James R. Eldridge
Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Jim has been a leader in direct and database marketing for over two decades. Jim began his business career in 1977 when he accepted a position with ADT Security Services, Inc. In the early 1980's, he became interested in the emerging field of telemarketing and founded Executive Marketing Services (EMS), a provider of enhanced telephone data. Over the next 21 years, he built EMS into The Allant Group, a multimillion-dollar business and a premier provider of strategic data and marketing solutions.

Terrence E. McCarthy
President and Chief Executive Officer and Member, Board of Directors
Terry has been with Allant for 15 years and has served as its president for the last 9 years. He has played a key leadership role in expanding the company's capabilities and developing it into a full-scale performance driven solution provider. During his tenure as president, Terry has helped to implement Allant's mail processing, database development and analytic services. Before joining Allant, he worked in management at First American Financial and as a consultant with Alexander Proudfoot & Company. Terry is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.

Robert C. Early
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Member, Board of Directors
Robert leads Allant's strategic planning and growth initiatives. Robert joined Allant's Board of Directors in 2003 and joined the management team in 2004. Prior to this, Robert spent eight years in marketing and outsourcing services with both Acxiom Corporation and May & Speh, Inc. He joined Acxiom under a two year contract to co-lead the merger integration team and lead selected corporate development initiatives. Robert held various executive positions at May & Speh, including Board Director, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer. He was the principal architect of the May & Speh growth plan, successful IPO and sale to Acxiom for $625 million.

Robert previously worked with Graue Mill Partners, LLC, Ridge Capital Corporation and spent 12 years at Grant Thornton, LLP where he was the Partner responsible for the Chicago office's Capital Markets Consulting Group.

Robert earned his BA with honors from Duke University and his MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Jonathan M. Matuzak
Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
Jon leads Allant's operational capabilities and ensures that all of the company's systems - from hardware and software to processes and methodologies are efficient, accurate and effective. In addition, he oversees the growth and development of Allant staff. Since joining the company in 1990, Jon has helped develop a number of service offerings and infrastructure systems, including one of the first client server based data centers in the industry. He was also the architect for the company's operational processes in both the U.S. and Canada. Jon is a graduate of North Central College.

David B. Irwin
Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Dave joined the Allant group in 2004 and leads Allant's corporate sales and marketing strategies including growth strategies for targeted vertical markets including retail, financial services and telecommunications. Dave's role includes solution development, go-to-market strategy, messaging, proposal delivery, analyst relations, and marketing and corporate development functions. Dave most recently held the position of Business Development Leader, Corporate Strategy for Acxiom Corporation and held various sales and marketing leadership positions for Acxiom and May & Speh, Inc. over the previous nine years. Dave has over 15 years experience in the direct / database marketing field. Dave holds a BA from Bucknell University as well as an MBA from Loyola University (Chicago) with concentrations in Management Information Systems and Marketing. He is also a published author and an industry and analyst reference on subjects such as Customer Relationship Management, Sales Effectiveness and Strategic Best Practices for Marketing / CRM.

Tamara L. Affrunti
Chief Financial Officer
Tamara joined The Allant Group in 2000 and was named Chief Financial Officer in 2005. In her capacity as CFO, she is responsible for managing the financial operations of the organization. In addition, Tamara and her team collaborate with various departments within the organization to ensure that corporate financial objectives are attained. Prior to her employment with Allant, she served as Corporate Controller for CARA Corporation (a subsidiary of Spiegel) where she was instrumental in the sale of the company to Affiliated Computer Services. Subsequently, she served as divisional Controller for their technology division and became responsible for coordinating the integration of all acquisitions made by the technology subsidiary. Tamara has a BA from California State in Accounting and is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Allant Professional Services Group Leadership

Eric C. Schmitt
Executive Vice President and Senior Principal, Professional Services Group
Eric joined Allant as Executive Vice President and Senior Principal in Allant’s Professional Services
Group. Eric is a widely recognized thought leader who spent more than eight years at Forrester Research,
where he interviewed, surveyed, advised and consulted with thousands of marketers and technology
professionals in his role as industry analyst. Eric plays a dual leadership role at Allant. First he serves as a key architect of Allant’s growth strategy and corporate development. Equally important, Eric focuses on the overall success of Allant clients by working with their senior management to ensure that their marketing capabilities, from customer acquisition through retention and growth, rank at the forefront of their industry.

