Ms. Monica Messer was a Partner at Everest Group LLC. Ms. Messer served as President of Database & Technology at Database101.com. Without the baggage of legacy infrastructure and technology, Ms. Messer is on a mission to ensure that Database101.com quickly emerges as the provider of choice for the sales and marketing solutions. A frequent speaker at industry events, she develops and tracks best practices in small business success, email marketing, customer communications, and entrepreneurship. She served as the Chief Information Officer of infoGROUP, Inc. (also known as infoUSA Inc.) from February 1997 to October 2003 and served as its President of Database Group from January 2007 to September 26, 2007. Ms. Messer served as Chief Operations Officer of infoGROUP, Inc. from October 2003 to September 26, 2007. She served as President of Database and Technology Group at infoGROUP, Inc. from February 1997 to October 2003. She served as Senior Vice President of infoGROUP, Inc. from January 1996 to January 1997. She joined infoGROUP, Inc. in 1983 and served as its Vice President since 1985. She was a Consultant of infoGROUP, Inc. since October 2007. Ms. Messer spent 25 years in various leadership positions where she was known as the industry's pioneer in creating long term product roadmaps and company strategies. Ms. Messer guided the product and technology strategy that led to marketing solutions used by over 5 million customers worldwide. She led all aspects of brands such as SalesGenie.com, InfoUSA.com, ReferenceUSA.com, DirectoriesUSA.com, and Polk City Directories. She holds an Executive Education program in Strategy & Organization from Stanford Business School. Ms. Messer holds a Masters Degree in Political Management from George Washington University and a B.S. degree in Business Administration.