Father's Day 2008 Feature Releases
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www.businesswire.com - The following releases focuses on the topic Father's Day:
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- Let Dad Customize His Father's Day Gift with chumby! Source: Chumby Industries, Inc.
CEIVA Scores Big this Father's Day Source: CEIVA Logic
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Every Father Can Become a Master Winemaker With the Winepod Winemaking System Source: Winepod
ATLANTA-- Give Dad a High-Tech Boost for Father's Day Source: Wi-Ex
NATICK, Mass .--'# 1 Dad' Notebook Mouse Now Available from MoGo! Source: Newton Peripherals LLC
WASHINGTON-- World Wildlife Fund Offers Unique Eco-Friendly Gifts for Father's Day Source: World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn .--Wireless TV Amplifier Helps Dads with Hearing Loss Enjoy Television Again Source: Clarity
ST. LOUIS--Fun, New Family Activity for Father's Day Source: RIDEMAKERZ
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--San Diego Sizzles as Country's Top 'Cookout Capital' Source: Blue Rhino
The following knowledgeable industry leaders and scholars from Business Wire's ExpertSource database are available to discuss topics relating to Father's Day:
Louis Chabrier, a staunch paternity advocate, works as a knowledge advisor at WorldatWork, providing members, non-members and internal customers' information, resources and referrals. He responds to specific inquiries regarding compensation, benefits and total rewards and conducts research to fulfill their inquiries. Prior to joining WorldatWork in 2006, Chabrier was a full-time parent for his two young children. He founded a Valley-based Dad-to-Dad network for stay-at-home fathers. During some of that time, he worked on contract human resources projects for technology companies. Louis has over eight years experience as a human resources generalist, mostly in the semiconductor industry. For SpeedFam-IPEC, now Novellus, he represented the engineering and research and development groups. Chabrier is fluent in Spanish and experienced in mediation. Education: B.S. in Mass Communications from Emerson College in Boston, MA.
PR Contact: Erin Ryan, 480-304-6824
erin.ryan@worldatwork.org
David Naranjo, Director of Product Development for Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, has more than 15 years of experience in the consumer and commercial electronics industry. His professional background includes business analysis, product development, product planning and marketing. He was vice president of consumer electronics research with DisplaySearch. Naranjo earned a Bachelor's of Electrical Engineering at Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY, and his MBA with distinction in Marketing and Finance from the Keller Graduate School of Management in San Diego.
PR Contact: Mark Scott, 714-220-6896
mark.scott@meus.mea.com
Scott Shoemaker is president and co-founder of DadGear, a designer and manufacturer of diaper bags and apparel for dads. Shoemaker founded the company in 2005 when he saw an opportunity to fill a significant gap in the baby products market. He recognized that the parenting landscape was shifting dramatically and that fathers were taking more active roles in the parenting process, so he set out to design dad-friendly products. In founding DadGear, Shoemaker has become one of the pioneers in the industry, bringing increased awareness to the needs and desires of modern fathers. Today, the market for dad-friendly baby products is exploding. DadGear sales have quadrupled since inception, and the company shipped out nearly 12,000 dad diaper bags last year from its Denver, Colorado base. Shoemaker oversees all operations for DadGear and is also the principal designer behind the wide range of diaper bags and apparel the company produces. As a father of three and very active in caring for his children, he taps his understanding of the needs of today's modern fathers to design and manufacture stylish diaper bags and products that help make parenting easier. Shoemaker left a long-time position in construction management to start DadGear and has built the company entirely from the ground up. A true entrepreneur, he went after an idea he believed in and made it happen. Shoemaker is an expert resource on the following: challenges of entrepreneurship diaper bag design and manufacturing trends in fatherhood the role as an involved father Shoemaker has been quoted in a number of publications, including: New York Times, My Dad, American Inventor, August 2007 The Morning Call, Cool Daddies, October 2007 Orlando Sentinel, Manufacturers gather in Orlando to show off innovative baby products, April 2007 Colorado Biz Magazine, Gear for Stay-at-home Dads, March 2007 Baltimores Child, Dads Take a Hike (With the Kids), April 2006 Earnshaws, "Make Room for Daddy," March 2006.
PR Contact: Andrea Sinor, 303-564-6492
andrea.sinor@dadgear.com
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