Harris Connect

Robert is a highly experienced media executive who most recently served as President and CEO of another Wicks owned company, NDTV, where he oversaw the successful purchase and sale of a group of network affiliated television stations (ABC, NBC, and CBS). NDTV also received funding from Halyard Capital and JPMorgan Capital Partners.

In addition to Robert's extensive media experience in television, cable, radio, and the internet, he has worked for a diverse group of companies including Gannett, Tribune, Sinclair, and 3M. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in finance.

Paul A. Gangi has 20 years of experience in the on-line industry. He joined Harris Connect from Dow Jones, where he served as Director of Service, Operations, and Development while launching Barron's Online. Prior to this, he spent 8 years at Prodigy Services Company. Among Paul's accomplishments are: Launching internet e-mail and newsgroups on the Prodigy Service, launching the first e-mail applications with built in photographs and sound, and launching the first electronic greeting card application in partnership with American Greeting Cards. Paul also migrated the Prodigy online shopping application from the proprietary Prodigy Service to the World Wide Web. He pioneered the industry's first use of opt-out managed, targeted promotional email to Prodigy Service members driving online store traffic and purchases.

Paul began his career as a finance and business analyst for Irving Trust Company, Macmillan Publishers, and Harper & Row. He received his MBA from Pace University and a BS in Finance and Computer Science from Boston College.

Mark Brockelman joined Harris Connect in October 2009.  He was previously the CFO at Ascend Media LLC.  (Ascend is a leading business-to-business, media-focused enterprise including directories, professional magazines and journals, conferences and trade shows, continuing medical education, and Internet properties and databases serving the medical, dental, healthcare, food, beverage, packaging and business services industries.  Ascend also provides professional practice healthcare marketing services.)  Prior to his time at Ascend, Mark spent five years at American Media, Inc. (AMI), a Florida-based company that publishes enthusiast publications such as Shape, Men's Fitness, Fit Pregnancy and Natural Health, as well as celebrity titles like Star. Mark was AMI's Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer.  In his early career, Mark spent seven years at Arthur Andersen LLP in Chicago and West Palm Beach, FL, culminating in his role as a Senior Audit Manager.

Susan L. D'Agostino has been with Harris Connect since 1994. She first joined the Company as Director of Sales Administration. Through her career progression at the firm, Susan was given increasingly responsible management roles in operations, culminating with her promotion to Senior VP of Administration in 2002. Susan is now responsible for Human Resources, Contract Administration and Compliance, and General Services.

Before she came to Harris Connect, Susan held managerial roles in contracts and general administration at W.J. Schafer Associates, Oce Business Systems, Ray Proof Shielding, and Farrel Company. She has an MBA in International Marketing from University of New Haven and a BA in Foreign Languages from Southern Connecticut State.

Kurt D. Worrell joined the firm in 1990. Kurt has held management positions in virtually all areas of the Company's operations; has worked as a technical consultant for the sales teams; and, in 2004, was a driving force in implementing the launch of the Data Services product line. His current responsibilities include overseeing the consumer-facing areas of the publishing operation-Consumer Sales and Marketing. Kurt's multi-layered understanding of the business serves him well as the newest member of the senior executive team.

Kurt's educational background includes a BS in Business Communications from Bentley College.