Mr. Lurie has over 25 years of experience in management, operations and information technology. He has been CEO, Research Director, and CIO in a variety of industries, with companies including the New York Stock Exchange/SIAC, Simon and Schuster/Viacom, Becton Dickinson, Schering Plough, and Lurie Aircraft. He was a management consultant for ten years with Deloitte, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Ernst & Young, specializing in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. His clients have included AT&T, the Thomson Companies, Harcourt Brace, Hearst Publishing, The New York Times, Can West Global, Goya Foods, Pitney Bowes, Williams Energy, Vinlo Realty, Nucor Steel, several start-up companies, as well as a number of investment funds. He currently acts as director and technology adviser on several corporate boards. He holds degrees in chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Stevens Institute of Technology.