Stewart Krentzman
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Stewart Krentzman is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Oki Data Americas, Inc.
Oki Electric Industry
, commonly referred to as OKI, OKI Electric or the OKI Group, is a Japanese company manufacturing and selling info-telecom and printer products. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, OKI operates in over 120 countries around the world....

, headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Its parent company, $6.2B Oki Electric is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Krentzman was selected in December 2009 by Computer Reseller News as one of the 2009 Top 100 Most Influential Executives in Technology.

Krentzman is currently advising a Microsoft Strategic Partner on developing business applications and solutions for Microsoft’s new Surface V2 to be launched in August 2011. He is assisting The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College as they evolve their more efficient and compassionate health care offering to gastrointestinal groups outside of the NYC area.

He serves on the Board of New Taste Dimensions Foods, Inc., a company committed to return a portion of its profits to homeless children. He also serves on the Board of TheBBQCleaner.com, a home-based business opportunity company that began in April 2009 and now has 25 locations across the United States.

Education

Krentzman graduated from Colonia High School
Colonia High School
Colonia High School is one of three four-year comprehensive public high schools that serve students in ninth through twelfth grades from Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Woodbridge Township School District. The other two high schools in...

 (1969) in Colonia, New Jersey
Colonia, New Jersey
Colonia Colonia Colonia (is a census-designated place and unincorporated area within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 17,811....

 and from Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded as a junior college in 1942. It now has several campuses located in New Jersey, Canada, and the United Kingdom.-Description:...

, Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, and a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 39,776, making it the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County....

 with a BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in Psychology in 1973. In June 2007 the University awarded Mr. Krentzman The Pinnacle Award, its highest award for University alumni. In December, 2007 he was elected to the University's Board of Trustees. He also holds an MA
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...

 in Human Resources from The New School
The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...

 in New York City, which he received in 1977.

Early career

Prior to joining Oki Data Americas, Krentzman held various sales and marketing positions at Unilever
Unilever
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....

 N.V., including Director of Marketing/Beverages and Director of Marketing/Condiments and Snacks. He developed the sales strategy for the launch of brand Equal (the sugar substitute), helped launch what is known today as the $400 million fruit snack category in supermarkets and other retail outlets, and as Director of Marketing for Beverages, helped to develop and execute the strategy for defending the Lipton tea brand against Snapple and Tetley Round Teabags.

Career at Oki Data Americas

Before becoming President and CEO, he held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in which he was responsible for overseeing sales, marketing, consumables, engineering, Latin America, and new business development. During his tenure at Oki Data Americas, Krentzman also served as Vice President and General Manager of the inkjet printer line, Senior Vice President of Marketing, and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Computer Reseller News named Krentzman to their Top 25 Executives for Peripherals in 2004. He was a member of the Computer and Communications Industry Association in Washington, D.C.

In October 2007 PC Magazine ranked Oki Data with the highest overall score across all printing categories in Reader's Satisfaction Survey; going on to say That "the Land of Color Laser Printers... Has a New Ruler: Oki Data".

Academic career

Stewart Krentzman is a part-time faculty member of the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies
New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies
The School of Continuing and Professional Studies is a unit of New York University. Founded in 1934, the school aims at working professionals who seek additional training tailored to their interests....

 teaching at the graduate marketing level.

From February 2009 until March 2010 Krentzman served on the Business-Higher Education Forum that is composed of several major university presidents and business CEO's to help establish education policy priorities for the Obama administration.

Community and charitable involvement

Krentzman was a founding board member of the Arsenal Soccer Club of the Pascack Valley (Bergen County, NJ) in December 1991. The club, a member of the New Jersey Youth Soccer Association, has grown to be the largest soccer club in the State of New Jersey. He served as President of the Northern Counties Soccer Association from 1996 until 1999. He also served as a director of the New Jersey Youth Soccer Association from 1996 until 1999. Krentzman was inducted into the Bergen County High School Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame in November 1999.

Krentzman, along with his wife Bonnie, also actively supports the fight against breast cancer. They purchased a 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood
Cadillac Fleetwood
Lawrence P. Fisher was the Fisher brother most closely involved with Cadillac in its early years. In 1916 he joined the Fisher Body Company which had been formed by two of his brothers in 1908. Larry was one of four of the seven Fisher brothers who brought Fisher Body Corporation under the General...

, which they had restored to become the “Twin Sister” to the single most famous car in the world, Elvis' Pink Cadillac
Elvis' Pink Cadillac
Elvis' Pink Cadillac is probably one of the most iconic, style setting, sung about in popular culture and then copied real cars in North America, and the wider world where Elvis Presley's music was popular....

. Beginning in April 2007 the Krentzman’s have made this car available, in partnership with Oki Data Americas, to breast cancer organizations nationwide to aide in fundraising to find a cure for the disease that affects millions of women each year.

In January 2008 the Krentzman's purchased and completed restoration of a 1959 pink Cadillac
Cadillac
Cadillac is an American luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors . Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mostly in North America. Cadillac is currently the second oldest American automobile manufacturer behind fellow GM marque Buick and is among the oldest...

 convertible that, in partnership with Oki Data Americas will also be made available for breast cancer fund raising. The 1959 Cadillac made its first appearance as the pace car at the Revlon Walk in New York City leading 42,000 walkers through Times Square toward Central Park on May 3. 2008.

Mr. and Mrs. Krentzman are also active supporters of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital...

 and the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Through Oki Data America's the Krentzman's have also made their Neoclassic automobile, the "Spirit of America" available for colon cancer fund raisers.

Mr. Krentzman and his wife have been recognized for their fund raising efforts by the New Jersey State Legislature, the Bergen County Executive as well as many breast and colon cancer organizations and hospitals.

Krentzman is married and has two sons. He resides in River Vale, New Jersey
River Vale, New Jersey
River Vale is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 9,659. The community was ranked #29 on the 100 Best Places to Live 2007 survey published by CNN/Money magazine....

with his wife.
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