ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Document Security
Systems, Inc. (NYSE MKT: DSS), a leader in anti-counterfeiting
and authentication solutions, will host a webinar on June 13, 2014 at 10
a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern
time.
The webinar titled "Consumers, the Missing Soldiers in the War
on Counterfeit, Find Out What They Think," will discuss the
findings of the DSS commissioned market research survey titled "DSS
Secure Counterfeit Study."
The webinar will feature industry experts Ron Guido, former vice president of Global Brand
Protection and Supply Chain Integrity for Johnson &
Johnson and Pat McInally, former NFL
player, syndicated columnist, author and creator of Kenner Toy's "Starting Line-up." Larry
Shannon-Missal from Harris Interactive will discuss the research
methodology behind the market research survey.
The webinar will cover:
- Current online shopping habits.
- Perceived advantages and disadvantages of shopping
online.
- An exploration of counterfeiting and other online
shopping concerns.
- The potential impact authentication systems could have
for online shopping.
The webinar will provide an inside look into online consumer's
behavior and consumer opinion of online counterfeits. DSS is
offering the FULL research summary, free of charge, to all webinar
attendees. To sign up, please follow the instructions provided at
this link.
The survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Poll on behalf of
Document Security Systems, Inc. from January
2-8, 2014 among 1,015 U.S. smartphone owners ages 18 and
older. The online survey was not based on a probability sample and
therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be
calculated. For complete survey methodology, including weighting
variables, please call 585-325-3610.
About Pat McInally
Pat McInally graduated with
honors from Harvard University in
1975. While at Harvard, he was
consensus first team All-American (wide receiver), named second
team All-America in his junior season, named First Team All-New
England and All-East junior and senior years. In 1974, he was
named both New England Player of the Year and National Football
Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete. He was also named All-Ivy
League as punter and wide receiver and played in the
East-West Shrine Game, Hula Bowl, Senior Bowl (first Ivy Leaguer)
and College All-Star Game.
In 1975 he was drafted by the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals. He
was the only NFL player ever to achieve a perfect score of 50 on
the Wonderlic Intelligence Test. Mr. McInally's
professional football career includes being named to the NFL 1976
All-Rookie Team, leading the NFL in punting in the 1978-79 and
1981-82 seasons, being named to the 1982 All-Pro Team, and playing
in the Pro Bowl as well as playing in Super Bowl XVI.
He has the distinction of being the only Harvard graduate to play in both the Super Bowl and
Pro Bowl.
After playing professional football, Pat
McInally was enshrined in the Harvard Athletic Hall of Fame,
enshrined in the Orange County Hall of Fame, Named to the All-Time
Cincinnati Bengal Team, named to the All-Time Orange County
Football Team, named to the All-Time, All-Ivy League Silver
Anniversary Team, as both punter and wide receiver, and enshrined
in the Collegiate Football Hall of Fame as one of only six
individuals named as the top scholar-athletes of the
20th Century.
In the 1980's, Pat McInally had
the number one syndicated sports column in the country, "Pat
Answers for Kids", a weekly article, with readership in excess of
20 million. He also wrote "Moms & Dads, Kids & Sports",
published by Scribners and authored articles for NFL.com,
PopWarner.com, NYSCA, Pony League Baseball, soccer organizations,
and PacifiCare.com.
In 1987 he created Kenner Toys' "Starting Line-Up", which is
expected to get over 700 million
dollars in sales over the next 13 years. He has
worked with the National Council of Youth Sports, National Park and
Recreation Association, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and the
American Football Coaches Associations. He presently serves
on the NFL's Youth Football Board with Commissioner Roger Goodall.
About Ron Guido
Ron Guido is an independent
consultant specializing in brand protection, marketing and supply
chain management. Ron has 36 years of experience with Johnson
& Johnson. He has held executive level positions in the
areas of operations, sales & marketing, business development,
information technology and general management.
His most recent role was Vice President, Global Brand Protection
for Johnson & Johnson where his group was responsible for
anti-counterfeiting programs and policies. He continues to consult
on the topic of supply security and is broadly recognized by
industry peers and government agencies as a leading authority on
anti-counterfeiting practices and technologies.
He is a Board member for a charitable medical organization known
as Operation Smile and an advisor to the Rothman Institute of
Entrepreneurship at Fairleigh Dickinson
University. Ron holds three patents for medical devices.
Ron has an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from
Rutgers University and a Masters in
Management Engineering from New Jersey
Institute of Technology.
About Nielsen & The Harris Poll
On February 3, 2014, Nielsen
acquired Harris Interactive and The Harris Poll. Nielsen
Holdings N.V. is a global information and measurement company with
leading market positions in marketing and consumer information,
television and other media measurement, online intelligence and
mobile measurement. Nielsen has a presence in approximately 100
countries, with headquarters in New York,
USA and Diemen, the
Netherlands. For more information,
visit www.nielsen.com.
About Document Security Systems
Document Security Systems, Inc.'s (NYSE MKT: DSS) products and
solutions are used by governments, corporations and financial
institutions to defeat fraud and to protect brands and digital
information from the expanding world-wide counterfeiting
problem. DSS technologies help ensure the authenticity of
both digital and physical financial instruments, identification
documents, sensitive publications, brand packaging and
websites.
DSS continually invests in research and development to meet the
ever-changing security needs of its clients and offers licensing of
its patented technologies through its subsidiary, DSS Technology
Management, Inc.
For more information on the AuthentiGuard Suite, please visit
www.AuthentiGuard.com.
For more information on DSS and its subsidiaries, please visit
www.DSSsecure.com.
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Document Security Systems
(585) 325-3610
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