Fusion Productions - Integrating Meetings, Learning & Technology

Don Dea, Co-Founder

Don has a record of high-level success in the global technology, marketing, and business development areas. He has an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, and graduated from MIT's distinguished Sloan School of Management's Senior Executive Program. Don served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General in the President's Executive Exchange Program.

Don's career includes:

• General Manager of U.S. Customer Operations for the Xerox Corporation, responsible for digital channel sales and marketing and for developing strategic partnerships with groups such as EDS, Novell, Scitex, and Arthur Andersen.
• Don also served as Xerox's General Manager of OEM/VAR U.S. Channels.
• As co-founder of Alaris Corporation, he developed a family of 486 and Pentium PCs, and established a global distribution network that included Europe, U.S., South America, Pacific Rim, and the Middle East. Alaris grew from start up to over $90 million in sales in three years.

At Fusion Productions, Don is a recognized authority on the Internet, association strategy, online education, and technology deployment. Don is a frequent keynote speaker and presenter at various association and industry events. He has authored over 15 books, articles, and publications on such topics as eLearning, technology integration, roadmap to digital transformation, trust and transparency, web services, healthcare 2010, business process reengineering, technology management, communities, and association technology strategies.

As a channel and technology advisor, Don's clients have included Oracle, Daihan Paint Inc., RetailVision, European Sources Network Publication, Ameriquest, Dietzgen Corporation, Forte, and Xerox Business Services.

Don has served and continues to serve on various non-profit and for-profit boards including Chairman of the Board of the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Salvation Army. He is presently serving on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Association Executives, and is chair of the Industry Research Advisory Council. Don was recently elected to the American Society of Association Executive's Fellows.