Speakers' Biographies

Jeffrey Housenbold, President & Chief Executive Officer, Shutterfly

As Shutterfly’s President & CEO, Jeffrey Housenbold drives the strategic direction and growth of Shutterfly.com, TinyPrints.com and WeddingPaperDivas.com. Jeffrey is a new-media visionary with a successful track record of building online consumer franchises by artfully combining commerce and community. His leadership and vision are the driving force behind Shutterfly’s industry leading transformation into a personal publishing and multi-brand company by giving consumers the tools to share their personal stories. Jeffrey leads a talented executive team who is focused on the growth of Shutterfly’s global customer base, the development of robust technology platforms and the creation of innovative products and services. Under Jeffrey’s leadership, Shutterfly was named one of the Top 25 Mid-Sized Companies to Work For in 2010. In June 2006, Jeffrey received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® Award in the Retail and Consumer Products category for the Northern California region, and in January of 2012, Jeffrey was named Visionary of the Year by Photoimaging Manufacturers and Distributors Association.

Previously, Jeffrey was Vice President of Business Development & Internet Marketing at eBay, where he managed customer acquisition and retention. At eBay he also held positions as Vice President & General Manager of its Business-to-Consumer Group and Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions. Formerly, Jeffrey held senior management positions with AltaVista, including Vice President & General Manager, and was the Chief Operating Officer of Raging Bull, the award-winning community finance portal. He also served as Vice President of Corporate Development at WinStar Communications and as Manager and Co-founder of Accenture’s Media & Entertainment Strategy Group.

Jeffrey earned his MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Dean’s Fellow; and his undergraduate degrees, with High Honors in Economics and Business Administration, from Carnegie Mellon University where he was a Presidential Scholar.
In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Shutterfly, Jeffrey also serves on the Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment, the world’s largest casino entertainment company; Clover, a mobile payments company; Digital Chocolate, a publisher of social and mobile games; and the nationally recognized Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, one of the ten best children’s museums in the country.

Guy Gecht, Chief Executive Officer, EFI

Guy Gecht is Chief Executive Officer of EFI (NASDAQ: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation. As CEO, Gecht is focused on leading EFI to achieve greater growth in revenue and profitability. His key initiatives include increasing EFI's market penetration, diversifying the company's product offerings, and introducing new services that will drive demand for digital printing worldwide.

Since joining the company in 1995, Gecht has risen through the ranks at EFI, serving in a variety of management and engineering roles. Prior to being named EFI's CEO in January 2000, he served as President of the company. In this role, he spearheaded the launch of EFI's first suite of print workflow software, which leverages EFI's industry-leading color printing technology, while providing EFI with new and expanded markets. Since becoming CEO, he has also guided EFI through many acquisitions, including the acquisition of VUTEk, the world leader in superwide digital inkjet printing.

From January 1996 until July 1999, Gecht led EFI's engineering efforts for the company's largest product line, culminating in his position as Vice President, General Manager of EFI's Fiery Servers Division. He led his team to dramatically expand the depth and breadth of EFI's server product line, with over 35 products launched in 1998 alone. Today's Fiery servers can process more than 4000 full color variable data pages per minute, making it the industry's fastest digital server.

Before joining EFI, Gecht was Director of Engineering at Interro Systems and held software management positions at ASP and Apple Israel. From 1985 to 1990, he served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), managing an engineering development team and later, was an Acting Manager of one of the IDF's high-tech divisions.

Gecht was a member of the Israeli National Bridge Team and as a young player placed second in Europe and fifth globally in the World Junior Bridge Championships.

Gecht holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science from Ben Gurion University in Israel.