Mr. James V. Continenza, also known as Jim, has been Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman since February 20, 2019 at Eastman Kodak Company. In his role as Board Chairman, Continenza, has led the Company's efforts to improve its capital structure, execute strategic M&A transactions and drive investment in growth engines. He brings robust experience and a proven track record guiding several leading, innovative technology companies through transformations. Mr. Continenza has been the Chief Executive Officer of TBC Holdings I, Inc. since September 2012. Mr. Continenza served as the President of STi Prepaid, LLC from 2010 to 2011. Mr. Continenza has been the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Vivial Holdings LLC, the parent company of Vivial Inc., a holding company since 2012. He served as a Senior Executive and specializes in businesses across a variety of industries. He served as an Interim Chief Executive Officer of Anchor Glass Container Corporation (alternate name, Ardagh Glass Inc.) from September 2006 to December 4, 2006. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of Arch Wireless, Inc. from September 2000 to September 2002. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of Teligent, Inc. from May 2001 to September 2002 and served as its Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations from September 2000 to May 2001 and President and Chief Executive Officer from September 2002 to June 2004. Mr. Continenza served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lucent Technologies Product Finance, which was a division of The CIT Group, Inc. from April 1999 to September 2000. Mr. Continenza served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Teligent, Inc. He served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing of Lucent Technologies Product Finance from September 1997 to April 1999. He served as the Executive Chairman of Tembec Inc. since February 29, 2008. He serves as Chairman of Board of Managers at Southwest Georgia Ethanol, LLC. He has been the Executive Chairman of Vivial Inc. since November 18, 2011. He has been the Chairman of Merrill Corporation since July 01, 2014. He served as the Chairman of Eastman Kodak Company since September 25, 2013 until February 20, 2019. He serves as the Chairman of Neff Corp. He serves as the Chairman of Kodak Canada Inc. Mr. Continenza served as the Chairman of Hawkeye Renewables, LLC. He serves as Director of Blaze Recycling, LLC, Portola Packaging, Inc., Southwest Georgia Ethanol, LLC, Windstream NTI, Inc., ATX Communications Inc., Corecomm Communications Inc., BridgeCom Holdings Inc., ATX Telecommunication Services of Virginia, LLC, Eureka Broadband Corporation, Open Support Systems LLC, TRUCOM Corporation, Bridgecom Solutions Group, Inc., Eureka Networks, LLC, Eureka Telecom of VA, Inc., Eureka Telecom, Inc., Infohighway of Virginia, Inc., Info-Highway International, Inc., Eureka Holdings, LLC, Corecomm-ATX, Inc., Aventine Renewable Energy, Inc., and Nex-I.Com Inc. He has been Director of Eastman Kodak Company since April 1, 2013, Kodak Canada Inc since April 2013, Neff Corporation (alternate name Neff Rental LLC) since November 2014 and Pacific Ethanol Central, LLC (formerly Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc.) since September 24, 2012. Mr. Continenza has been a Director of ATX Licensing, Inc., Digicom, Inc., Broadview Networks of Virginia, Inc., Broadview NP Acquisition Corp., BV-BC Acquisition Corp., Broadview Networks, Inc., Arc Networks, Inc, Windstream BV Holdings, LLC and Broadview Networks of Massachusetts, Inc. since November 13, 2012. Mr. Continenza served on the board of Tembec, Inc. from February 2008 to November 2017. He has been a Director of NII Holdings, Inc. since June 26, 2015. He has been a Director of RCC Minnesota Inc. since May 26, 2006 and November 2014. He served as a Director of Maxim Crane Works, Inc. since May 2006, USA Mobility Inc. (alternate name, Spok Holdings, Inc). since November 2004, Fido Inc. (a/k/a Microcell Telecommunications, Inc. of Canada) from May 1, 2003 to November 9, 2004, Teligent, Inc. from September 2002 to June 2004, Rural Cellular Corporation from May 2005 to 2008 and Fido Solutions Inc. from May 2003 to November 2004. Mr. Continenza serves as Chairman at Sorenson Communications LLC and Nextel International, Inc. He served as a Director of Rath Gibson, Inc., Anchor Glass Container Corporation, and Arch Wireless Inc. Mr. Continenza holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin.
Eastman Kodak Company, commonly known as Kodak, is an American technology company focused on imaging solutions and services for businesses.[5] The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, United States and incorporated in New Jersey.[6] It was founded by George Eastman in 1888.
Kodak provides packaging, functional printing, graphic communications and professional services for businesses around the world. Its main business segments are Digital Printing Enterprise and Graphics, Entertainment Commercial Films.[5][7]
