WD appoints Memjet CEO Len Lauer to Board of Directors
Western Digital Corp., Lake Forest, Calif., appointed Len J. Lauer to its board of directors. Lauer, who currently serves Memjet as president, CEO and director, brings to WD deep experience with large, multi-national public technology companies and consumer products markets. He will serve on WD’s board until the annual meeting of shareholders in Nov. 2010, [...]
Wolf family in new venture
The Neighborhoood Newspapers recently profiled the next business life of Chuck and Missi Wolf, who have opened two Atlanta, Ga.-area fitness studios. She operates a Buckhead fitness studio, BLAST900, which she opened in September 2008. “We’re not in the photography business anymore, but we still love to take pictures,” said Missi Wolf in the article, [...]
New head of Photo Imaging at Fujifilm Europe
Adrian Clarke was appointed Head of the Photo Imaging business at Fujifilm Europe GmbH, Duesseldorf, Germany, reporting to Nobuhisa Sekiguchi of Fujifilm Corp. in Tokyo and Junji Okada, the president, Fujifilm Europe. The 50-year old manager succeeds Ryosuke Miki, who was appointed Senior Vice President Emerging Countries Business Development at Fujifilm Europe. Clarke, who joined [...]
Western Digital appoints Leyden COO and Nickl senior VP and CFO
Western Digital Corp., Lake Forest, Calif., announced Tim Leyden was appointed COO and Wolfgang Nickl has been named senior vice president and CFO. Both executives report to John Coyne, president and CEO of WD. Leyden has been with WD for more than 20 years in a variety of worldwide finance, manufacturing and information technology leadership [...]
HP Board appoints Spencer Stuart for CEO search
The board of directors of HP Co., Palo Alto, appointed Spencer Stuart to handle activities related to the search for a new CEO. The search will consider both internal and external candidates. The board also appointed John H. Hammergren as chair of the Search Committee. As previously announced, the committee also includes Marc Andreessen, Lawrence [...]
RPI names David Gens as CFO
RPI, Seattle, Wash., added industry veteran David Gens to its management team as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Gens brings more than 20 years of experience in financial management for high growth companies to the position, having helped previous employers raise more than $100 million in capital financing. Prior to joining RPI, Gens [...]
New CEO at Imaging Solutions
Ralph Bayer was appointed new CEO of Imaging Solutions AG, Regensdorf, Switzerland, the specialist in digital high-speed photofinishing solutions for industrial imaging service providers. In this position, Bayer succeeds Rainer Bauer, the CEO of the company since it was established in spring 2003. Bauer remains with Imaging Solutions as Chairman of the Board and sole [...]
Sharp Electronics names John Herrington President, Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America
Sharp Electronics Corp., Mahwah, N.J., announced John Herrington was named president of Sharp Electronics Marketing Co. of America (SEMCA). In this position,Herrington is responsible for all the U.S. sales and marketing of all Sharp’s consumer electronics products including those in the display, audio and video categories, as well as health and environment-related products. He reports [...]
Former Kodak exec Jeffrey Hayzlett joins iVdopia’s board
iVdopia, San Jose, Calif., the largest video and rich media mobile advertising network, announced Jeffrey Hayzlett, former vice president and CMO, Eastman Kodak Co., has joined the company’s advisory board. The holding company Vdopia Inc. is a venture-funded advertising technology company focused exclusively on premium audiences in the world. The privately held, venture-backed company is [...]
Glen Clark joins Bay Photo Lab staff
Bay Photo Lab has chosen Glen A. Clark, Cr. Photog., F/S-PPC, photographer, consultant, presenter, and photography industry executive, to join the Santa Cruz, Calif.-based company. An accomplished photographic professional with more than 30 years of photo industry experience, Clark has served in a variety of roles throughout California and across the United States. He was [...]
