| Howard S. Jonas |
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
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| Age: 54 |
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| Howard S. Jonas founded IDT in August 1990, and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since its inception. Mr. Jonas has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since October 2009 and from December 1991 until July 2001. Mr. Jonas served as President of the Company from December 1991 through September 1996, and as Treasurer of the Company from inception through 2002. Mr. Jonas has served as the Chairman of the Board of CTM Media Holdings, Inc. since August 2009 and as the Co-Vice Chairman of Genie Energy Corporation since September 2009. Mr. Jonas has also served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDT Telecom from December 1999 to April 2008, as Co-Chairman since April 2008, and as a director of IDT Capital since September 2004. Mr. Jonas served as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDT Entertainment from November 2004 until August 2006. Since August 2006, Mr. Jonas has been a director of Starz Media Holdings, LLC, Starz Media, LLC and Starz Foreign Holdings, LLC, each of which is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation. In addition, Mr. Jonas has been a director of IDT Energy since June 2007 and a director of American Shale Oil Corporation since January 2008. Mr. Jonas is also the founder and has been President of Jonas Publishing since its inception in 1979. Mr. Jonas was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Net2Phone from October 2001 to October 2004, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Net2Phone from October 2004 to June 2006, and has served as the Chairman of Net2Phone since June 2006. Mr. Jonas received a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University. |
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| Bill Pereira |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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| Age: 44 |
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| Bill Pereira has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company since January 2009. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of Finance for the Company from January 2008 to January 2009. Mr. Pereira initially joined the Company in December 2001 when the Company bought Horizon Global Trading, a financial software firm where he was a managing partner. In February 2002, Mr. Pereira joined Winstar Communications, a subsidiary of the Company, as a Senior Vice President of Finance. Mr. Pereira was promoted to CFO of Winstar Communications, a position he held until 2006 when he was named a Senior Vice President of the Company responsible for financial reporting, budgeting and planning. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Pereira worked for a number of companies in the financial sector, including Prudential Financial, SBC Warburg and UBS. Mr. Pereira received a M.B.A. from the New York University Stern School of Business and a B.S. from Rutgers University. |
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| Ira A. Greenstein |
President
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| Age: 50 |
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| Ira A. Greenstein joined the Company in January 2000 and served as Counsel to the Chairman until July 2001. Since August 2001, Mr. Greenstein has served as the President of the Company. He also was a Director from December 2003 until December 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Greenstein was a partner in the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP from February 1997 to November 1999, where he served as the Chairman of that firm’s New York Office’s Business Department. Concurrently, Mr. Greenstein was General Counsel and Secretary of Net2Phone from January 1999 to November 1999. Prior to 1997, Mr. Greenstein was an associate in the New York and Toronto offices of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Mr. Greenstein also served on the Securities Advisory Committee and as secondment counsel to the Ontario Securities Commission. Mr. Greenstein serves on the Boards of Directors of Document Security Systems, Inc. (AMEX:DMC), Ohr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., NanoVibronix, Inc. and Regal Bank of New Jersey. Mr. Greenstein received a B.S. from Cornell University and a J.D. from Columbia University Law School. |
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| Mitch Silberman |
Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
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| Age: 42 |
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| Mitch Silberman has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and Controller since June 2006. Mr. Silberman joined the Company in October 2002 and held various positions, including Director of Financial Reporting and Assistant Controller, until June 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Silberman was a senior manager at KPMG LLP. Mr. Silberman, a Certified Public Accountant, received a B.S. in Accounting from Brooklyn College. |
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| Joyce J. Mason |
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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| Age: 50 |
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| Joyce J. Mason has served as an Executive Vice President of the Company since December 1998 and as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company since its inception. Ms. Mason also served as a director of the Company since its inception until December 2006. In addition, Ms. Mason served as a director of IDT Telecom from December 1999 until May 2001 and as a director of Net2Phone from October 2001 until October 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Mason had been in private legal practice. Ms. Mason received a B.A. from the City University of New York and a J.D. from New York Law School. |
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| Liore Alroy |
Executive Vice President
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| Age: 42 |
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| Liore Alroy has served as an Executive Vice President of the Company since December 2007. Mr. Alroy has also served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Co-Chairman of IDT Telecom since April 2008. Since October 2004, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Net2Phone, which was an affiliate of the Company that was fully acquired by the Company in March 2006. Mr. Alroy joined the Company in 2001 and has since served in various capacities with the Company and its affiliates, including as a Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives. He is a graduate of Cornell University and Columbia Law School. |
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| Claude Pupkin |
Executive Vice President
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| Age: 48 |
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| Claude Pupkin has served as an Executive Vice President of the Company since December 2008. Mr. Pupkin leads the Company’s Oil Shale and Alternative Energy initiatives and has served as Chief Financial Officer of Genie Energy Corporation since September 2009. Mr. Pupkin joined the Company in early 2003 and has held several positions with the Company and its affiliates. Previously, Mr. Pupkin served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Before joining the parent company, Mr. Pupkin was the Executive Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development for Net2Phone, which was a publicly-traded affiliate of the Company that was fully acquired by the Company in March 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Pupkin’s career included more than 17 years of finance and investment banking experience. Immediately prior to joining IDT, Mr. Pupkin led JP Morgan Chase’s Latin America Telecommunications, Media and Technology Investment Banking business. He also worked for several years as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley & Co. and Citibank. He began his professional career as a CPA with Ernst & Whinney. Mr. Pupkin holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland. |
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