Christopher T. Gassett

Special Data Processing Corp. provides a variety of direct marketing products and services. The company's 1,200-seat telemarketing center sells magazines, club memberships and other products. SDP's telesales personnel target such customers as 'new movers' (subscription customers in the process of updating their address), qualified credit card consumers or by targeting prospects based on Zip Codes and previous buying history. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Clearwater, FL.

Electronic Retailing Association operates trade associations for companies who use the power of direct response to sell goods and services to the public on television, online and radio. It engages in providing discounted trade shows and meetings, subscriptions to Electronic Retailer, access to government tracking services and other related services. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.