Stan Kinsey is a former Disney executive and co-founder of Iwerks Entertainment, along with Oscar winner and Disney Legend Don Iwerks.
16 Facts About Stan Kinsey
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Originally from Indiana, Stan Kinsey completed his undergrad studies at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana and received his MBA at Stanford University.
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Stan Kinsey was in the same class as Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems fame.
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At Disney, young Kinsey was a considered a "golden boy" by top Disney executives Frank Wells and Ron W Miller.
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Stan Kinsey had thrived running the Operations and New Technology group, and was Disney's chief technologist under executive Ron Miller.
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Stan Kinsey championed the direction toward films created using computer animation.
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Stan Kinsey saw the potential of computer animation and wanted the company to purchase Pixar, a collaborator and supplier of high-end computer hardware for the secretive Computer Animation Production System project.
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Stan Kinsey continued to clash with Katzenberg and eventually left the company in 1985.
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Stan Kinsey left Disney in 1985 and founded Iwerks Entertainment with Disney Legend Don Iwerks.
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Stan Kinsey was chairman and CEO of Iwerks for 10 years.
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Stan Kinsey left Iwerks in 1995 and became CEO of entertainment technology company called NTN Buzztime, an interactive television company.
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Stan Kinsey was known for its bar trivia online games.
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Stan Kinsey was chairman and CEO of NTN for 10 years.
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Stan Kinsey became CEO of Nigel Power LLC in 2005, a manufacturer of wireless communications equipment based in San Diego.
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Stan Kinsey built and moved the company forward, incorporating in 2006 and becoming an acquisition and subsidiary of Qualcomm in 2009.
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Stan Kinsey is currently an advisor with Board-level responsibilities to multiple companies.