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Mr. Berman joined EasyLink in September 1998 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and served as EasyLink's Chief Executive Officer from 1998 until June 1999. Mr. Berman's business career spans thirty-five years of venture capital, management, and merger and acquisitions experience. In the last five years, Mr. Berman has served as a professional director and / or chairman of about a dozen public and private companies. He is currently Chairman of National Investment Managers, a public company in pension administration and investment management; and Chairman of Candidate Resources, a private company delivering HR services over the web. In addition to EasyLink, Mr. Berman serves on the board of directors of the following public companies: Dyadic International (AMEX: DIL), International Microcomputer Software, Inc. (OTC: IMSI.OB); NexMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXM); MediaBay, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBAY), GVI Security Solutions Inc. (OTC: GVIS.OB), National Investment Managers, INC. (OTC: NIVM.OB), Nayna Networks, Inc. (OTC: NAYN.OB) and Advaxis, Inc. (OTC: ADXS.OB) Previously, Mr. Berman worked at Goldman Sachs; was Senior Vice President of Bankers Trust Company, where he started the M&A and Leverage Buyout Departments; helped create the largest battery company in the world by merging Prestolite, General Battery and Exide to form Exide Technologies(Nasdaq: XIDE); helped create what is now Soho (NYC) by developing five buildings; and advised on over $4 billion of M&A transactions. He is a past director of the Stern School of Business of New York University, where he received a BS and an MBA. He also has United States and foreign law degrees from Boston College and the Hague Academy of International Law, respectively | 