Fred Gitelman is best known as one of the creators of Bridge Base Online and its predecessor, Bridge Base Inc., which produced some of the best and most important educational software of the 90s. Fred retired from top-level tournament bridge in 2019, but during his heyday he and Brad Moss were one of the top pairs in the world, winning the 2010 Rosenblum world championship and several national titles. Fred is a deep thinker about the game, and has been tremendously influential to modern bridge.

Brian Platnick, of Evanston, IL is a graduate of Virginia Tech (BS & MS in engineering) and William & Mary School of Law.  He has worked for the past 30 years trading stock options.  He is a founding member, and current President of The EDGAR Association.  Brian served as a member of both the Ethical and Online Oversight Committees of the ACBL and has worked on numerous cheating investigations. 

As a bridge player, Brian has won 6 NABC+ events and attained the rank of World Grand Master after winning the 1991 World Junior Teams and 2010 Rosenblum.