Doug Laux Biography


Doug Laux
Chief Financial Officer

Doug Laux Doug Laux joined InterAct in January 2010, and is responsible for all financial operations of the company, including finance, reporting and accounting. Mr. Laux spent the first 20 years of his career with Ernst and Young, the last 9 as a partner in the Chicago office.

He has extensive financial management experience with both public and private companies, including IPO experience as the CFO and COO of Platinum Entertainment, a NASDAQ listed music company he helped take public in 1996. Mr. Laux also has significant turn around, M&A, fund raising and SEC reporting and compliance experience, having been the CFO of several public and private companies, including ANC Rental Corporation the former $2.5 billion parent of Alamo and National Car Rental Companies. He also served as the CFO of EaglePicher, a $900 million diversified manufacturing company, and as CFO of Remy International, a $1.3 billion automotive supplier during their respective restructurings.

Mr. Laux is currently a director and head of the audit committees of both Sirva, the parent of Allied and Northwest Van Lines, and Alpha Media Group, the publisher of Maxim Magazine. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, with a BS in Accountancy and a CPA.