Claudio A. Pinkus

Ask Jeeves, Inc. provides consumers and advertisers with information retrieval products across a diverse portfolio of Web sites, portals and desktop search applications. Ask Jeeves' search and search-based portal brands include: Ask Jeeves (Ask.com and Ask.co.uk); Ask Jeeves Japan (Ask.jp, a joint venture); Ask Jeeves for Kids (AJKids.com); Bloglines (Bloglines.com); Excite (excite.com); iWon (iwon.com); My Search (mysearch.com); My Way (myway.com); My Web Search (mywebsearch.com) and Teoma (teoma.com). Ask Jeeves also owns the search technology Teoma, proprietary natural language processing technology, as well as portal and ad serving technologies.

Become, Inc. operates search engine and comparison shopping service. The firm provides research information such as buying guides, product reviews, articles, forums, and other useful shopping information. It helps people make better buying decisions and purchases online. The company was founded by Michael Yang and Yeogirl Yun in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Zvents, Inc. creates and operates local entertainment guides online. Its publications promote a range of local events and activities, including live music, performing arts, sporting events and community activities. The company was founded by Tyler Kovacs and Ethan Stock in 2005 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Multiply, Inc. engages in the design and development of an online shopping platform that connects merchants with shoppers interested in various products and services that range from clothing and jewelry to electronics and appliances. The firm offers Multiply Marketplace. The company was founded by Peter Pezaris, Michael Gersh, and David Hersh in 2004 and was headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Revcube Media, Inc. provides marketing software solutions that helps marketers and advertisers to manage, automate and optimize multi-channel online ad campaigns. The company was founded by Chris Raniere in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Bowne Global Solutions, Inc. (BGS) was a service provider of translation, localization, technical writing and interpretation services that enabled businesses to deliver locally relevant and culturally connected products, services and communications. They providedservices in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Bowne Global Solutions was located in New York.

CodeStream, Inc. provides essential enhancements to the software development process. It develops real-time communication solutions for develops to communicate effortlessly within the codebase. The company was founded by Peter Pezaris and Claudio A. Pinkus and is headquartered in New York, NY.