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Industry Notes for the week of April 18 News People on the Move 

Industry Notes for the week of April 18

Interesting reads from around the web Selective Focus: The Industry and the Coronavirus . . . and the Cancellation of Photokina Digital Imaging Reporter columnist George Schaub ponders the near-term challenges and long-term impact of COVID-19 on camera sales, retail and trade shows. LSC Communications files for Chapter 11,  raises $100M in capital LSC Communications Inc. announced, along with most of... Read More
GoPro to restructure, to accelerate direct-to-consumer activities News People on the Move 

GoPro to restructure, to accelerate direct-to-consumer activities

GoPro Inc. announced a $100 million reduction to 2020 operating expenses including a 20% workforce reduction – and plans to further reduce non-headcount related operating expenses to $250 million in 2021 – as well as accelerated plans to go direct to consumer. The company said the direct business is a “meaningful contributor” to profitability in recent years. “GoPro’s global distribution... Read More
Shutterfly names Vivian Liu CFO People on the Move 

Shutterfly names Vivian Liu CFO

Shutterfly Inc. appointed Vivian Liu as senior vice president and CFO, effective Thursday, April 23. She succeeds interim CFO, Jason Sebring. “I am thrilled to welcome Vivian to the Shutterfly team,” said Hilary Schneider, president and chief executive officer of Shutterfly, Inc. “Vivian has a successful background with world-class companies, both public and privately-held, and has a proven track record... Read More
Industry notes for the week of April 11 Marketing News People on the Move SDKs and APIs Updates 

Industry notes for the week of April 11

Interesting reads from around the web Lifetouch temporarily reopens Chesapeake plant Lifetouch expects to have a little more than 100 people working to continue producing its school photo products, including spring class photos shot before schools closed early, as well as student IDs and high-resolution digital images for school yearbooks, according to the Virginia Pilot. The company announced in February was shuttering the... Read More
GotPhoto announces two U.S. executives News People on the Move 

GotPhoto announces two U.S. executives

GotPhoto Inc., the leader in workflow platforms for volume school photographers, announced the hiring of two executives – Karen D. Sweet and Christoph Ebhart – to lead efforts to expand its growing North American presence. “GotPhoto experienced huge growth in the last year,” says Benedikt Greifenhofer, CEO, GotPhoto. “We are investing in our team to sustain and to increase this... Read More
Kazuto Ogawa is new president and CEO of Canon USA News People on the Move 

Kazuto Ogawa is new president and CEO of Canon USA

Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the appointment of Kazuto Ogawa as President and CEO of Canon U.S.A. Inc., effective April 1, 2020, along with other senior executive promotions. He succeeds the retiring Yoruku “Joe” Adachi. Ogawa has almost 40 years of experience with Canon since beginning his career with Canon Inc. in 1981. From 1995-2005, he held positions with Canon Singapore, Canon Hong Kong, and... Read More
Nikon announces retirement of David Lee after 41 years News People on the Move 

Nikon announces retirement of David Lee after 41 years

Nikon Inc. announced the retirement of David Lee, senior vice president, who over the past 41 years has dedicated himself to helping Nikon Inc. navigate the ever-changing landscape of the imaging and recreation optics industries. In his career with Nikon Inc., Lee helped fuel the success of many of the imaging company’s divisions, most recently as the Senior Vice President... Read More
Xeikon adds three to North American sales team People on the Move 

Xeikon adds three to North American sales team

Three new senior staff were announced by Xeikon America, Inc. in support of the company’s North American digital printing business. “We see tremendous potential in the North American market, and with these announcements we have put an even stronger infrastructure into place to support our growth,” said Benoit Chatelard, president and CEO of Flint Group Digital Solutions, Xeikon’s parent company.... Read More
Industry notes for the week of March 28 People on the Move Podcasts Updates 

Industry notes for the week of March 28

Interesting items from around the web Gartner: 81% of CFOs intend to exceed contractual obligations during COVID-19 outbreak Video home tour requests soar nearly 500% in one week Apps and updates Samsung Electronics will bring new photo features to the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note10 series through an upcoming software update, including Single Take mode, starting from March. This software... Read More
VSCO adds three new advisors People on the Move 

VSCO adds three new advisors

Popular app maker VSCO announced the addition of three advisors from diverse backgrounds from innovative companies including Facebook, Pandora, Snap, Twitter, and more. Sriram Krishnan is a seasoned product leader and investor with deep experience building monetization businesses. He served as a key product leader at Twitter where he oversaw audience growth, home timeline, trends, search, onboarding and events among... Read More
AlphaGraphics appoints Brad Swimmer to support strategic franchise growth Acquisitions People on the Move 

AlphaGraphics appoints Brad Swimmer to support strategic franchise growth

AlphaGraphics, a franchisor of printing and marketing solutions, named long-time franchise expert Brad Swimmer to lead the company’s efforts to grow through franchise conversions and acquisitions. Swimmer, a former Fortune 500 financial manager, owned and operated the AlphaGraphics location in Cleveland with his wife, Judy, from 1991 until 2019. The Cleveland franchise location was twice named to the AlphaGraphics Gold Circle Centers and earned multiple... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of March 21 People on the Move Tips and tricks 

Industry Notes for the week of March 21

Tech trends Samsung begins mass production of fast storage Samsung Electronics has begun mass producing the industry’s first 512-gigabyte (GB) eUFS (embedded Universal Flash Storage) 3.1 for use in flagship smartphones. Delivering three times the write speed of the previous 512GB eUFS 3.0 mobile memory, Samsung’s new eUFS 3.1 breaks the 1GB/s performance threshold in smartphone storage. Perfect Corp.: Refashioning the... Read More
ShootProof names Stephen Marshall as CEO People on the Move 

ShootProof names Stephen Marshall as CEO

Atlanta’s ShootProof, a global leader in software, e-commerce, education, and productivity solutions for professional and semi-professional photographers, appointed Stephen Marshall as chief executive officer. Marshall brings more than two decades of proven executive leadership in high-growth technology and SaaS companies. Previously Marshall was a founding partner at Deep Fractal, an advisory firm, working with technology companies spanning digital marketing, healthcare,... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of March 14 People on the Move Updates 

Industry Notes for the week of March 14

Rumors and interesting items from around the internet Former Shutterfly CEO Jeff Housenbold talks to Jason Calacanis on the “This Week In Startups” podcast about deploying the $100 billion SoftBank Vision Fund, creating moats via capital and more. Smithsonian releases 2.8 million images into public domain, via Smithsonian Magazine After half a century, the New England School of Photography shutters,... Read More
Edge Imaging, Walter Capital Partners appoints James Aziz at new CEO News People on the Move 

Edge Imaging, Walter Capital Partners appoints James Aziz at new CEO

Edge Imaging and Walter Capital Partners announce the appointment of James Aziz as CEO of Edge Imaging effective March 16, 2020. Aziz joins Edge, the award-winning Canadian-owned school photography company from Transcontinental’s Premedia services for Printing and Packaging. Aziz’s expertise in finance, operational reporting, continuous improvement, manufacturing systems, cost-containment, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, as well as strategic planning will continue to successfully... Read More