Board of Directors

Rob Rebak, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

A 20-year healthcare and interactive marketing industry veteran, Rebak brings a broad range of strategic and operational experiences from Fortune 500 companies to early stage ventures within the pharmaceutical, consumer health, and interactive marketing industries. He joined QualityHealth, the leading performance-based marketing provider to the healthcare industry, in 2009 from ParentingTeensNetwork (PTN), an online publishing and community building platform, where he served as CEO since 2007. Prior to PTN, Rebak was President of SimStar, a leading interactive healthcare marketing agency which was acquired by Rosetta (recently acquired by Publicis), currently the country's largest independent interactive marketing agency. Earlier in his career, Rebak spent 10 years in various commercial roles for Pfizer, Schering-Plough, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, including marketing roles on Claritin, one of the most successful DTC-driven brands in pharmaceutical industry history. Rebak holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago GSB and a B.A. from Vanderbilt University.

Russell E. Planitzer, Managing Principal, Lazard Technology Partners

Prior to co-founding Lazard Technology Partners in 1998, Planitzer served as Chairman and CEO of Prime Computer, Inc. (which was later renamed Computervision, Inc.). During that time, he reorganized the business to focus on high-end computer-aided design software and restored the company's profitability—an achievement for which he was named 1995 CEO of the Year by D.H. Brown and Associates. Before that time, he spent 12 years as a general partner at J.H. Whitney, where he established a strong investment record by focusing on early-stage technology and emerging growth companies, including Wellfleet Communications, Inc. (renamed Bay Networks, Inc.). Planitzer is a Graduate of the United States Naval Academy, holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and is a past director of the National Venture Capital Association.

Jay N. Goldberg, Senior Managing Director, Hudson Ventures

Goldberg has been a General Partner of Hudson Ventures since 1996. He was the Founder of OpCenter, LLC, a privately held company that provided help desk and computer operations services, and the Founder and Chairman of Lexstra PLC, a London based consulting company. From 1990 through 1994, Goldberg served as Chairman and CEO of Image Business Systems Corp., a company that provided document management and workflow software. In 1989, he founded Zeitech, Inc., a company that provided computer implementation professionals through its five national offices. Under Goldberg's direction, Zeitech appeared twice on Inc. Magazine's 500 List of America's fastest growing companies and was sold in January 1996 to Career Horizons, Inc. In 1986 Goldberg purchased Money Management Systems, Inc. (MMS) from Ziff-Davis. MMS sold software and services to banks and broker-dealers for securities trading activities. In 1989 MMS was sold to Sungard Inc. From 1968 to 1985, Goldberg was Chairman and CEO of Software Design Associates, a systems development firm that grew to 600 people, which was sold to AGS Computers Inc. Currently, Goldberg serves on the Boards of several of Hudson's portfolio companies, including: QualityHealth, [X + 1], and PowerSteering. Goldberg previously served on the Board and managed Hudson's investment in Bigfoot Interactive, prior to its sale to Alliance Data Systems. He is the past Chairman of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. Goldberg is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the faculty of Arts and Sciences of New York University, the Arbitrage Fund, and is a Trustee of the Charles Babbage Foundation.
He received a B. A. from New York University.

Jason W. Rich, Vice President Private Equity, Palisade Capital Management

In his current role at Palisade Capital, Rich is responsible for analyzing, structuring, and negotiating potential investment opportunities and assisting with monitoring the existing portfolio companies. Prior to joining Palisade, Rich was VP and CFO of Regus Industries, LLC, where he was responsible for overseeing the corporate finance, business development, treasury and accounting functions of the company. Prior to Regus, Rich was at First Broadcasting, LLC, a private investment firm based in Dallas, and at TD Securities' Media & Communications Investment Banking Group in New York. Rich received his B.S. from Providence College.

Thomas C. Lauda, Pharmaceutical Industry Executive

A seasoned pharmaceutical executive, Lauda has spent more than 30 years in the industry. He worked for Schering-Plough for the majority of his career, starting in audit and then in senior finance and operations roles both domestically and in Latin America, and culminating in both senior global marketing and executive management positions. Lauda's last role was President of International Operations, where he was accountable for all Schering-Plough business outside the U.S. and was also a member of the Schering-Plough Executive Committee. Since leaving Schering-Plough, he has been an independent consultant engaged exclusively by UCB, where he has worked with the CEO in various executive capacities. Lauda is a CPA and spent the first five years of his career at Peat Marwick in various audit capacities. He is currently an Advisory Board member for Schwarz Pharma, UCB-USA, and C-Bax. Lauda holds a B.S. in Finance from Monmouth College.