, or a complete branding solution, our printing and design services make it easy and inexpensive for your business to look great!
Chief Information Officer
Eric LindblomNumber of Employees 2
Peer Companies
NAICS Code All Other Business Support Services: 561499
Recent Events
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Playboy's Stock Spikes on Takeover Talk
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Playboy's Deal Coming This Week; Magazine To Be Managed by American Media
The Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) deal is about to close, paidContent has learned, and the buyer is Iconix Brand Group, the London-based owner of London Fog, Joe Boxer, Ecko Unltd and others. What isn’t clear is the structure of the deal, whether it is a full buyout—or if Playboy...
Playboy revenue decline prompts sales talks
Adult entertainment group Playboy is reportedly in separate sales talks with brand management company Iconix and former president of Playboy Jim Griffiths. Both parties are rumoured to have shown interest in buying Playboy, with Griffith’s group reportedly offering USD300m. The...
Former Exec Griffiths Also In Talks To Buy Playboy
A second bidder has emerged in the battle to take over Playboy (NYSE: PLA). The LA Times and Reuters both report that a group led by former Playboy Entertainment chief James Griffiths and PE firm Golden Gate Capital is in discussions to buy the company for around $300 million....
Playboy Talking To Iconix About Possible Sale
Playboy (NYSE: PLA) is in discussions with Iconix Brand Group to sell itself, Bloomberg News reports, citing unnamed sources. The report is short on details but says that Iconix—which owns brands including London Fog and Starter—has looked at Playboy’s books. More to come. by Joseph Tartakoff
Neil Cole Steps Out From Brother Kenneth's Shadow With Iconix -- Or Does He?
Iconix Brand Group CEO Neil Cole, often called the unlucky kid brother of fashion designer Kenneth Cole, has a history of overpaying for acquisitions -- most recently, an eagerness to add breadth to Iconix's portfolio of apparel, footwear, and household related-accessories. If licensees of Iconix's clothing and footwear brands, such...
Video Last Gasp Between Britney Spears, Kohl's, Candie's
Candie’s and Kohl’s will have one more fling with Britney Spears, then move on to a new face for the brand. Yet the annual change, which saw Spears take over from Hayden Panettiere as Candie's celebrity spokesperson in 2008, will be very much...
Iconix Brand Group to Pay $550,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Requirements
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2007, or TDD: +1- 202-514-1888 Violation Occurred When Iconix Acquired RocawearWASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Iconix Brand Group has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle charges that the company failed to produce certain documents before buying Rocawear, an acquisition requiring pre-merger review, the...
INSIDER: IN COLE'S COURT...CHARITY CHAMPS.(Candie's Event to Prevent)(University of Georgia's Lindsay Copeland runs to raise funds for poor in India and Mexico)
Byline: Eric Newman In Cole's Court A mix of bona fide and up-and-coming celebs that only Neil Cole could have brought under one roof hit the red carpet for Candie's Event to Prevent May 10 at Cipriani. Bathed in the flashbulb lights,...
BRIEFINGS: POLO RALPH LAUREN...ICONIX BRAND GROUP...NAUTICA APPAREL INC.
Byline: COURTNEY COLAVITA Polo Ralph Lauren poached top Giorgio Armani product research head Maurizio Donadi to lead the merchandising and product development of the Double RL and Polo Denim brands. In the newly created role of senior vice-president of Double RL and Polo Denim,...
Iconix Brand Group Acquires RAMPAGE® Brand
NEW YORK -- Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICON), formerly Candie's Inc. ("Iconix" or the "Company"), announced today that it has purchased RAMPAGER, a leading brand of contemporary women's apparel and accessories, from Rampage Clothing Company. The Rampage brand is sold worldwide through better department stores in the United States...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Eric Lindblom | Chief Information Officer |
| Bill Ames | Vice President of Sales |
| Scott Sachtjen | Vice President of Engineering |
| Jose J Picazo | Founder |
| Valerie Akcam | Owner, Plum Designs |
| Donald N Halbert | |
| Robert J Balch | Observer |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Hugh Rienhoff | Board of Directors |
Eric is responsible for Information Technology and Operations at ICONIX, Inc. This includes strategic planning and the overall management of all Iconix systems and service operations. He brings strong IT, Operations and web experience to the business having previously held technical and management positions with rapid growth, high-tech companies Solid Data Systems, Inc., ScanSoft, Inc. and Storm Technology, Inc. Eric was the founder of an IT consulting firm targeting small businesses with web and IT needs. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from San Jose State University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Iconix | Chief Information Officer | Current |
| Solid Data Systems, Inc. | Current | |
| San Jose State University | Bachelor of Science Degree In Marketing | Former |
Bill brings his business experience as General Partner for Central Ventures, a boutique venture capital firm focusing on high technology software development firms. He was also Founder, President, and CEO of Gobosh, and President and CEO of Wyatt River Software. Bill founded Central Design Systems, Inc. and was VP of Sales at Highland Digital and Cadence Design Systems. During his career, Bill has led or managed 18 mergers, and shares his expertise by giving presentations across the country. He has a BS in Mathematics from the University of Washington, and a MBA from Boston University. Bill is a sports fanatic, and was a professional athlete whose career included two seasons with the NBA Portland Trailblazers.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Iconix | Vice President of Sales | Current |
| Ica Canada On-Line, Inc. | Vice President of Sales | Current |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Vice President of Sales | Former |
| National Basketball Association | Former | |
| Boston University | Mba | Former |
| University of Washington | Bs In Mathematics | Former |
