Peter M. Fannon

     Mr. Fannon manages Panasonic's Corporate Environmental, Government & Public Affairs, and Product Safety & Regulatory Compliance groups.  In addition, he serves as a company spokesman; and he participates in technology development and evaluation activities associated with new products and services.  He also represents Panasonic in a variety of industry, trade, and advisory organizations.  Currently he serves on the Consumer Electronics Association’s Board of Industry Leaders and the CEA Political Action Committee Board of Directors. 

     Before joining Panasonic in 1997, Mr. Fannon was active in digital television development.  He was President of the Advanced Television Test Center (ATTC), the Emmy Award-winning official laboratory for testing new TV broadcast systems submitted to the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS) of the Federal Communications Commission.  He also chaired the HDTV Coalition of industry, trade, and consumer organizations to promote FCC and industry adoption of the ATSC Digital Television standard.  He twice received the “Best Industry DTV Leadership Award” from CEA’s Academy of Digital Television Pioneers..

     Earlier, Mr. Fannon worked in public television.  He was President, National Association of Public Television Stations (NAPTS), which he helped establish as the research, planning, and government affairs organization for public TV.  Before that he was the first Director of Planning for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), focusing on development of new program services, network-station coordination, promotion, and fundraising and development.

     Mr. Fannon has also held posts in the Federal government, in the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA). 

     He earned Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University and its School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).  He is a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), a member of several professional associations, past member of The Johns Hopkins Library Council, and active in international student exchange and theater organizations.

     Panasonic Corporation of North America (PNA) markets a broad line of digital and other electronics products for consumer, business and industrial uses.  Based in Secaucus, NJ, the company is the hub of Panasonic’s U.S. marketing, sales, service and R&D operations.  PNA is the principal North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC), headquartered in Osaka, Japan, whose revenues were some $78.4 billion in the year ending March 31, 2009.  Information about Panasonic and its products is available at www.panasonic.com.