PMA’s 2015 Distinguished Service Award Honorees

PMA’s 2015 Distinguished Service Award Honorees

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Las Vegas, NV—PMA honored four with the 2015 PMA Distinguished Service Award in recognition for contributions to PMA and the photo-imaging industry: Scott Brownstein of Brownstein & McCabe; Bob Hanson of Harold’s Photo Experts; Nigel McNaught of PMA UK; and Brian Wood of Photovision.

The awards presentation was held January 5, 2015, during the PMA 2015 Conferences at Bally’s Las Vegas, preceding the Digital Imaging/Photography Conference and Marketplace, presented by PMA, at the 2015 International CES.

Scott Brownstein.
During his 23 years at Kodak, Brownstein was responsible for many advanced digital products, including dye-sublimation printing, the Create-a-Print consumer-operated kiosks and Kodak’s PhotoCD system. He later founded, and was chief technology officer of, FujiFilm e-Systems, where he was responsible for the conception and development of advanced digital solutions for the professional and retail markets. He was also the creative force behind one-hour, web-to-retail printing at 1,000+ camera stores and 3,500 mass merchandiser locations. Brownstein was the founding president of DIMA and served as a member of PMA’s board of trustees. He is now an imaging consultant and visionary to small and large industry stakeholders.

Bob Hanson. Hanson is the president of Harold’s Photo Experts, which operates four stores in South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa. The family-owned business was started in 1910 as a portrait studio by Bob’s grandfather, Emil Hanson. Harold’s was an early adopter and currently operates a central lab with full production capabilities that include film, scanning, wide-format printing, press printing, video, sublimation printing and framing. Hanson was a PMA territorial vice president in the 1970s and a member of PMA’s Retail Local Markets committee in the 1990s and 2000s. He served on PMA’s board of trustees and its executive committee, as treasurer and vice president. He has been a member of PRO for more than 40 years and served on its board of directors and its executive committee. Hanson is also a member of Independent Photo Imagers (IPI) and contributed to the development of its Marketing Services Program.

Nigel McNaught.
Having spent 50 years working in the photo industry, McNaught started as a shop assistant at a photo dealer during his youth. He studied the science and technology of photography at university in London and joined Polaroid in 1973 as a technical sales rep. There he held many subsequent posts, including publicity manager during the patent infringement case with Kodak and head of the national accounts sales team before moving to Olympus as general manager. He also served in an international marketing role with Hope Industries and worked with darkroom supplier De Vere before joining PMA as UK director in 2003.

With PMA, McNaught introduced the retail business forum program and headed the ongoing ID/passport photo campaign for specialty photo retailers. McNaught retired from his role as director of PMA UK in 2014 and now frequently speaks at conferences and meetings.

Brian Wood. When his parents bought a photo business in Salem, Oregon, in 1968, Wood fell in love with the photo industry. By 1973 he was working after school in the camera store and the photo lab. In 1977, he took over the photo lab side of the business and split it off from the camera store. Over the past 35+ years, he has built the business extensively, while taking the time to serve the industry. In 1993, Wood joined IPI and was invited to join the National Photofinishers Group (NPG), where he served as chairman in 1996. He helped merge NPG with the Buck Rogers Group and became chairman of Buck Rogers in 2001. Wood served on the board of IPI from 2006–2011, and in 2008 he joined the PMA executive board and served as president of PMA from 2010–2012. He currently serves on PMA’s board of trustees. pmai.org

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