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Donald F. Mardak has been the Chief Executive Officer, President, and a director of IMS since our inception in 1989. From 1970 to 1974, Mr. Mardak was a partner in Learning Unlimited, a division of Hal Leonard Publishing Corp. In 1974, he founded Don Mardak Piano & Organ Centers, Ltd., a chain of retail piano and organ stores in the Greater Milwaukee Area. In 1985, Mr. Mardak founded the Continental Trade Exchange barter network under the name "Continental Trading Company," a sole proprietorship. Continental Trading Company was incorporated in 1988 as Continental Trade Exchange, Ltd., and is now our primary operating subsidiary. Mr. Mardak has served two terms as president of the National Association of Trade Exchanges, the principal barter industry trade association, in 1995-96 and again in 1999-2000. | 