Alumni Coffee Hour with David Chemerow T’75 and Roger Lynch T’95
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The Center for Digital Strategies welcomed David Chemerow T’75 and Roger Lynch T’95 for a reunion weekend coffee hour with current and alumni Center for Digital Strategies MBA fellows.
David Chemerow T’75, COO and CFO, Rentrak
David Chemerow is dedicated to helping investors and prospective clients understand Rentrak’s story and vision for the future. As the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, David works to ensure that Rentrak is making progress on its strategic and operational initiatives and helps to negotiate significant business deals. “Rentrak’s approach to the measurement business makes us unique in the marketplace,” David says. “The quality of our team and the products we’ve developed help us meet our goals and grow our company every day.”
David has a solid foundation in finance and operations, with more than 35 years spent in the field. Prior to joining Rentrak, David most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Olympus Media LLC, an outdoor advertising company. David also served as Chief Operating Officer of ADcom Information Services, Inc., a TV measurement company, and Chief Operating Officer of GT Interactive Software Corp., a computer games publisher.
David was the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. until it was sold in 2011. He previously served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations and Chief Financial Officer for the company. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Dunham’s Athleisure Corp., a sporting goods retailer. When he’s not flying across the country meeting with investors and speaking at financial conferences, David likes bike riding, scuba diving, attending theater and sitting down with a good book at home in Oregon, with his wife and two very spoiled Siamese cats.
Roger Lynch T’95, CEO of Sling TV
Mr. Roger J. Lynch is CEO of Sling TV and has served as CEO of DISH Digital LLC, a subsidiary of DISH Network Corp and Echostar Corp., since July 2012. He has also served as Executive Vice President of Advanced Technologies at DISH Network Corp. and EchoStar Corp. since November 2009.
Prior to joining DISH and EchoStar, Mr. Lynch spent ten years in the United Kingdom where he served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Video Networks Limited from January 2003 to 2009 and, prior to that, as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Chello Broadband.
Prior to this, Mr. Lynch was an Investment Banker with Morgan Stanley in London, Silicon Valley and New York, where he specialized in Internet, technology and media corporate finance. In this role, Mr. Lynch orchestrated IPOs, financings and mergers for more than 35 leading companies. Prior to this, Mr. Lynch had roles managing manufacturing operations and in physics and engineering. Mr. Lynch holds an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BSc in Physics from the University of Southern California.
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