MANAGEMENT
The Cyclops Corporation management team includes experts in
publishing, eBusiness, and high technology operations,
software development, sales and marketing. Each has been
successful at the same level in a similar organization, and
some of the founders have successful startup company
experience.
David Spiselman, CEO, President and Chairman
Mr. Spiselman is currently a management consultant with
over eight years of engagements in start-ups, mergers,
acquisitions, divestitures and IPOs. He has been co-founder
of several start-ups, including venture-funded
corporations. Previous to his consulting activities, Mr.
Spiselman was CFO of Stage Guitar Corporation. Before that
he was VP of Finance at Sonnet Financial, Inc., a
venture-funded start-up. He worked for Time Inc. for
several years near the start of his career. He has been
published and quoted in the financial trade press, in books
and in US News & World Report, and was adjunct
faculty for seven years at the Graduate Business School of
NYU, where he earned his MBA in Finance.
CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, VP, Content & Executive Editor
She has fifteen years of experience in the
book publishing industry, where she has acquired and edited
over 500 books, worked extensively with agents, writers,
and partner publishers, and has engaged in all aspects of
publishing a book list from editorial direction to sales
and marketing presentations. She is currently
NewStar Publishing's Editorial Director and Director of
Content for the company's e-commerce site,
AudioUniverse.com. AudioUniverse.com is the web's premier
destination for spoken word content, offering free streamed
audio clips and an audiobook catalog of over 15,000 titles.
One of the key executives for AudioUniverse.com's June 1999
launch, She was heavily involved in strategic
planning of the site, including structure and design,
promotional features, content management, product catalog,
warehousing, order fulfillment, and customer service. She
earned her B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University.
Jay Glover, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President,
Finance
Ms. Glover has over eighteen years in management at both
large corporations and at start-ups. She currently is the
Chief Financial Officer, Business Strategies Inc., a
management consulting firm. She was the Controller and
Director of Operations at Sonnet Financial, Inc. Prior to
that she was Director, Global Financial Consolidation and
Analysis, Adia (Adecco) International, S.A. She earned her
MBA in Finance at Wayne State University.
Hal Bogner, Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Bogner has nineteen years of software design, development and publishing experience. A chess master by training, he has worked with programmers in almost every possible role, and has been responsible for over thirty product and web site releases. Mr. Bogner has been Director of Site Development for a major corporate web design firm (Online Focus, Inc.), and a Producer at the leading game software publisher (Electronic Arts). Most recently, he has been an eBusiness Consultant in the areas of e-commerce, web property design and online game development for such diverse clients as Handspring, Freesamples.com, Apple, Novell, Embassy Suites Hotels, AOL, MSN, and Electronic Arts.
Gavin Vess, Chief Technology Officer
A 7-year veteran of the software integration services industry, Vess has
managed and lead agile teams architecting scalable, multi-tiered, web-
accessible solutions for several fortune 500 companies focused on ROI,
and two DOT COMs. Vess's broad experience in the services sector superbly
matches with the unique needs of Web-centric product development for
companies requiring highly specialized systems. With a Master's degree
in Computer Science, Vess managed the IT team at Infonent, and, most
recently, as the Head of Technology at Planetarabia.com, Vess supervised
technology-related development efforts, including recruiting, mentorship,
and applying technology throughout the company to improve productivity of
processes by both technical and non-technical staff.
Interested investors are requested to direct inquiries to:
CyclopsMedia.Com
408 Farallone Avenue
Montara, CA 94037-1137
(650) 728-1714
(650) 728-1732 (fax)
or
invest@cyclopsmedia.com
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