Scott is responsible for all aspects of product development at ICONIX, and brings both technical experience as well as Vice President of Engineering experience to the company. Scott has over 20 years of experience designing and developing voice and data communication hardware and software. Most recently, he was Vice President of Engineering at Strataverio Inc., an engineering consulting firm specializing in creative solutions for email and advanced email services. While at Strataverio, he led groups implementing email archiving; email server recovery; email server clustering; email authentication and extending popular email clients such as MS Outlook. Scott has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Scott loves to travel, usually incorporating heavy doses of motorcycle riding, hiking and even Shakespeare.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Iconix | Vice President of Engineering | Current |
| Strataverio Inc | Vice President of Engineering | Former |
| University of California Santa Cruz | Bachelor of Arts Degree In Physics | Former |
Mr. Picazo a cofounder of X One, Inc.and Chairman of the Board. He is also the Founder of Iconix, bringing his extensive experience in identifying a market need and then building a product and company to fill that need. He also brings a strong background in mergers and acquisitions. Previously, he served as General Manager of the Converged Communications Product Division at Intel, which he joined when Intel purchased Picazo Communications, where he was President and Founder. Mr. Picazo was a Founder of Network Resources Corporation, which was later purchased by NetWorth, where he remained until he joined Compaq upon their purchase of NetWorth. He also held numerous engineering positions at Hughes LAN Systems, Sytek and IBM. Mr. Picazo holds a BS in Industrial Technology from San Jose State University and holds 12 patents in the field of networking systems and communications.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Iconix | Founder | Current |
| X One, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Iconix | Owner, Plum Designs | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Iconix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Executive Vice President of Research and Development | Current |
| Iconix | Current | |
| Abbott Laboratories | Director of Genomics | Former |
| Becton, Dickinson & Company | Former | |
| Bioinformatics, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Washington University | Doctoral Degree In Molecular Virology | Former |
| State University of New York at Buffalo | Bachelor's Degree In Biology | Former |
Robert J. Balch is a Vice President of Cycad Group. Immediately prior to joining Cycad Group in 2004, Bob was a founding partner of Taraval Associates Seed Capital Fund; a venture fund specializing very early stage life sciences companies. As part of his activities with TASCF, Bob spent significant time working in Australia and New Zealand with entrepreneurs, government agencies and the venture capital communities (funding three companies and serving on the board of directors of one). Bob's activities at Cycad include managing portfolio companies, identifying new opportunities and assisting with the due diligence. Bob serves on the board of directors of SteriFx, Inc. and Agile Materials and Technologies, Inc. Bob brings extensive small business development and growth management experience to his venture capital activities. Early in his career Bob worked in sales and marketing in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. He was also among the earliest employees in two healthcare startups: EndoTherapeutics (minimally invasive surgery) and Tokos Medical (perinatal monitoring). Bob then spent 11 years with Mark Products, Inc., a telecommunications company. He was the General Manager of Mark Products, with responsibility for all aspects the business when he left to form Taraval Associates Seed Capital Fund in 1997. Bob holds a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from California State University, Sacramento and an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cycad Group | Vice President | Current |
| Iconix | Observer | Current |
| Iosil Energy Corporation | Director | Current |
| Sterifx, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Mark Products | General Manager | Former |
| Cycad Group | Senior Associate | Former |
| University of Phoenix | M.B.A. | Former |
| California State University | B.Sc. In Biological Sciences | Former |
Hugh Y. Rienhoff Jr. is an entrepreneur who in 1998 founded and was CEO of DNA Sciences (originally Kiva Genetics), a company focused on the discovery and development of human genetic diagnostics. Before founding DNA Sciences, he was a Director of Abingworth Management Ltd., where he ran the US operation for that London-based venture capital firm. Prior to Abingworth, he was a Partner at New Enterprise Associates, a venture investment firm based in Menlo Park, California and Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Rienhoff was a founding director of Healtheon (Nasdaq:HLTH), Aurora BioSciences (ABSC) and oversaw investments in many life science and biotechnology companies including Microcide (MCDE), Geltex (GLTX), and Anadys (ANDS). He currently serves on the boards of Peptimmune, Hydra Biosciences, GeneEd and DataHooks. Dr. Rienhoff's most recent academic appointment was as a member of the faculty in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He trained in mathematics and medicine at Harvard and the Johns Hopkins University where he received a Doctor of Medicine degree. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Biology and English Literature from Williams College.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Odyssey Thera, Inc. | CEO of Dna Sciences | Current |
| Geneed, Inc. | Managing Director At Life Science Venture Partners | Current |
| M Stage Pharmacueticals, Inc | General Partner, Vanguard Ventures | Current |
| Hydra Biosciences, Inc. | Director and Independent Director of Hydra Biosciences | Current |
| Geneed, Inc. | Chairman of The Board | Current |
| Hydra Biosciences, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Peptimmune, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Odyssey Thera, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Apneos | Board Member | Current |
| M Stage Pharmacueticals, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Iconix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Iconix | Board of Directors | Current |
| California Inc | Partner | Former |
| Vanguard Ventures | General Partner | Former |
| New Enterprise Associates | partner | Former |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics | Former |
| Vanguard, Inc. | Former | |
| Healtheon | Director | Former |
| Abingworth | Director | Former |
| Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | M.D. | Former |
| Williams College | Bachelor's Degree | Former |
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