Industry Notes for the week of Jan. 18

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Pro Photography

EMOTION Photography to graduate from Founder Institute in Silicon Valley

EMOTION Photography, the Australian professional photography startup, was selected as one of 12 presenting companies on Jan. 20, Graduation Day, at the Founder Institute of Silicon Valley, a business incubator. See the short promo video here.

EMOTION Photography is a digital-first operation built around the belief the customer – in this case, brides – would prefer to hire a photographer with immediate access to images, as well as the understanding there are photographers willing to be paid a flat rate to photograph a wedding. The Dead Pixels Society interviewed founder and CEO Michael Warshall on the podcast last fall.

Events

Registration now open for Virtual Drupa

Companies can now register for the virtual drupa, April 20-23, 2021, at https://virtual.drupa.com. The basic package includes a presence in the Exhibition Space, where the company profile, service, and product offerings are displayed in an online showroom.

People on the Move

Alon Bar-Shany appointed Chairman of Highcon Board

Former HP exec, Alon Bar-Shany, was appointed to chairman of the board of Highcon, a maker of digital cutting and creasing machines. During his tenure at HP Indigo as the general manager, Bar-Shany was recognized for having grown the Company by over $1 billion in revenues.

Other board members include comprising Benny Landa, founder of Indigo and Chairman of the Landa Group;  Fiona Darmon, General Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Adina Shorr, previously CEO of Object, Scodix and CellGuide, and Giora Bitan, formerly CFO at ECI , Scitex and a senior partner in several venture capital funds.

Former Shutterfly CEO Jeff Housenbold is leaving Softbank

Jeff Housenbold, the former long-time CEO of Shutterfly, is leaving the Softbank Vision Found,, according to CNBC. He led investments into DoorDash, OpenDoor and Wag.

Financial News

Samsung Electronics announces fourth-quarter earnings guidance

Samsung Electronics announced its earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2020. Consolidated sales will be approximately 61 trillion Korean won and consolidated operating profit will be approximately 9.0 trillion Korean won.