Heath Clarke

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Heath joined the company as President and Chairman in March 1999 and has served as CEO since January 2001. From 1998 to 1999, Heath was Vice President of eCommerce for LanguageForce, Inc., a language translation software company. Prior to this he served as marketing manager for Starnet, a Canadian internet company. From 1995 to 1998, he was Special Projects Director for the Berg Group of Companies (Australia), and from 1988 to 1995, he was founder and CEO of Australian Fibre Packaging.

Heath is a frequent guest speaker at local search and online advertising industry events. Also a guest lecturer for online advertising at Pepperdine's Executive MBA program, he was a 2005 finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Heath co-chaired events on the global economy and counter-terrorism as a member of Young Presidents' Organization, and is a Patron Councilor of the Atlantic Council, a Patron of the American Enterprise Institute, a President's Club Member of the Heritage Foundation, a President's Council Member of the Foundation for Economic Education, and a Member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

Bruce Crair

President & Chief Operating Officer

Bruce has over 20 years of senior management experience leading public and private high technology companies. From 2003 to 2005, Bruce served as co-founder and COO of ZeroDegrees, Inc., an Internet company that provided online social networking services to business professionals, which was sold to IAC/InterActiveCorp. Bruce served as president for Sprint PCS/Cox Communications PCS from 1995 to 1998, where he successfully built the wireless voice business in Southern California from inception to a leadership position in the PCS market. From 1999 to 2001, Bruce was president and COO for eVoice, Inc., an integrated IP telephony services company, which was purchased by America Online in 2001. Bruce received his B.S. degree in Physics from the United States Naval Academy and a M.B.A. in Corporate Strategy and International Business from the University of California, Berkeley.

Ken Cragun

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Ken has over 20 years of senior level financial experience, and most recently served as Local.com vice president of finance. He also served as CFO for Modtech Holdings, Inc. (MODT), a modular building manufacturer. Prior to Modtech, Cragun served as the senior vice president and principal accounting officer for MIVA, Inc. At MIVA, Cragun led the company through significant organic and M&A growth, increasing revenue from $45 million to $200 million. Cragun has also served as CFO for other public and online companies. Ken earned his CPA designation in California and has experience working for a Big Four accounting firm. He received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Michael Plonski

Chief Technology Officer

Mike has over 15 years of corporate technology management experience and has held several senior executive positions in a number of publicly traded and privately held global technology companies. Most recently Plonski served as the SVP/chief information officer & chief operating officer, digital for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia where he was instrumental in architecting their online presence creating a robust content site supported by advertising that has fostered consistent organic growth. Prior to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Mike held dual responsibilities at the Tribune Company as vice president/Tribune Information Systems (TIS) and vice president/chief technology officer for Tribune Interactive (TI). Plonski holds a Bachelors of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Rajan Mohan

Senior Vice President & General Manager, Owned & Operated

Raj has more than 13 years of digital media experience and was most recently director, web search and local, for AOL Europe. Based in London, he was responsible for revenue, product development and delivery, marketing, design, and forecasting and reporting of the company's European Web and local search businesses, which served over 10 million consumers each month. Raj previously held various strategic roles at AOL, including director, strategy, standards and content acquisition. He holds a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University, a master's degree in information systems from George Mason University and a bachelor's of technology degree in computer engineering from Govt. Model Engineering College and the Cochin University of Science and Technology.

Richard Szatkowski

Senior Vice President & General Manager, Network Properties

Rick has more than 15 years of senior management experience and was most recently senior vice president, advertising and business development, for automotive Internet marketing leader Autobytel. Prior to Autobytel, he served in senior management positions for mobile Internet performance marketing solutions provider NeoMedia Technologies and MIVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIVA), a provider of performance-based online marketing and commerce services. Rick has also held executive roles at Alluna Group, Fischer International Systems, ALLTEL Corp., Checkmate Electronics and Attachmate Corp./Digital Communications Associates. He holds a masters degree in business administration from Georgia State University.

