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Manager for Retail Printing and General Manager for Consumer and Professional Film, and was elected a Vice President in 2002.
Kruchten’s career at Kodak began in 1982 as a quality engineer, and he subsequently held roles in manufacturing and research engineering. In
1986, he moved into a sales position for Copy Products, and later held sales and marketing positions before becoming a product line manager for
Business Imaging Systems, responsible for retrieval products.
Between 1998 and 2001, he served in management roles in the Document Imaging unit, which became the world’s leading seller of high-speed
production scanners. In 2001, Kruchten was named Site Manager, Kodak Colorado Division, and became a divisional vice president of Kodak’s
Global Manufacturing unit. In 2002, he was named the Chief Executive Officer of Encad Inc., a wholly-owned Kodak subsidiary.
Prior to Kodak, Kruchten worked as a project engineer at Inland Steel and as a tool designer for General Motors Corp.
A native of Flint, Michigan, Kruchten has a B.S. in Engineering from Michigan State University, a M.S. in Statistics and Quality Management
from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and has attended the Executive Management Development program at Penn State University.
Antonio M. Perez
Antonio M. Perez is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kodak. Since joining the company in 2003, Perez has led the ongoing and
worldwide transformation of Kodak into a digital imaging leader. His strategy is built on the company’s long history and distinct expertise in
materials science, digital imaging science and deposition processes.
Since early 2012, Perez has led Kodak through a chapter 11 reorganization in the U.S., from which the company is expected to emerge in mid-
2013 as a B2B company focused on commercial, packaging and functional printing solutions and enterprise services. The company also
continues to offer leading products and services in Entertainment Imaging and Commercial Films.
Before joining Kodak, Perez worked for Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”), where he held a variety of global leadership positions, including
President of HP’s Consumer Business. During his 25 years at HP, Perez spearheaded efforts to build a digital imaging and electronic publishing
business, generating worldwide revenue of more than $16 billion.
After HP, Perez was President and CEO of Gemplus International, where he successfully led the initiative to take the company public. While at
Gemplus, he led the transformation of the start-up into the leading Smart Card-based solution provider in the fast-growing wireless and financial
markets. In its first fiscal year, revenue at Gemplus grew 70 percent to $1.2 billion.
Perez serves as a member of the Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE) International Advisory Board, and is a
member of the Board of Trustees of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.
An American citizen born in Spain, Perez studied electronic engineering, marketing, and business in Spain and France. In 2009, he received an
honorary doctorate degree from the University of Rochester.
Laura G. Quatela
Laura G. Quatela was elected President of the company on January 1, 2012, and served as Co-Chief Operating Officer for the first half of the
year, managing the Consumer Group of businesses and Kodak
’s Intellectual Property business. On September 10, 2012, Quatela assumed the
role of President, Personalized Imaging, as she leads that business through its sales process.
In January 2011, Quatela was named General Counsel and elected a Senior Vice President. Quatela was appointed Chief Intellectual Property
Officer in January 2008 and retained this role in tandem with her new duties leading the company’s Legal organization.
Previously, Quatela was Managing Director, Intellectual Property Transactions, and was responsible for directing strategic cross-licensing and
royalty-bearing licensing activities for the company, including developing Kodak’s digital capture licensing program. She was elected a Vice
President in 2006.
Quatela joined Kodak in 1999 and held various positions in the Marketing, Antitrust, Trademark & Litigation staff in the company’s Legal
department. She was promoted to Director of Corporate Commercial Affairs, Vice President, Legal, and Assistant General Counsel in 2004.
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