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.
Mr. Cascone became the COO of Discovery Digital Media in 2009 after leading HowStuffWorks.com since 2006. In addition, Mr. Cascone continues to serve as General Manager of HowStuffWorks.com. In these roles, he is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company and is involved in shaping the company strategy. Prior to joining HowStuffWorks.com, Mr. Cascone was an officer at Homestar Runner, an online publishing company and original animation series, where he ran operations, business development, and marketing. He previously founded and was president of an online technology company, and worked in corporate finance in the technology and business services group at the investment bank Robinson-Humphrey. Mr. Cascone received a BA in English from Georgetown University and an MBA in Strategy and Finance from Emory University.
Arthur Kingsbury
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 and Solera Holdings, Inc., both 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.
Has been HSW International's Chief Executive Officer since September 2009 and was our President and Chief Operating Officer since October 2007. Prior to joining HSW International in 2006, Mr. Swayne led HowStuffWorks, Inc., which has since been acquired by Discovery Communications, as President and Chief Operating Officer and was a member of the management teams of The Convex Group and N2 Broadband. Mr. Swayne was the co-founder and President of publicly-listed A.D.A.M., Inc. and its predecessor Medical Legal Illustrations, Inc. A.D.A.M. provides health information services and benefit management solutions through its online offerings to healthcare organizations, employers, benefit brokers, consumers and the educational market. Mr. Swayne holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Science in Medical Illustration from the Medical College of Georgia.
Kai-Shing Tao
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.
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