Thorbjörn Gustafsson Appointed President of Digital Vision US
Thorbjörn Gustafsson Appointed President of Digital Vision US Stockholm, August 13, 2001 - Digital Vision is pleased to announce that Thorbjörn Gustafsson has been appointed President of the company's North American Operations. Based at Digital Vision's US headquarters in Los Angeles, Gustafsson will direct day-to-day operations and spearhead new programs in the area of sales, marketing and product development and support for the company's large customer base in North America. Gustafsson recently served as Worldwide Director of Marketing at Digital Vision in Stockholm, and his background includes high-level executive positions in marketing and business development. Prior to joining Digital Vision, Gustafsson served as Director of Business Development at Celsius Corporation, Northern Europe's largest defense contractor and a subsidiary of Saab Military Aircraft. Gustafsson was responsible for initiating and negotiating strategic agreements with US firms and military consultants. Prior positions at Celsius include Director of Marketing for the US and Canadian markets and Marketing Manager where he served as a liaison between existing and new clients including top level executives in the US Navy, Air Force and many US defense industry contractors. "I am pleased to be heading up Digital Vision's recently expanded offices in North America," comments Gustafsson. "Our products have enjoyed such wide acceptance within the US post-production community and we look forward to even greater success in the months and years to come." Digital Vision, a Swedish company founded in 1988, provides Media Professionals throughout the world with innovative post-production, pre- mastering, telecommunications and digital cinema products from offices in Stockholm, Los Angeles, Toronto and London, as well as via a network of more than 20 distributors. Digital Vision is organised into three business areas covering Media Mastering, Media Networking and Digital Cinema. Digital Vision has received a number of international awards including an Emmy Award for its work on advanced motion estimation technology. The company also holds the IABM Peter Wayne Award for New Technology for BitPack, its MPEG2 pre-mastering workstation and the ITS Monitor Award in recognition for the Advanced Scratch and Dirt Concealer. Digital Vision is listed on Stockholmsbörsen. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/08/13/20010813BIT00700/bit0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/08/13/20010813BIT00700/bit0001.pdf