Alan Rimm-Kaufman founded the Rimm-Kaufman Group, a direct marketing services and consulting firm, in 2003. Prior to founding the firm, Alan was vice president of marketing for Crutchfield Corp. During his five years there, revenue grew 48%, to $192 million in 2002. Internet revenue grew 450%, to $80 million in 2002. He is a fellow at the Center for Management of Information Technology at University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. Alan holds a doctorate degree in operations research with a focus on applied statistics from MIT's Sloan School of Management and a BS degree from Yale University.