Robert K. Arena, Jr. is a pioneer in the political applications of the Internet. As director of Internet Strategy for Dole for President and Dole/Kemp '96, Mr. Arena was responsible for the design and production of the campaign Web site, widely acclaimed by trade magazines and the mainstream press as the cutting-edge political Web site of the 1996 cycle. It was the foundation for the largest political Internet mailing list ever built and featured unique implementations of technology previously unheard of on a non-commercial site. In 1997, he was responsible for Internet strategy for Governor Christie Whitman's re-election campaign where he took cutting edge political use of the Internet to the state-wide level ‚ developing one of the first bilingual campaign sites. In 1998, he was responsible for Governor Pataki's 1998 reelection Internet strategy where he applied a unique use of user customization in a statewide race. Mr. Arena has worked on various other political and commercial sites.