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Neele E. Stearns, Jr. is Chairman of Financial Investments Corporation, a private equity investment firm since February 2001. In addition to Click Commerce, Inc., he also serves as director of Maytag Corporation and Footstar, Inc. Until May 2003, at which time it was merged into Moore Corporation, Mr. Stearns was also a director of Wallace Computer Services, Inc.
At Maytag, Mr. Stearns is a member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Audit Committee; at Footstar, he was Chairman of the Audit Committee until he became Interim Chairman & CEO on September 15, 2003, a position which he held until January 15, 2004; at Click Commerce, he is Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Previously, Mr. Stearns was Chairman of the Board of Wallace Computer Services, Inc. from January 2000 through November 2000. Prior to 1995, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of CC Industries, Inc., a diversified holding company in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Stearns is a Director of Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, a not-for-profit healthcare organization, and was Chairman of Highland Park Hospital prior to its merger with ENH. He is also a Director of Presbyterian Homes, a not-for-profit group of continuing care retirement communities serving the Chicago Metropolitan area.
Mr. Stearns holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, Boston, Mass. where he graduated "With Distinction." He also holds a B.A. in Economics from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. where he was a Phi Beta Kappa. | 