Stewart Krentzman

Stewart Krentzman
Born	1951
Occupation(s)	Educator Business executive
Employer(s)	Unilever Oki Electric

Stewart Krentzman (born 1951) is an American educator and business executive who serves as an adjunct professor at the New York University Stern School of Business in the executive, full and part-time graduate programs. ^[1] Previously, he served as the president and chief executive officer of Oki Data Americas, Inc. with responsibility for North and South America. He was a member of the board of directors of Oki Data Corporation from 2003 to 2010. ^{[2] [3]}

Early life and education

Krentzman was born in 1951. He earned a BA in psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1973 and an MA in human resources from The New School in 1977. ^{[1] [4]}

Career

Krentzman began his career at Unilever, where he served in various sales and marketing roles, including director of marketing for Unilever's flagship brand Lipton tea during the Tetley and Snapple tea wars. He was previously director of marketing for condiments and snack brands, including Wish-Bone salad dressings and helped create and then managed the fruit snack segment, including Sunkist, Nintendo, Disney, and Warner Bros brands. ^{[1] [5]} He also developed the national sales strategy for Equal, a sugar substitute. ^[1]

In 1997, Krentzman joined Oki Data Americas, Inc., a 1200-employee division of $3B Tokyo-based Oki Electric LTD., an imaging and biometric company in Mount Laurel, New Jersey as the vice president of the inkjet printers division. ^[4] In 2001, he became the senior vice president of sales and marketing and a year later he was appointed as the chief operating officer of the company. ^{[6] [7]} From 2003 until 2010, Krentzman was the president and chief executive officer of the company. He was named to the "Top 100 Most Influential People in Technology" in 2009 by CRN Magazine. ^{[8] [9]} He served as a board director of Oki Data Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. ^[10]

Later in his career, Krentzman developed an expansion strategy for the healthcare segment at the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center. ^{[1] [11]} Additionally, he worked on a project exploring implementing a concierge medicine model in the United Arab Emirates. ^[1]

Since 2009, Krentzman is the president of The BBQ Cleaner, LLC in Hackensack, New Jersey, with 298 locations across the United States and Canada. ^[4]

In 2017, Krentzman and his wife co-founded the New Jersey Friends of Memorial Sloan Kettering and established Survival+ for Schools, Inc. in October 2023, a non-profit organization focused on addressing school violence. ^{[4] [12]}

Board memberships

Krentzman has been a member of the Board of Trustees at Fairleigh Dickinson University since 2008. ^{[4] [13]} From 2018 - 2024 he was a member of Advisory Council of Studio Samuel, an organization that creates pathways for girls in Ethiopia ^[14]

References

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7. Staff report (March 2, 2001). "Oki Data Americas taps Nabeshima to head company". The Trentonian .
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9. Burke, Steven. "The Top 25 Channel Sales Leaders Of 2009 | CRN". CRN .
10. "Oki Data Americas Promotes Stewart Krentzman to President and Chief Executive Officer.", Business Wire, October 2, 2003. Accessed June 24, 2007.
11. Donnelly, Shannon. "New York-Presbyterian Hospital's Summer Reception in Hamptons blooms". Palm Beach Daily News .
12. "Memorial Sloan Kettering opens new Bergen County facility".
13. "Stewart Krentzman". Fairleigh Dickinson University.
14. "International Advisory Council".