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SHARON A. FORDHAM - Chairperson of the Board
Sharon Fordham is widely respected as one of the most successful women in U.S. business.
Fordham, Principal of The Fordham Group, an early stage investment firm, most recently served
as CEO and Board member of the highly successful, award-winning eCommerce start-up WeightWatchers.com, Inc.,
which was recently bought out by the licensor, Weight Watchers International, at a significant premium to the market.
Prior to her WeightWatchers experience, Fordham held several executive positions at Nabisco, including President
of Global e-Business. In this role, she was responsible for the company's worldwide e-Business strategy, with oversight
for e-Commerce, website development and communications, worldwide e-Productivity, and new Internet ventures. In addition,
she was the driver behind Nabisco's innovative candystand.com and nabiscoworld.com websites, regarded as premier websites
in the consumer packaged goods industry.
Other executive positions at Nabisco include President of the LifeSavers Company and Senior Vice President of Marketing
at the Nabisco Biscuit Company. A highly regarded new product expert, she led the launch of multiple new wellness, "mini"
snacks and confections products, including SnackWell's, Teddy Grahams, Nabisco's line of low-salt crackers, Ice Breakers
gum, and Creme Savers candy.
Fordham earned a Bachelor's degree from Rutgers University (Douglass College) and a Masters of Business Administration
degree from the Wharton Graduate School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She has served on multiple Boards
of Directors, including the the Board of Skyworks Holdings, Inc., the Wharton Graduate Executive Board of Directors, the
National Confectioner's Association, and the Wharton Club of New York.
NASIR WAJIHUDDIN - Chief Executive Officer
With 20 years of branding, business strategy, and operating experience, Wajihuddin has worked in the consumer internet
space since 1999. He was SVP marketing at Department 56, CMO at search engine Ask Jeeves, and a Vice President of Marketing,
with responsibilities for divisional e-Commerce, at Champion International.
Wajihuddin has also provided advice to senior managers on their digital/internet strategies. In addition, he was at
Monitor Company, a strategy consultancy, where his clients included Merck & Company, Procter & Gamble and AT&T.
Wajihuddin also held brand management positions at Nabisco Biscuit Company and M&M Mars. He has a Masters in Business
Administration from the Yale School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University.
GARRY KITCHEN - Chief Operating Officer
With more than 25 years of interactive electronics experience, Garry Kitchen has been involved in multimedia since the beginning.
His innovative, patented, hand-held electronic game Bank Shot, marketed by Parker Brothers in 1980, was named one of the 10 best toys
of the year by Omni magazine. That same year, anticipating the coming video game revolution, Kitchen back-engineered
the Atari 2600 game system, developing Space Jockey, an early 2600 compatible product and one of the first third party games for the platform.
DAVID CRANE - Chief Technology Officer
David Crane is one of the world’s most successful designers of entertainment software. His award winning video games, led by
Pitfall!, Ghostbusters, A Boy and His Blob, and Amazing Tennis are acknowledged as some of the most innovative and popular in the
interactive entertainment industry. A founder of Activision in 1979, Crane has consistently produced superb products, as evidenced
by his worldwide sales of over 10 million games and wholesale revenues of nearly 200 million dollars.
BILL WENTWORTH - Chief Creative Officer
Bill is an award-winning graphic/multimedia designer with 20 years of professional experience creating interactive multimedia and print-based promotional
materials, as well as published entertainment software and video games. He brings to Skyworks a unique mix of creative talent, marketing experience, and
production management skills.
MIKE VANN - Vice President, Sales & Business Development
Mike Vann has been on the forefront of the growing Advergame and In-game Advertising trend since 1999 when he began helping major brands and media properties
leverage the power of advergames. Mike is Vice President of Sales & Business Development for Skyworks® Interactive working with Skyworks' brand, agency and
media clients to reach online gamers. Mike manages the company's strategic sales and business development efforts for business units including Advergame.com,
Rcade.com and The Casual Games Network.
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