Board of Directors

Adam Adler

In 2005, Mr. Adler co-founded the Ultimate Social Network, Inc. and served as its CEO until its acquisition in 2007, producing the world’s largest modeling contest website, and eventually bringing the company to the public market. USNI partnered with the world-renown modeling agency Michele Pommier Talent Group, producing the Ultimate College Model. Mr. Adler and his team developed one of the most extensive modeling and networking databases on the net. The social networking and modeling contest website worked with many Fortune 500 companies, of which Mr. Adler built and maintained close relationships with.

Mr. Adler holds dual Bachelor’s degrees from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Adler brings a strong business background to the Company, having worked in various management positions for over 8 years. He has gained substantial experience in overseeing the management of diverse organizations, and has a broad understanding of the operational, financial and strategic issues facing public companies. Prior to attending USC, Mr. Adler played tennis on the ATP tour, traveling to over 20 countries and competing among the world's best athletes.

Aitan Zacharin

Mr. Zacharin has been an executive and corporate leader in the information technology and marketing industry. From 2004 to 2010 Mr. Zacharin served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Affilico, a large performance-based marketing and customer-acquisition firm, where he was responsible for the development and viral expansion of the company’s local digital marketing platform. In 2008 he founded Qualents, a leading provider of on-demand recruiting intel for the global staffing industry. He developed an intelligent recruiting platform to support top-tier staffing businesses in targeting passive candidates. The unique platform was developed to save hundreds of recruiting firms significant amounts of time and millions of dollars in sourcing qualified candidates.

Mr. Zacharin, holds dual Bachelor’s degrees from the University of South Florida in Tampa Bay, Florida. He is considered by his industry peers to be a strong visionary implementer, and successful operational manager. He has proven himself in simplifying current infrastructures while saving money and adding capability and capacity. Having worked in various management positions for over 9 years, he has gained substantial experience in creating and overseeing the management of successful organizations, and has a broad understanding of the intricacies facing private and public companies.

Brian Tuffin

Mr. Tuffin began his career at Procter & Gamble in 1988 and advanced through several sales and marketing positions as he elevated through the consumer product giant, then PepsiCo, Kraft and SC Johnson over the next 20 years. Mr. Tuffin spent two years working around the world helping build global capabilities for SC Johnson prior to serving as President of the Canadian Company for SC Johnson from March 2000 to December 2004 where he led corporate performance 4 of his 5 years. In December 2004, Mr. Tuffin partnered with the Clairvest Group to acquire ObusForme and Moller Back Support Systems and created Integral Orthopedics Inc., an orthopedic consumer product manufacturer for which he served as the Chief Executive Officer until 2008. Since then, Mr. Tuffin has been an investor and operating board member in various medical & consumer products companies.

Mr. Tuffin has substantial industry and management experience, having served in senior management positions for the last 23 years. He has experience in medical and consumer product fields and is uniquely qualified to bring strategic insight, experience and in-depth knowledge to the Board. Mr. Tuffin has a dual Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University and is a proud Alumni of the Harvard Business School.

David Berkoff, M.D.

Dr. Berkoff is a well-respected team physician for Duke University’s highly regarded sports programs, which include lacrosse, soccer, football and basketball. He is an expert in the treatment of sports-related injuries in collegiate and young athletes. Additionally, Dr. Berkoff works as a sports medicine consultant for the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has helped conduct pre-World Cup physicals for USA Soccer and is the former Medical Director of the Blue Devil Ironman Triathlon and the New York Triathlon Club. Dr. Berkoff has performed fitness and performance testing at the highest levels. His peer-reviewed research regarding heart rate variability of track and endurance athletes and abstracts addressing electrolyte supplementation and its impact on performance and cramping have been published in often referenced medical journals and bulletins.

Dr. Berkoff received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and completed his medical training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York City. He is also a past-intern in internal medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center and resident in emergency medicine at Jacobi Medical Center. In 2003, Dr. Berkoff moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina and subsequently completed a fellowship in primary care sports medicine at Duke University. Dr. Berkoff’s clinical interests include non-operative orthopedics and musculoskeletal ultrasound with a focus on endurance athletes such as cyclists, runners and triathletes. He has spent time working in the Michael Krzyzewski Human Performance Lab conducting endurance-related research pertaining to cycling and bicycle fitting and previously owned and operated a private cycling performance business.

Richard Hutchings, Ph.D

Hutchings began his professional career in 1983 with Drackett Company, where he served as director of such products as Windex™, Endust™, Vanish™, and Renuzit™. Under his leadership, Drackett secured patents for sodium chlorite-based odor elimination, oxidation chemistry, and the invention of the Vanish™ Drop-ins automatic toilet bowl cleaner. When SC Johnson acquired Drackett in 1992, Hutchings remained and advanced through a series of senior roles including service on the acquisition team for Dow Brands and subsequently as global head of research, development and engineering for the launch of both the Glade™ Liquid Electric Air Freshener and Oust™ Odor Eliminator, before becoming SC Johnson’s global Chief Technical Officer.

Dr. Hutchings holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and physics from Mercer University and a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where his thesis work focused on solution thermodynamics. He has served on several SC Johnson corporate boards throughout the world.