Ted Hall Joins the Board of Directors of Dolby Laboratories.SAN FRANCISCO -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DLB DLB Dementia with Lewy Bodies DLB Dynamic Load Balancing DLB Don't Look Back DLB Digital Lecture Board (University of Mannheim, Germany) DLB Digital Loopback DLB Downline Builder (multi-level marketing) ), today announced the appointment of Ted W. Hall to its Board of Directors. Hall joins existing board members Peter Gotcher, Sanford R. Robertson, Roger S. Siboni, and Dolby Laboratories CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Bill Jasper, along with the Company's Chairman and founder Ray Dolby. Hall is an entrepreneur and business leader with extensive operating and consulting experience in technology-related businesses, professional services, financial services, and natural resources. For over 27 years Hall served as a leader and operating manager of McKinsey & Company, a leading global consulting firm. He was Managing Partner of the firm's San Francisco office before assuming significant worldwide responsibilities for the firm, including direct responsibility for one of the world's largest research and development activities on business and management issues. Included in his background is extensive experience in China, where he helped open McKinsey's practice. During his tenure with McKinsey, Hall worked with chief executives and boards of directors of Fortune 50-size companies around the world in the areas of strategy and organization. A leading thinker on microeconomics microeconomics Study of the economic behaviour of individual consumers, firms, and industries and the distribution of total production and income among them. It considers individuals both as suppliers of land, labour, and capital and as the ultimate consumers of the final and business, he has spoken and written about the evolving global economy in venues such as the annual World Economic Forum, the State of the World Forum, and the Commission on Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation . Hall is a general partner of Long Meadow Ranch and president of Long Meadow Winery in Napa Valley as well as Chairman of Tambourine tambourine (tăm'bərēn`), musical instrument of the percussion family, having a narrow circular frame and a single parchment drumhead, with metal plates or jingles set in the frame. , Inc., a specialty music production and distribution company. In addition, he is Managing Director of Mayacamas Associates, his own consulting firm. Hall is also a former Chairman of the Board of the Robert Mondavi Corporation, a global producer of fine wines. Hall holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University and a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University. He has served on the boards of directors of a wide range of educational and civic organizations, including the Foundation for Teaching Economics The Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE) is an organization founded in 1975 that promotes economics education by hosting free workshops for high school students and teachers, and by providing educational resources to teachers. External links
 This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. . A former professional trombonist and record producer, Hall is also a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. About Dolby Laboratories Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) develops and delivers products and technologies that make the entertainment experience more realistic and immersive. For four decades, Dolby has been at the forefront of defining high-quality audio and surround sound in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars, DVDs, headphones, games, televisions, and personal computers. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit www.dolby.com. Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. S07/17940 DLB-G |
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