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Philip Lam is an experienced management professional with more than 15 years of experience in the technology industry. He has proven leadership experience in new business development, enterprise systems development, and product strategy earned while with market leading firms including Scient, Art Technology Group, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Prior to Threshold, Mr. Lam served as Vice President of Technology for hooloo.com, a leading online retailer of books, music, and videos to the global Chinese-speaking/reading market. In this capacity, he oversaw all aspects of hooloo.com’s technology initiatives and operations, managed the launch of two new product lines for the company, and played a significant role in operationally preparing the company for acquisition by a major Taiwanese media conglomerate.

Previously, Mr. Lam was a Director of the eMarkets Business Unit of Scient Corporation (NASDAQ: SCNT), a leading provider of management consulting and systems integration services. While in this role, Mr. Lam co-led the establishment of the firm’s New York City office and directed the company’s east coast eMarkets business unit, developing the unit’s first 3 clients with revenues exceeding $8 million. Prior to Scient, Mr. Lam was the Director of Alliance Partners at Art Technology Group (NASDAQ: ARTG), a market-leading Internet products and services company. In this capacity, he established and maintained partnership relationships with more than 25 leading technology and systems integration companies, including IBM, Borland, EDS, Cambridge Technology Partners, Sapient, and others. Mr. Lam also served as Director, Innovation Services for ATG, where he oversaw the acquisition and execution of the company’s most leading-edge client technology work, closely aligning projects with the company’s new product development efforts. Mr. Lam joined ATG as the fifteenth employee. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lam co-founded Any Channel, Inc., an award-winning software development company specializing in video game development and 3D technology, and served as an information technology consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton and Andersen Consulting.

Mr. Lam is a frequent speaker and panelist on Internet/e-commerce and international technology issues, including presentations at The International Network 2000 Conference – “The Internet and Greater China”, LinkShare e-Tailing Conference – “Aftermath of the Holiday Season”, NY E-Dinner Seminar - "Personalization on the Web", Boston Intranet Technology SIG "Intranets in Higher Education", and NY Intranet Technology SIG "Online Collaborative Environments.”

Mr. Lam received an MBA from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.