Home Entertainment Veteran Ray Gagnon Joins Image Entertainment as Executive Vice President Sales Worldwide
February 02 2010 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISK), one of the largest
independent home entertainment distributors in North America and a
leading pioneer of the multi-billion dollar optical disc industry,
announced today the addition of Ray Gagnon to its senior staff.
Gagnon brings over two decades of entertainment sales experience to
the Image Entertainment team and joins as Executive Vice President
Worldwide Sales. He will report directly to Ted Green, Chairman and
CEO of Image.
“I have had the opportunity to work with Ray in the past and am
extremely pleased that he is joining our team at Image,” commented
Green. “Ray has an exceptional understanding of the ever-changing
home entertainment marketplace and strong personal contacts that
can only come from years in the industry. He is unmatched when it
comes to directing the sales efforts and is a great asset to our
team.”
For over two decades, Gagnon has worked with several of the top
studios in home entertainment. He recently served as Executive Vice
President of Worldwide Sales for Anchor Bay Entertainment. While
there, he was responsible for the overall direction of all sales
efforts on behalf of the company. Gagnon joined Anchor Bay
Entertainment in December of 2003. He helped Anchor Bay move from
an independent distributor to studio status by forming direct
partnerships with major accounts, increasing rental and revenue
sharing and very substantially increasing overall revenue.
Prior to joining ABE, Gagnon worked at DreamWorks SKG as Senior
Vice President Worldwide Sales where he held a seat on the Wal-Mart
Vendor Council and served as the architect of the global video
launch of the movie Shrek. During his stint at DreamWorks, he
increased market share by adding avenues to the overseas market and
increasing the company’s presence in stores. He served as Senior
Vice President Sales, North America for 20th Century Fox Home
Entertainment for three years. While at Fox, he received the Vendor
of the Year Award. He had previously received the award in 1990
while he was at Walt Disney/Buena Vista Home Video and he remains
the only sales executive from a home entertainment company to ever
win the award. Gagnon began his home entertainment sales career
with Disney, beginning as a regional sales representative and
ending as Vice President of National Accounts. He pioneered the
direct sales video program with the national retail chains
including Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart and Toys “R” Us. The program has
since become the industry standard. He has also served as vice
president of sales for Sony Music.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Image,” remarked Gagnon. “There
are tremendous challenges that exist at retail today but there are
tremendous opportunities as well. I look forward to working with
the entire Image Entertainment team to meet those challenges and
take advantage of the opportunities.”
About Image Entertainment:
Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee and
distributor of entertainment programming in North America, with
approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 340
exclusive CD titles in domestic release and approximately 400
programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its
titles, the Company has exclusive audio and broadcast rights and,
through its subsidiary, Egami Media, Inc. has digital download
rights to approximately 2,000 video programs and over 300 audio
titles containing more than 5,100 individual tracks. The Company is
headquartered in Chatsworth, California. For more information about
Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to
www.image-entertainment.com.
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