Board of Directors

  • George S. Lichter

    An accomplished veteran of the Internet, software and entertainment industries, Mr. Lichter previously served concurrently both as President of Ask Jeeves International and as the Chief Executive Officer of Ask Jeeves UK and Ireland, where he was a member of the senior management team that led Ask Jeeves from start-up through IPO and beyond.

    During Mr. Lichter's tenure, Ask Jeeves UK grew to become the #5 web site in Great Britain and Ask Jeeves International became the first division within the company to achieve sustained profitability. After Ask Jeeves, Mr. Lichter co-founded and served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Whole Body /Yoga Works, a national family of Yoga and alternative health and fitness centers.

    Mr. Lichter continues to serve there as a Board Member and is actively involved in guiding Yoga Works' strategic direction, expansion and financing. Before Ask Jeeves, Mr. Lichter was the Senior Vice President of New Business Development at Vivendi Interactive/Havas Interactive, which, prior to its acquisition by Vivendi, was Cendant Software and included game developers Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra On-Line, as well as several leading educational software companies. Mr. Lichter was promoted into that role following the successful sale of Knowledge Adventure to Cendant.

    At Knowledge Adventure Mr. Lichter was VP of Business Development and part of the senior team that led the company's dramatic turnaround and made their JumpStart Learning software series into the #1 educational software brand in units & dollars.

    Prior to that, Mr. Lichter was an entertainment attorney in the Beverly Hills law firm of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman. Mr. Lichter graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree from UCLA and received a JD from the Stanford Law School.


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  • Bruce R. Galloway

    Bruce R. Galloway has served as one of ISHM’s directors since June 2008. Mr. Galloway is currently a Managing Member of Galloway Capital Management, LLC, an investment firm focused on investing in undervalued public companies. From 1993 until 2005, Mr. Galloway served as a Managing Director of the Galloway Division at Burnham Securities, Inc., an investment bank based in New York City. Prior to joining Burnham, from 1991 to 1993, Mr. Galloway was a Senior Vice President at Oppenheimer & Company, a New York based investment bank.

    Mr. Galloway has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Hobart College and an Master of Business Administration in Finance from the New York University Stern Graduate School of Business. Mr. Galloway is also a member of the Board of Directors of Forward Industries, Inc. and Waiter.Com, Inc.


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  • Robert S. Ellin

    Robert S. Ellin has 20 years of investment and turnaround experience. Mr. Ellin is a partner and co-founder of Trinad, an activist hedge fund focused on micro-cap public companies. Prior to founding Trinad, Mr. Ellin was the founder and President of Atlantis Equities, Inc. (“Atlantis”), a personal investment company.

    Founded in 1990, Atlantis actively managed an investment portfolio of small capitalization public companies, as well as select private company investments. Mr. Ellin frequently played an active role in its investee companies including board representation, management selection, corporate finance and other advisory services.

    Through Atlantis and related companies, Mr. Ellin spearheaded investments into ThQ, Inc. (THQI), Grand Toys (GRIN), Forward Industries, Inc. (FORD) and completed a leveraged buyout of S&S Industries, Inc. where he also served as President from 1996 to 1998. Prior to founding Atlantis, Mr. Ellin worked in Institutional Sales at LF Rothschild and prior to that he was the Manager of Retail Operations at Lombard Securities.

    Mr. Ellin currently sits on the boards of Command Security Corporation (MOC), Mandalay Media, Inc. (MNDL), Asianada, Inc. (ASND) Driftwood Ventures, Inc. (DFTW) and New Motion, Inc. d/b/a Artrinsic, Inc. (NWMO). Mr. Ellin also serves on the Board of Governors at Cedars-Sinai Hospital.

    Mr. Ellin received his Bachelor of Arts from Pace University in New York.


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