Board of Directors
Ronald Frankel
President and CEORon Frankel has served as a member of Synacor’s board of directors and as President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2001. Prior to joining Synacor, Frankel served as CEO at Perks.com, Inc. He held the position of President of MGM Interactive, the interactive division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., as well as SVP, Marketing and Sales at Kenfil Distribution. From 1988 to 1991, Frankel served in several executive positions at Softview, Inc., lastly as SVP of Marketing and Sales. Frankel attended the University of California at Berkeley and received a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law Center.
Jeff Mallett
Jeffrey Mallett has been a member of our board of directors since September 2007. Since 2005, Mr. Mallett has served as a director and Chairman of the Board of SNOCAP Inc., a provider of digital music licensing and copyright management services. Since 2002, Mr. Mallett has been a principal Owner and Executive Committee Member of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants baseball club. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Mallett held various positions, including President and Chief Operating Officer, at Yahoo! Inc. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Mallett served as Vice President and General Manager of the WordPerfect consumer division at Novell, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Mallett was a member of the founding team of Reference Software International where he held various positions from 1988 to 1992, including Vice President, Sales and Marketing. From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Mallett held the position of Director, Sales and Marketing at Island Pacific Telephone Corp., a privately held telecommunications company.
M. Scott Murphy
M. Scott Murphy has been a member of Synacor’s board of directors since September 2004. Murphy is a managing director of Advantage Capital Partners. Murphy also served as the COO at iXL-New York. Prior to that, he founded Small World Software, and served as an associate at Bankers Trust Company N.A. Murphy holds an A.B. in Social Studies, Harvard University.
Mark Morrissette
Mark Morrissette has been a member of Synacor’s board of directors since October 2006. Morrissette is a Managing Director at North Atlantic Capital. He served as a senior associate at Advent International Corp, and as an analyst at CSC Index. Morrissette holds an M.B.A., Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics, Dartmouth College.
Andrew Kau
Andrew Kau has been a member of Synacor’s board of directors since December 2000. Prior to joining Synacor’s board, Kau served as a director of MyPersonal. Kau is a managing director at Walden International. He was President of Chemical Technologies Ventures, and a management consultant at Strategic Planning Associates, LLC, and at Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc. He also served as a research scientist at Systems Planning Corp. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University.
Jordan Levy
Jordan Levy has been a member of Synacor’s board of directors since October 2001. Levy is a partner at Softbank Capital, and co-founded Seed Capital Partners LLC, where he served as a managing partner. He is the appointed Chairman of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. Levy currently serves on the board of directors of Lorex Technology Inc., a publicly held company. He holds a B.A. in Political Science, University at Buffalo.