Management

Douglas Gerlach President Doug leads ICLUBcentral's daily operations. A familiar name to many BetterInvesting (NAIC) members, Doug founded the financial portal Investorama.com (later acquired by ICLUBcentral Inc.) in 1995 and co-created the original BetterInvesting.org Web site soon after. He served for nine years as a Director of BetterInvesting's Computer Group Advisory Board, and is a popular speaker at Investors Fairs and BetterInvesting chapter events across the country. Doug is the author of five books, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Online Investing, The Armchair Millionaire, and Investment Clubs for Dummies, as well as articles for many financial and computer publications. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of ICLUBcentral's Investor Advisory Service.

Robert Brooker Chairman Robert is a co-founder of the company and led the consolidation of several companies that now form ICLUBcentral. Brooker is Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Practice Systems, whose PTOS software is used by the majority of physical therapy practices in the United States for billing and other practice management needs. Brooker was formerly Chief Executive Officer of ICLUBcentral. Prior to that, he headed business development for ThingWorld, a technology licensing company backed by Intel and Microsoft, worked for Microsoft Corporation on the Encarta Encyclopedia team, and was CEO of New York Bagel, a 14-unit retail chain in Budapest, Hungary. He was also Director of Sales and Marketing for Lehman Brothers Global Economics, where he managed relationships with over 100 financial institutions. Robert earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Harvard College. He enjoys restoring historic buildings and serves on the Board of Overseers of Boston College Law School.

Dan Caine Director Dan Caine is President of Split-Up.com, a developer of divorce-related accounting software. Previously Vice President for Consumer Software at H&R Block, he managed the development and marketing of the Kiplinger TaxCut income tax software under H&R Block's from 1993 to 1996. Dan founded Legal Knowledge Systems in 1986, created TaxCut, and led its development team until its 1993 acquisition by H&R Block. Before founding Legal Knowledge Systems, Dan was a business analyst at systems consulting firm American Management Systems; a Philadelphia tax lawyer; and a teaching fellow at Harvard in economics. Dan holds a JD from Harvard Law School and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Gary Mueller Director Gary Mueller is Chairman of Internet Securities Incorporated (ISI), an on-line provider of financial and business information on the emerging markets. Gary founded ISI in 1994 and has led the company ever since. ISI currently has 220 employees in 19 countries and its subscription-based service covers over 50 emerging markets, including Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, China, and India. In 1999 Euromoney Institutional Investor, a FTSE 250 company, purchased ISI. In June 2000 Gary was appointed to Euromoney Institutional Investor’s Board of Directors. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.

Ellis Traub Advisor Ellis Traub, a Harvard and Cornell alumnus, was a former US Marine Corps night-fighter pilot, a Captain with Eastern Air Lines, and a management consultant specializing in conflict management, and labor relations. Founder and Chairman of Inve$tWare Corporation, he developed the Investors Toolkit and Take Stock—the definitive analytical software programs to implement the investment methodology practiced by StockCentral 's constituents. ICLUBcentral merged with Inve$tWare in October 2003. Mr. Traub is the author of Take Stock: A Roadmap to Profiting from your First Walk Down Wall Street, one of the best selling books among StockCentral's membership, a book to which ICLUBcentral recently acquired publishing rights, and he is recognized nationally as a popular lecturer at financial events. He is an accomplished musician, enjoys scuba diving in his leisure time, and lives in Davie, Florida with his wife, Dianne.

Daniel Abraham VP of Customer Care and Special Projects Dan boasts over 14 years of experience in Technical Support, and is a member of the Association of Support Professionals (ASP). He was on the founding team for Deloitte & Touche’s Control and Compliance software, serving over 300 banking institutions and ensuring their compliance with FDIC regulations. He later joined Elron Software, working his way up from front-line support to Support Team Leader for their two best-selling products. He has served as a project manager, technical writer, and beta-test manager on projects for M&M/Mars, Kimberly-Clark, Time Magazine, and others. When not leading our Support team, Dan enthusiastically cooks, reads science fiction, and co-moderates Boston's largest gaming community. He lives with his wife Vivian and son Elijah in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Sarah Solomon Marketing Manager Sarah earned her B.A. in Marketing and Management at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island and she is currently advancing her education by working towards a Masters degree in Information Age Marketing at Bentley College. During her free time you will often find her cuddling with her beagle, Daisy, or chasing around one of her twelve nieces or nephews.

Alexis Pope Finance and Operations Manager Alexis Pope earned her B.A. in Anthropology (with a minor in Art History) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. A native of Cape Cod, she has worked as an office administrator, bookkeeper, and accounting assistant for financial companies and non-profit organizations. Lexi left a life of corporate drudgery to work at ICLUBcentral, and her many and varied interests include cooking, painting, scuba diving, travel, and backpacking.