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As Chairman and CEO, Mr. Yakov has more than 25 years of experience in concept-to-print, software and eCommerce marketing experience to Fortune 500 and 1,000 companies, with a proven background of helping clients adapt their businesses in the new technology age. In 1996, he entered into the electronic mail-order catalog business with Playboy
Enterprises, creating and hosting two eCommerce sites: Critics’ Choice Video and Collectors’ Choice Music. The company has since developed a number of other branded eCommerce sites for clients, selling a variety of products including sporting goods, chocolates, and cosmetics, and has now partnered with these sites, providing ongoing hosting and maintenance of these sites. Other significant accomplishments have included establishing an AT&T eCommerce platform for 180,000 employees’ wholesale shopping and working with high-profile clients. Such as Jack Henry and Associates creating 2,700 eCommerce sites for small community banks, Mr. Yakov also developed and maintains a complex extranet/intranet infrastructure that allows Doremus, an Omnicom Communication subsidiary, to provide its advertising services to 50 of the top financial institutions on a real-time basis.
