ANTHONY G. ROTH has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Corporate Sports since January 2002, and of Utix since November 2003. He has been a Director of ours since November 2003. He is one of our Class I Directors, and will hold office until our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until
his successor has been elected and qualifies. Mr. Roth is the nephew of Gerald Roth, who was a member of Utix's board of directors from November of 2003 until January of 2006. From May 1999 to December 2001, Mr. Roth served as President of Moonstruck Chocolatier, Eclipse Management Group in Portland, Oregon, a national manufacturer, distributor, & retailer of gourmet chocolate products. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Roth was Executive Vice President of Naturade, Inc. in Irvine, CA, a national manufacturer/distributor of over 200 nutritional hand and body products. From September 1996 to February 1997, Mr. Roth was President of
Performance Nutrition, Inc. in Dallas, TX, a formulator and sales/marketing company of nutritional products. From October 1995 to August 1996, Mr. Roth served as President of Roth Financial Group, Inc. in hampaign, IL, a business development and finance consulting firm. He was Vice President, Branch Manager at Merrill Lynch in Champaign, IL from May 1994 to Sept. 1995. From November 1992 to May 1994, Mr. Roth was Vice President of Hilliard Lyons, Inc. in Champaign, IL, a retail brokerage firm. A 1986 graduate of the University of Illinois, with a B.S. in Agricultural Economics, Mr. Roth also completed an advanced degree from the New
York Institute of Finance in 1988. |