Peter Hutto

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

Peter brings an extensive background in sales and business development to the Local.com management team. Most recently, he was co-founder and Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for ZeroDegrees, an online business social networking company which he sold to IAC/InterActive Corp in 2004. Peter has also held Senior Principal and General Manager roles with several consulting firms and was the Managing Director, Southwest Area Executive for EDS and MCI Systemhouse, where he was an integral member of the leadership team that grew the business from $400 million to over $1.5 billion in revenue. Peter graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with a bachelor's degree in Political Science.

Heather Dilley

Vice President of Human Resources & Administration

Heather has over 20 years of diversified human resource experience. Most recently, she served as Human Resource Manager at Paciolan, an online ticketing software company. She has also served in senior human resource roles at a number of high technology and online companies including Rainbow Technologies, Canon, New Horizons Computer Learning Centers and HNC Software Insurance Solutions, among others. Heather holds a master's degree in Human Resource Management and a B.A. in Sociology from Chapman University, Orange.

Eileen Licitra

Vice President of Product Management

Eileen brings more than 12 years of strategic product management experience and was most recently vice president, product management for MediaSpan Online Services. At MediaSpan she was responsible for leading product strategy and planning, partnership development and vertical market expansion for hosted online content management, database marketing, and advertising solutions. Eileen previously held various strategic product roles at Freedom Communications, Inc. including director, multi-media product management, with responsibility for strategic management of new and existing products across several of The Orange County Register's key markets. She holds a master's degree in communications management from the University of Southern California and a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Peter Mathews

Vice President of Technology

Peter has more than 18 years of engineering and technology experience. Most recently, he served as vice president, engineering for AGIS Network, a vertical search portal. At AGIS Network, he led the organization's technology vision, infrastructure and software development. Peter also led software development at Autobytel, an Internet automotive services company, where he was responsible for implementing a software development life cycle, managing the development of the company's automotive websites and the integration of Car.com into the company's software infrastructure. Peter also served as the vice president, product development for eTag Technology, as well as the vice president, software development for Travelocity and worked on interactive television systems for Oracle Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Scott Reinke

General Counsel

Scott has 10 years of corporate law experience, and most recently served as executive vice president and general counsel for Emerging Media Group, Inc., which owns and operates TRAFFIQ, Inc., a leading digital media management and media buying platform, and Market Maker Interactive, a leading full service interactive agency. Prior to Emerging Media Group, Scott served as the vice president of legal and AGC for MIVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIVA), a provider of performance-based online marketing and commerce services.

Adam Rioux

Vice President, OCTANE360

Adam has more than 12 years of interactive advertising, marketing and digital media experience. Most recently, he was CEO and co-founder of OCTANE360, a technology startup providing domain-based local advertising solutions that was acquired by Local.com in July, 2010. Prior to OCTANE360, Adam served as president of Media Solutions Holdings, LLC, a private equity-owned holding company, which acquired and managed five companies. He also co-founded Verapass Group, LLC, a leading interactive direct response marketing company, that was ultimately acquired by a division of ValueClick (NASDAQ:VCLK) in 2005. Prior to Verapass, Adam was vice president of business development for L90, a leading Internet marketing company where he played an integral role in taking the company public. Adam holds a graduate degree from Villanova University and a B.S. from West Virginia University.

Steven Schindler

Vice President of Marketing

Steven has more than 15 years of online and offline marketing experience. Before joining Local.com, Steven served as the co-founder and president of Sasa Technologies in San Diego, a Web 2.0 content aggregator. Before co-founding Sasa Technologies, Steven headed Schindler Marketing Group, Inc., a San Diego-based brand development, advertising and public relations firm. Previously, Steven held an advertising management position at Bally's Resort and Casino, and has worked in account management for various other advertising and branding agencies. He holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from San Diego State University and studied international business at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.