Programs in Graphic Communications
23rd Annual PRISM Award Luncheon
Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi, executive vice president of the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) at HP, was honored with the 2009 Prism Award by the Master of Arts in Graphic Communications Management and Technology program in the Division of Media Industry Studies and Design of NYU-SCPS.
The proceeds of the PRISM Award Luncheon help to fund student scholarships for NYU's internationally renowned Master's Degree in Graphic Communications Management and Technology which is helping to develop the next generation of industry leaders.
VJ was introduced by John D. Wren, president and CEO of the Omnicom Group Inc., at the 23rd Annual Prism Award Luncheon. Some 500 industry leaders gathered at the event held at Gotham Hall in New York City.
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John Wren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Omnicom Group Inc. John Wren is the president and CEO of Omnicom Group Inc., the premier global marketing and corporate communications company. He was named CEO in 1997 and elected president in 1996. Under his direction Omnicom, founded in 1986, has achieved status as a world-class company with the best corporate and divisional management in the advertising and marketing communications industry, as well as the leading brands in marketing, including BBDO, DDB, Fleishman-Hillard, Interbrand, Ketchum, OMD, PHD, Porter Novelli, Rapp and TBWA Omnicom is one of just 16 companies to be elected annually to the Forbes Platinum 400 Best Big Companies rankings since its inception in 1999. Since Mr. Wren was appointed CEO, Omnicom has been named a “Most Admired Company” by Fortune, and regularly appears among the top performers of the Fortune 500. Mr. Wren has been named a Best CEO by Institutional Investor, and Executive of the Year by Advertising Age. Mr. Wren entered the advertising business in 1984, joining Needham Harper Worldwide as an executive vice president. Part of the team that created Omnicom in 1986, he was appointed chief executive officer of the Diversified Agency Services division of Omnicom in 1990. |
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Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi, Executive Vice President, HP’s Imaging and Printing Group Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi is executive vice president of the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) at HP. IPG is a $29 billion annual revenue business that encompasses inkjet, LaserJet and commercial printing, printing supplies, digital photography, entertainment, graphics, and managed services. In the last seven years under VJ’s leadership, IPG has grown revenue from $19 billion to $29 billion, and doubled its operating profit to more than $4 billion. VJ spearheads HP’s drive to become not merely the world’s premier printer company, but the world’s premier printing company. HP has been the worldwide market leader in printing since introducing its first inkjet and LaserJet printers in 1984. The company has sold more than 400 million inkjet printers since then and, in 2006, shipped its 100 millionth LaserJet printer. HP’s imaging and printing intellectual property portfolio includes more than 12,500 patents worldwide. VJ joined HP in 1980 as a research and development engineer and has held various leadership positions. He holds a master’s degree in electrical |
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