Mark Pierson
Mark Pierson, Director Supply Chain/Logistics, Paramount Home Entertainment
Daniel Aronson
Daniel Aronson, Strategy & Change, Communications, IBM Business Consulting Services
Daniel Aronson wrote his first white paper on sustainability 15 years ago, a paper that has been requested over 200 times by individuals in businesses, academia, and government. He has been a consultant for over a dozen years and during that time, he has helped worked with clients in media, retail, financial services and many other industries.
He has been a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School’s class on strategic corporate citizenship, acquired IBM’s first social responsibility strategy client, and gave the opening keynote at the Return on Involvement, Innovation, and Interaction (ROI3) conference, a video of which was broadcast to thousands of employees of participating companies.
Daniel has developed tools for increasing the business benefits of social and environmental responsibility, and is an expert in the measurement and improvement of sustainability efforts. He lives in the New York City area.
Bob Bauer
Bob Bauer, Vice President, Worldwide Supply Chain, Warner Home Video
Bob Bauer is the vice president worldwide supply chain for Warner Home Video. He currently leads WHV’s efforts in international commerce process improvement and global compliance initiatives. While only with WHV a little over one year, Bob has over 20 years of experience in supply chain, logistics and manufacturing with Hewlett-Packard, The Walt Disney Company and Pioneer Electronics. Mr. Bauer holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master’s Degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Jeff Talmadge
Jeff Talmadge, Director, Product Development & Systems Integration, Denon Electronics
Jeff Talmadge is an 18-year veteran of the consumer electronics industry and an expert on all aspects of home theater technology, CE manufacturing, marketing and sales. He began his career in consumer electronics in the retail sector. After rising from sales consultant to store manager for two Hi Fi Unlimited outlets in Pennsylvania, he joined Denon in 1999 as National Sales Trainer. Since then he has played an integral role in helping the Denon brand achieve recognition as a world-renowned manufacturer of high-performance home theater and audio products.
Mr. Talmadge is a key player in developing and implementing Denon’s overall brand strategy, namely, to provide consumers and the custom installation marketplace with comprehensive solutions for enjoying the most advanced home entertainment performance and features. He brings to Denon understanding and expertise in both the advanced technologies that drive product development as well as the complex and changing currents of the overall marketplace. Among his many achievements at Denon, Mr. Talmadge has spearheaded a major expansion of the company’s national sales training program, including the development and implementation of a host of new online educational applications that help retailers, custom integrators and channel partners across the country better understand and communicate the full potential of the company’s home entertainment products. While at Denon, Mr. Talmadge has led key product planning initiatives, particularly in the custom integration channel, through daily interaction with manufacturing, marketing and sales.
Mr. Talmadge earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University.
Mike MacDonald
Mike MacDonald, Executive Director, Supply Chain Operations, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
H. Anthony DiRico
H. Anthony DiRico, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Hub Folding Box Company
H. Anthony DiRico is part of the third generation of family that owns and operates Hub Folding Box Company, Inc. today. Graduating with a BS in Business Management from the University of Alabama, Tony went outside the family business to work at Kliklok Corporation where he learned about mechanical packaging and the importance of having innovation, service and quality in a packaging supplier. He later returned back to his roots of Hub Folding Box Company, where his grandfather developed the first cellophane widow package and bottle carrier-“the six-pack”.
Today at Hub Folding Box, Tony continues that same innovation that his grandfather Francesco DiRico started back in 1918 by developing new innovative “green” ideas for sustainable packaging, such as the OPTIPAK™ DVD and Blu-Ray Package which uses 40% less plastic, a unique domed shaped hub and graphic capabilities that make the package appear to have an O-ring attached. Tony also helped develop Hubʼs LIQUID INK TECHNOLOGIES™ that provide more economical and eco-friendly solutions without sacrificing brand exposure in retail environments. In all of his efforts, Tony has helped to make Hub Folding Box Company one of the most innovative and prestigious packaging manufaturers in the Northeast.
Andy Setos
Andy Setos, President of Engineering, The Fox Group
Bill Wilson
Bill Wilson, Digital Strategy & Business Development, The National Association of Recording Merchandisers
Chris Carey
Chris Carey, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Technical Operations, Paramount Pictures
Parker Brugge
Parker Brugge, Vice President, Environmental Affairs and Industry Sustainability, Consumer Electronics Association
Parker Brugge, Vice President, Environmental Affairs and Industry Sustainability, is responsible for representing the consumer electronics industry internationally, and before federal, state and local governments on critical issues such as electronics recycling, substance restrictions, energy efficiency, and other environmental issues. Mr. Brugge is a frequent speaker on policy issues impacting the consumer electronics industry. Previously he practiced law in Washington, D.C., for some 15 years at Patton Boggs and later O’Connor & Hannan, where he assisted corporate, governmental and non-profit organizations in working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state regulatory agencies, and the Congress on environmental regulatory, legislative, and litigations issues and strategies. Between partnerships at these two law firms, Mr. Brugge served as Chief Executive Officer of the American Wood Preservers Institute, the trade association that represents the U.S. wood treating industry. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Brugge served as Counselor to the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Brugge received his law degree from the College of William and Mary and his chemical engineering degree from the University of Virginia.
CEA represents more than 2,200 manufacturers, distributors and retailers of audio, video, accessories, mobile electronics, communication, information and multimedia products that are sold through consumer channels. CEA also sponsors and manages the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s largest annual trade event showcasing consumer electronics products.
Session Chairs
Paul Scott,
Executive Vice President,
Sony DADC
Larry Wilk,
Vice President, Worldwide Operations, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Darcy Antonellis, President, Warner Bros. Technical Operations Speakers Bios / Pics
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