Jeff Arnold is the Chairman of HSW International, Inc.'s board of directors, as well as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of HowStuffWorks, Inc. Mr. Arnold also is the founder and CEO of The Convex Group, a company which acquires and integrates unique entertainment and distribution assets to create new media enterprises.
Prior to founding The Convex Group, Mr. Arnold created WebMD, an online healthcare company that uses the Internet to improve healthcare accessibility. In 1994, Mr. Arnold established Quality Diagnostic Services, which specialized in utilizing quality computer technologies to monitor patients with the condition cardiac arrhythmia. As chairman and CEO he expanded the enterprise. He later sold the company and formed WebMD.
Mr. Arnold was named a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum and is an active member of the board of directors for several public, private and charitable organizations.
Henry N. Adorno
Vice Chairman
Henry N. Adorno is Vice Chairman of HSW International, Inc.'s board of directors. Mr. Adorno is also the founder and President of Adorno & Yoss, the largest certified minority-owned law firm in the country, with over 270 practicing attorneys. Mr. Adorno began his career working with the Dade County Attorney's Office in the Major Crimes Division. He later served as the Chief Assistant to State Attorney Janet Reno.
Beyond his professional responsibilities, Mr. Adorno is the Chair of Our Kids, a non-profit organization which utilizes community outreach to manage child welfare and protection for abused, abandoned, and neglected children.
Mr. Adorno holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Juris Doctor, both from the University of Florida. Mr. Adorno is a member of the American Bar Association, The Florida Bar Association, and the Miami Business Forum.
Ted Botts
Audit Chairman
Theodore P. Botts is a member of HSW International, Inc.'s board of directors, as well as Chief Financial Officer of StereoVision Entertainment, Inc. Mr. Botts is also the President of Kensington Gate Capital, LLC, a private corporate finance advisory firm.
Mr. Botts has served on the board of directors as chairman of the audit committee of INTAC International since 2002.
Prior to 2000, Mr. Botts served in executive capacities at UBS Group and Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Botts is also a member the Board of Trustees and head of development for REACH Prep, a non-profit organization serving the educational needs of underprivileged African-American and Latino children in Fairfield and Westchester counties since 2003.
Mr. Botts graduated with honors from Williams College and received a MBA from the NYU Graduate School of Business Administration.
Bruce Campbell is a member of HSW International, Inc.'s board of directors. He is currently President of Digital Media and Corporate Development at Discovery Communications where he directs worldwide business development, including acquisitions, joint ventures and all major business transactions. His responsibilities include the development of new distribution platforms for original content, the creation of digital media extensions for Discovery's stable of brands and oversight of digital media services.
Before joining Discovery in 2007, Mr. Campbell was Executive Vice President, Business Development at NBC Universal, where he was responsible for strategic planning, acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures and portfolio investments. Prior to his time at NBC, Mr. Campbell was a lawyer at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
Mr. Campbell is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
Boland Jones
Boland T. Jones is a member of HSW International, Inc.'s board of directors, as well as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Premiere Global Services, Inc.
Prior to founding Premiere Global Services, Inc. in 1991, Mr. Jones served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of American Network Exchange, a diversified transmission provider specializing in niche markets.
Mr. Jones has received numerous awards during his career, including being named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Southeast Region. Mr. Jones is also actively involved in a number of community programs in education, cancer research and the arts.
Mr. Jones graduated with a degree in finance from Miami University in Ohio, where he remains active as a guest lecturer and teacher at the University's Entrepreneurship Resource Center.
Arthur F. Kingsbury is a member of HSW International, Inc.'s board of directors. He is currently a private investor and a member of the board of directors of Dolan Media Company (NYSE listed).
Mr. Kingsbury has over thirty-five years of business and financial experience in the media and communications sectors. His experience includes financial, senior executive and director positions at companies engaged in newspaper publishing, radio broadcasting, database publishing, internet research, cable television and cellular telephone communications. Specific positions included President and COO of VNU-USA, Inc., Vice Chairman and COO of BPI Communications, Inc., and CFO of Affiliated Publications, Inc.
Mr. Kingsbury has served as a director on the boards of three other publicly traded companies, NetRatings (NASDAQ), Affiliated Publications (NYSE-listed publisher of the Boston Globe), and McCaw Cellular (NASDAQ).
Mr. Kingsbury holds a BSBA in Business Administration from Babson College.
Kai-Shing Tao is a member of HSW International, Inc.'s board of directors, as well as Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Pacific Star Capital, a private investment group.
Prior to founding Pacific Start Capital, Mr. Tao was a Partner at FALA Capital Group, a single family investment office where he headed the global liquid investments outside the operating companies.
Mr. Tao is also a member of the Real Estate Roundtable and US-China and US-Taiwan Business Council.
Mr. Tao graduated from the New York University Stern School of Business.