Executive Management

Heath Clarke Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
	Heath joined the company as President and Chairman in March 1999 and has served as CEO since January 2001. From 1998 to 1999, Heath was Vice President of eCommerce for LanguageForce, Inc., a language translation software company. Prior to this he served as marketing manager for Starnet, a Canadian internet company. From 1995 to 1998, he was Special Projects Director for the Berg Group of Companies (Australia), and from 1988 to 1995, he was founder and CEO of Australian Fibre Packaging. Heath is a frequent guest speaker at local search and online advertising industry events. Also a guest lecturer for online advertising at Pepperdine's Executive MBA program, he was a 2005 finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Heath co-chaired events on the global economy and counter-terrorism as a member of Young Presidents’ Organization, and is a Patron Councilor of the Atlantic Council, a Patron of the American Enterprise Institute, a President's Club Member of the Heritage Foundation, a President's Council Member of the Foundation for Economic Education, and a Member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
Bruce Crair President and Chief Operating Officer
	Bruce has over 20 years of senior management experience leading public and private high technology companies. From 2003 to 2005, Bruce served as co-founder and COO of ZeroDegrees, Inc., an Internet company that provided online social networking services to business professionals, which was sold to IAC/InterActiveCorp. Bruce served as president for Sprint PCS/Cox Communications PCS from 1995 to 1998, where he successfully built the wireless voice business in Southern California from inception to a leadership position in the PCS market. From 1999 to 2001, Bruce was president and COO for eVoice, Inc., an integrated IP telephony services company, which was purchased by America Online in 2001. Bruce received his B.S. degree in Physics from the United States Naval Academy and a M.B.A. in Corporate Strategy and International Business from the University of California, Berkeley.
Brenda Agius Chief Financial Officer
	Brenda has over 15 years of corporate financial management experience and has held several senior executive positions in a number of publicly traded and privately held global technology companies, including Miva, Neighborhood America, and Slingpage, Inc. Brenda was instrumental in aggressively advancing the Findwhat.com/Miva organization by fostering organic growth and facilitating strategic acquisitions. Brenda holds a Bachelors of Science degree from Long Island University – C.W. Post and she received the designation of Certified Public Accountant from the State of New York.
Michael Plonski Chief Technology Officer
	Mike has over 15 years of corporate technology management experience and has held several senior executive positions in a number of publicly traded and privately held global technology companies. Most recently Plonski served as the SVP/chief information officer & chief operating officer, digital for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia where he was instrumental in architecting their online presence creating a robust content site supported by advertising that has fostered consistent organic growth. Prior to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Mike held dual responsibilities at the Tribune Company as vice president/Tribune Information Systems (TIS) and vice president/chief technology officer for Tribune Interactive (TI). Plonski holds a Bachelors of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
Richard Szatkowski General Manager, Network and Sales & Advertiser Services
	Rick has more than 15 years of senior management experience and was most recently senior vice president, advertising and business development, for automotive Internet marketing leader Autobytel. Prior to Autobytel, he served in senior management positions for mobile Internet performance marketing solutions provider NeoMedia Technologies and MIVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIVA), a provider of performance-based online marketing and commerce services. Rick has also held executive roles at Alluna Group, Fischer International Systems, ALLTEL Corp., Checkmate Electronics and Attachmate Corp./Digital Communications Associates. He holds a masters degree in business administration from Georgia State University.
Peter Hutto Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
	Peter brings an extensive background in sales and business development to the Local.com management team. Most recently, he was co-founder and Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for ZeroDegrees, an online business social networking company which he sold to IAC/InterActive Corp in 2004. Peter has also held Senior Principal and General Manager roles with several consulting firms and was the Managing Director, Southwest Area Executive for EDS and MCI Systemhouse, where he was an integral member of the leadership team that grew the business from $400 million to over $1.5 billion in revenue. Peter graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with a bachelor's degree in Political Science.
Jennifer Black Vice President, Marketing
	Jennifer Black has more than 15 years of experience in online and offline marketing, strategic planning, business development and e-commerce operations. Prior to joining Local.com, Black led online marketing for Autobytel, the industry leader in the online automotive space, where she was instrumental in driving traffic and monetizing partnerships throughout the company's network of websites. During her tenure, she was responsible for spearheading traffic partnership deals with America Online, United Online and Earthlink. Prior to Autobytel, Black held senior marketing and strategic planning positions at Teleflora and Overstock.com. She holds a B.A. in Business Management from the University of Utah.
Ken Cragun Vice President, Finance
	Ken has over 20 years of senior level financial experience, and most recently served as the CFO for Modtech Holdings, Inc. (MODT), a modular building manufacturer. Prior to Modtech, Cragun served as the senior vice president and principal accounting officer for MIVA, Inc. At MIVA, Cragun led the company through significant organic and M&&A growth, increasing revenue from $45 million to $200 million. Cragun has also served as CFO for other public and online companies.
Heather Dilley Vice President, Human Resources
	Heather has over 20 years of diversified human resource experience. Most recently, she served as Human Resource Manager at Paciolan, an online ticketing software company. She has also served in senior human resource roles at a number of high technology and online companies including Rainbow Technologies, Canon, New Horizons Computer Learning Centers and HNC Software Insurance Solutions, among others. Heather holds a master's degree in Human Resource Management and a B.A. in Sociology from Chapman University, Orange.
Kim LaFleur Vice President, Product Management
	Kim has more than 10 years of product management and software development experience. Most recently, she served as senior director of product management for Digital River's globalTech, Inc., a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions for software and consumer electronics. Previously Kim held a product management position with Commerce5, an ecommerce application service provider and served as part of the team that led the company to be acquired by Digital River for $45 million in December of 2005. Prior to Commerce5, Kim served in management roles at Kia Motors and Josten's Publishing Corporation. She holds a B.A. degree in Computer Design and a B.S. degree in Communications from Loma Linda University.
Peter Mathews Vice President, Technology
	Peter has more than 18 years of engineering and technology experience. Most recently, he served as vice president, engineering for AGIS Network, a vertical search portal. At AGIS Network, he led the organization’s technology vision, infrastructure and software development. Peter also led software development at Autobytel, an Internet automotive services company, where he was responsible for implementing a software development life cycle, managing the development of the company’s automotive websites and the integration of Car.com into the company’s software infrastructure. Peter also served as the vice president, product development for eTag Technology, as well as the vice president, software development for Travelocity and worked on interactive television systems for Oracle Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott Reinke General Counsel
	Scott has 10 years of corporate law experience, and most recently served as executive vice president and general counsel for Emerging Media Group, Inc., which owns and operates TRAFFIQ, Inc., a leading digital media management and media buying platform, and Market Maker Interactive, a leading full service interactive agency. Prior to Emerging Media Group, Scott served as the vice president of legal and AGC for MIVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIVA), a provider of performance-based online marketing and commerce services.

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