Camara to drive NCR's entertainment self-service leadership strategy
DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 1, 2009--
NCR
Corporation (NYSE: NCR) announced today that Alex C. Camara has
joined the company as vice president and general manager of NCR
Entertainment Solutions. In his new role, Camara will lead NCR’s
entertainment business, which includes its Blockbuster Express DVD
rental operations.
Camara joins NCR from Coinstar, Inc, where he served for ten years
including most recently as senior vice president and general manager of
Coinstar Coin and Entertainment. In that role, he consistently grew
revenues and profits in Coinstar’s largest business unit. Camara has
more than 25 years of leadership experience in operations, sales, supply
chain, business development and general management from the retail
industry and self-service technology.
“Alex is the ideal person to drive NCR’s entertainment business and
fulfill our goal of becoming the worldwide leader in entertainment
self-service solutions,” said John
Bruno, executive vice president, NCR Industry Solutions Group. “Alex
is a proven leader with exceptional skills in both guiding strategy and
driving execution of a global, self-service kiosk operator business.
Together with his strong global experience in the retail industry, Alex
will help us accelerate the growth of our Blockbuster Express business
as well as continue to build our capabilities in downloadable digital
content, video game buy/sell/trade solutions, and additional new
technologies.”
“NCR has put all of the pieces in place to become the leader in
entertainment self-service solutions. The capital investment it is
making to roll out its DVD kiosks, its strategic partnership with
Blockbuster, its capabilities through the TNR acquisition and its
partnerships with other next-generation technology providers put NCR in
a unique position to grow its business rapidly in the entertainment
space,” said Camara. “I am looking forward to joining NCR’s world-class
entertainment team and working closely with our customers and partners
in order to profitably grow NCR in this industry.”
NCR believes the entertainment self-service industry represents a
substantial market opportunity, and the company has made significant
investments in that space over the past 12 months. In the fall of 2008,
NCR began a strategic alliance with Blockbuster
Inc. to deploy Blockbuster Express branded DVD rental kiosks. In
April 2009, NCR accelerated that strategy by purchasing
the remaining equity in TNR Entertainment, an operator of DVD rental
kiosks – enabling the company to become an owner/operator of the devices
and marking the first step of a North America rollout of thousands of
units.
NCR also has invested in other technology firms, including ePlay
Inc. – which operates buy/sell/trade kiosks for video games – and MOD
Systems – a pioneer in digital media downloads.
About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company leading how
the world connects, interacts and transacts with business. NCR’s
assisted- and self-service solutions and comprehensive support services
address the needs of retail, financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality,
entertainment, gaming and public sector organizations in more than 100
countries. NCR (www.ncr.com)
is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio.
NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other
countries.
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NCR Corporation
Jeff Dudash, 919-900-7435
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