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An accomplished veteran of the Internet, software and entertainment industries, Mr. Lichter previously served concurrently both as President of Ask Jeeves International and as the Chief Executive Officer of Ask Jeeves UK and Ireland, where he was a member of the senior management team that led Ask Jeeves from start-up through IPO and beyond.
During Mr. Lichter's tenure, Ask Jeeves UK grew to become the #5 web site in Great Britain and Ask Jeeves International became the first division within the company to achieve sustained profitability. After Ask Jeeves, Mr. Lichter co-founded and served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Whole Body /Yoga Works, a national family of Yoga and alternative health and fitness centers.
Mr. Lichter continues to serve there as a Board Member and is actively involved in guiding Yoga Works' strategic direction, expansion and financing. Before Ask Jeeves, Mr. Lichter was the Senior Vice President of New Business Development at Vivendi Interactive/Havas Interactive, which, prior to its acquisition by Vivendi, was Cendant Software and included game developers Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra On-Line, as well as several leading educational software companies. Mr. Lichter was promoted into that role following the successful sale of Knowledge Adventure to Cendant.
At Knowledge Adventure Mr. Lichter was VP of Business Development and part of the senior team that led the company's dramatic turnaround and made their JumpStart Learning software series into the #1 educational software brand in units & dollars.
Prior to that, Mr. Lichter was an entertainment attorney in the Beverly Hills law firm of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman. Mr. Lichter graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree from UCLA and received a JD from the Stanford Law School. | 