LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the home entertainment industry continues to evolve, and expand, from Blu-ray Disc and DVD into digital delivery across the Internet and through the TV, a new generation of future leaders works alongside veterans to steer the industry through these changes.
Home Media Magazine, the only trade magazine dedicated to the home entertainment industry, is proud to honor the leaders of tomorrow with its “Forty Under Forty” section, published in the magazine’s Sept. 12 issue and honoring the following up-and-comers:
- Badie Ali & Hamza Ali, EVPs, MPI Media Group
- Jill Anderson, VP, Lionsgate Sellthrough Sales for Walmart, Sam’s Club, Vudu and Walmart.com
- Shanan Becker, EVP, New Business Development, Image Entertainment
- Ian Bricke, VP, Programming Acquisitions And Strategy, Epix
- Julie Candelaria, Director of Marketing, Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Erin Carter, Executive Director of Marketing, Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Julie Cartwright, SVP, Brand Marketing, Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Miguel Casillas, SVP, DVD/Blu-ray Disc Production, Lionsgate
- Michelle Davis, VP, Global Product Management, Walt Disney Studios Distribution
- Brett Dismuke, VP, Acquisitions and Urban Programming, Image Entertainment
- Corey Ferengul, EVP, Products, Rovi Corp.
- Bryony Gagan, VP, Business and Legal Affairs, Netflix
- Prasanna Ganesan, Chief Technical Officer, Walmart/Vudu
- Meredith Gertler, VP, Product Management, Operations and Production, HBO Home Entertainment
- Jared Goetz, SVP, Pay Television and Digital Sales, Disney/ABC Domestic Television
- John Griffin, Senior Director, Online Media, Dolby Laboratories
- Justin Hotard, VP & GM, NCR Entertainment
- Ana Kono, SVP, Marketing, Image Entertainment
- Kelly Merryman, VP, Content Acquisition, Netflix
- Berry Meyerowitz, President & CEO, Phase 4 Films
- Bill Miller, Senior Buyer, DVD/Blu-ray Disc, Trans World Entertainment Corp.
- Lisa Nishimura-Seese, VP, Content Acquisition, Netflix
- Rajeev Raman, VP, Product Management, Roku
- Michael Rathauser, SVP, Marketing, Lionsgate
- Emil Rensing, Chief Digital Officer, Epix
- Joel Resnik, VP, Video Games, Redbox
- Jennifer Roberts, SVP, Brand Marketing, Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Jason Ropell, VP, Content, Netflix
- Lyndsey Schaefer, Director, DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group
- Walter Schmidt, VP, Marketing and Product Development, Entertainment One U.S.
- Rob Schonfeld, VP, Digital Sales and Retail Account Development, Disney/ABC Domestic Television
- Galen C. Smith, SVP, Finance, Redbox
- Shayna Smith, VP, International In-Home Sales, Walt Disney Studios
- Soumya Sriraman, President & CEO, Palisades Tartan
- Sherice Torres, SVP, Global Entertainment, Nickelodeon Consumer Products and MTV Networks International
- Kevin Van Belois, EVP, Interactive TV, Menus and Content, Trailer Park
- Meredith Vincent, VP, Consumer Marketing, HBO Home Entertainment
- Mark Ward, VP, Acquisitions, Image Entertainment
- Eli Weisman, VP, Interactive TV, Trailer Park
Link to story: http://www.homemediamagazine.com/people/forty-under-forty-the-under-40-hot-list-25022
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