Eric has published more than 150 best practices, forecasts and vendor assessment research reports on topics including database and direct marketing, CRM, the future of TV advertising, email marketing and Web
analytics. His 2004 report “Left Brain Marketing” is widely recognized as an industry landmark, and his
opinions are regularly sought out by trade and mainstream business publications including Fortune, Business
Week and The Wall Street Journal. Eric holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science from Rutgers
University College of Engineering and a MBA from Bentley College.

Peter Steinhauser

Executive Vice President and Senior Principal, Professional Services Group

Peter has extensive experience in marketing and agency services and has helped some of the world’s best known brands build profitable customer relationships by applying brand strategy, database marketing and direct marketing discipline.  He consults with Allant clients in selected industry verticals to apply analytically driven marketing solutions to inform marketing decisions and optimize budgets.

His direct and database marketing experience includes designing and managing multi-channel direct response campaigns for category leading brands in financial services, travel and entertainment and telecommunications. He helped those clients manage the integration of traditional brand campaigns with highly complex database supported direct marketing efforts to drive measurable bottom-line improvements of the business. 

His experience includes helping clients assess, design, and organize direct and database marketing capabilities within their organizations.  He helped set return on investment goals, identify and hire talent and organize multiple specialized disciplines and functions into integrated teams. 

He is a former Member of Leo Burnett’s US Operating Board and CEO/President of its highly successful Direct and Interactive Marketing Unit. That division created branded multi-channel marketing campaigns for clients such as Bank One, Gateway, Hallmark, Starbucks, US Army, and Walt Disney World.  Peter has held senior management positions for direct marketing agencies in the Interpublic and Publicis networks and his strong data services knowledge is grounded in his experience as a Senior Business Consultant for Acxiom, a leading provider of data integration technology services.

Joseph M. DeCosmo
Vice President and Senior Principal, Analytic Solutions
Joe joined Allant in 2005 and leads Allant's analytic services group, focusing on the development of analytic-based solutions for strategic marketing opportunities and developing sophisticated, creative and effective marketing solutions. In June of 2005, Allant acquired DeCosmo & Associates, Inc. Joe is an active member of and speaker for the Chicago Association of Direct Marketing, where he currently serves as President of the Association. He is also an active member of the Chicago Chapters of the American Statistical Association and The American Marketing Association. Joe holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Lewis University and a Master of Arts degree in Economics, with an emphasis in econometrics and statistics, from The University of Illinois at Chicago.

Carolyn O'Malley
Vice President of Product and Solution Management and Senior Principal

Carolyn joined Allant in 2007 as Senior Principal and Vice President of Product and Solution Management. She has over 15 years experience as a marketer and vendor in the direct marketing industry focusing on best practices in financial services, telecommunications, and high tech. Over her career, she has developed a deep knowledge and expertise in all aspects of Customer Data Integration and its impact on marketing effectiveness. Prior to Allant, Carolyn held various leadership positions at Acxiom Corporation and Alltel Communications. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Kurt R. Janvrin
Senior Principal, Professional Services Group
Kurt joined Allant as Vice President, Business Development and Consulting Services. Kurt provides leadership for Allant's strategic account initiatives, focusing on business development and service delivery to targeted accounts and industries. Throughout his career he has created and delivered innovative solutions to business growth challenges for leading companies in the CPG, retail, financial services, insurance and pharmaceutical sectors. Prior to Allant, Kurt spent 15 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, most recently as Strategic Consulting Services Practice Director for Consumer and Industrial Products in the Midwest Region. He has led numerous projects addressing issues in business and marketing strategy, new product development, sales forecasting, promotional logistics execution and customer satisfaction. A graduate of the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania, Kurt holds an MBA degree with a Dual Major in Management and Finance.

Joe Mozden, Jr.
Principal, Strategic Client Solutions
Joe is focused on ensuring that key strategic accounts are effectively achieving their performance objectives in both the short and long term. His role is to ensure that Allant operationalizes its client solutions in a way that efficiently and effectively achieves their measurable performance objectives.

Joe comes to Allant having held a variety of senior management roles where key account management and exceptional client performance were paramount. Past positions included Sales & Management Consultant, S.V.P. Sales & Marketing for Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, General Manager for LSSI, Sales Manager and Area Business Manager for Bay Networks / Nortel Networks and Director, Merger Strategies for Verizon.

Joe received his MBA with high distinction in Finance and International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a BS in Engineering from Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute, also in New York.