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Peter A. CorraoCEO & President -
Peter A. Corrao is President and CEO for Vertro, Inc and served as COO from September 2005 to April 2006.
Peter has more than 25 years of executive-level general management experience, most recently serving as chief executive officer for Bluestreak.com, Inc. Bluestreak provides digital marketing products and services for both business-to-business and consumer marketers. Previous to his role as CEO of Bluestreak, he served as president and CEO for Cogit Corporation, a privately held online target marketing company.
Prior to Cogit, Peter spent 17 years at Advo Inc., most recently as President of National Accounts Marketing. During his 17 years Advo grew from a relatively small player in direct mail marketing to a profitable powerhouse with over a billion dollars in revenue. Advo is the largest full-service direct mail marketing company in the U.S and was NYSE-listed.
Peter attended Miramar College and is a graduate of Kellogg School of Management Advanced Executive Program at Northwestern University
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James G. Gallagher, CPACFO
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James G. Gallagher joined Vertro, Inc. as Chief Financial Officer in June 2010.
James has extensive financial, strategic and operational experience. He joins Vertro from Gallagher Enterprises, a strategic financial and management consulting firm he founded in 2001. Gallagher Enterprises provided consultancy on financial and operational issues and funding resources to start-ups and high-growth companies with revenues up to $150 million.
Prior to Gallagher Enterprises, James held positions including Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary at technology company, VRex, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer at publicly traded international software company, Vizrt, Inc. He also held senior level financial positions at companies including Infocus Employee Services (a XEROX spin-off), Medsite, Inc., Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., and Reiss Media Enterprises, Inc. He also spent 10 years as a Senior Audit Manager at the international accounting and consulting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP.
James is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.B.A. Cum Laude in Financial Accounting from Iona College
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John PisarisGeneral Counsel
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John Pisaris is the general counsel for Vertro having previously served as vice president from Feb-Oct 2004.
Prior to joining the Company, John was a partner in the law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP (Jan 2002 - Jan 2004), a firm which he joined in 1993 as an associate. At Porter Wright, John practiced in the corporate and securities group and advised clients on business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, financings, securities offerings and securities compliance.
John is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Hillsdale College.