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                                                     John Kuranz                  

 

 

Mr. Kuranz, CEO of Database Access Group, LLC, as an entrepreneurial COO and CEO has a proven ability to effectively manage operations through times of change, particularly during start-up or turnaround phase. He brings 25 years of electronic publishing and distribution and most recently Internet applications in the research arena.

 

Formerly President of FIND/SVP Published Products, Inc., a publisher of syndicated healthcare and consumer product market research. Mr. Kuranz managed a 40-person organization with responsibilities encompassing strategic planning through cost control to ensure continued profits. As an officer of the company, Mr. Kuranz acquired independent publishers, negotiated licensing agreements, led corporate Internet initiates and divested the company of unprofitable operations. Mr. Kuranz was instrumental in negotiating the sale of this unit to private investors. Before his tenure at FIND/SVP, Mr. Kuranz was Founder and President of Management Contents, LLC, a leading edge publishing company that developed the Management Contents Database, The Computer Database, Legal Contents and The Business Index. These product lines were developed and marketed to senior level management and research analyst. He profitably sold this operation to Ziff Davis Publishing and continued on as a Senior consultant. In his early career, he worked as senior research analyst and MIS program director for a multi-national pharmaceutical company. Mr. Kuranz has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Biochemistry from Texas A&M/ St. Mary's College and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.

 

                                                    Dennis Auld                     

 

 

Dennis Auld, President of Database Access Group, LLC, also has over 25 years of experience in all phases of database companies, from . Recently Auld was CEO of e-psyche, LLC, and President of e-NICEM.COM. He has served as a consultant in the field of electronic publishing and database management after serving as Senior Consultant, PsycINFO. Formerly Auld held the position of Senior Director, PsycINFO, a division of the American Psychological Association.  Prior to joining PsycINFO in 1990, he was President of UMI/Data Courier from 1983 and had held several positions in product development and administration with that organization since 1974. Mr. Auld was a co-founder of the ABI/INFORM database, and also directed the development of the Business Dateline database, both currently University Microfilms International products. He has served with many information industry organizations including President, ASIDIC; President, NFAIS; Chair of the Marketing Sub-Committee, ICSTI; a member of the joint NFAIS/AAP-PSP working group; and a member of the Publishing and Small Business Committee of the IIA. Mr. Auld has served as program chair for several conferences for NFAIS and ASIDIC. He has a BS Degree in Economics from the University of Oregon, and a Masters of Business Administration Degree from Portland State University.