Eastman Kodak Company Announces Executive Changes, with Effect From April 24, 2018
April 09, 2018 at 04:16 pm EDT
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On April 9, 2018, Brad W. Kruchten Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company and President, Print Systems Division, notified the company of his intention to retire effective April 24, 2018 (the effective date). John O’Grady Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company and President, Consumer and Film Division, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Kruchten as President, Print Systems Division, on the Effective Date. Since December 1, 2017, Mr. O’Grady has been President, Consumer and Film Division, which is the company’s most consumer-facing division, with responsibility for motion picture and commercial films, synthetic chemicals, and consumer products, including products from Kodak brand licensees. From January 2016 to December 2017, Mr. O’Grady was General Manager, Worldwide Sales, Print Systems Division. In this role, he managed the sales, service and regional marketing for the Print Systems Division on a worldwide basis in addition to the go-to-market back office operations for the company. From January 2015 to December 2015, Mr. O’Grady was Managing Director of the Europe, United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand (EUCAN) Region, and from December 2010 to December 2014, he was Managing Director, U.S. & Canada Region. The Board of Directors elected Mr. O’Grady a corporate vice president in March 2007, and a senior vice president in August 2016. Mr. O’Grady joined the company in 1997.
Eastman Kodak Company is a manufacturer focused on commercial print and advanced materials and chemicals. It operates through three segments: Print, Advanced Materials and Chemicals, and Brand. The Print segment is comprised of five lines of business: the Prepress Solutions business, the PROSPER business, the Software business, the Electrophotographic Printing Solutions business and the VERSAMARK business. Print segment products include digital offset plate offerings and computer-to-plate imaging solutions, digital printing solutions using electrically charged toner-based technology, production press systems, consumables (primarily ink), inkjet components, software and services. Its Advanced Materials and Chemicals segment is comprised of four lines of business: Industrial Film and Chemicals business, Motion Picture business, Advanced Materials and Functional Printing business, and the Licensing and Analytical Services business. The Brand segment contains the brand licensing business.
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