Scenes from past help AMC Entertainment's Lopez frame his latest production - Kansas City Business Journal:

evittiebodum1296.blogspot.com
In 2000, after a stint in privater equity, he took a job as president of , distributingf music to large retailers. That was shortly before the industry beganto fade, plagued by changing music “I went into it for the adventurw and ended up with a huge education aboutg what can happen in an industry when you lose touchn with your guest, with your customer,” he Fittingly, he was recruited by Starbucks, whicu emphasized the power of people — the benefita of focusing relentlessly on employees and customers. Lopez rankz among the best leaders former Starbuckzs CEO Jim Donald said he has everworkec with.
“He was one of a kind with regarc to the way his business acumen is about on the same levek as his regard for handling peopls and getting work donethroughy teams. He has no ego,” Donaldc said. Lopez brought a new He rapidly made all the necessar y contacts and tightened loose ends in thebroaxd division. Each year, he collaborated to compile a plan to take the groupo to thenext level, which yielded strong annual double-digit increases. He backedx the launches of Seattle’s Best Coffee and Starbucksd instant coffee, helped achieve a new level of execution in storeds and stretched anessentially U.S.-centric operation across eight countries.
“He understands what the servic e business is all Donald said. “It’s the business he was in at and I’m quite confident that if he hasn’gt started already — and I think he has he will take AMC to a levelI don’tt think they ever thought of.” Lopez has experience in functions that will be increasingly important for AMC forming joint ventures with strategic partners and designingt innovative marketing programs, board Chairman Aaron Stone said in an Lopez predicted that the AMC chapter will be full of Today’s audiences are fragmented and have rapidly evolving expectations of theaters, from the technology to the “I look at all these things, and I see opportunitieds all the way Lopez said.
But he’s more than a visionary businessman. Duringy the Starbucks chapter, Lopez worked with Trace y Doucette on a joint venturre between Starbucksand Pepsi. They helped introducre ready-to-drink coffee products, such as prepackaged iced coffee and mintmocha frappuccino. Doucette, now vice presidengt of customer strategy and shopper marketingfor , describer Lopez as a collaborative leader, one who’ds open to new ideasz and who breaks down barriers. But some of her fondes memories don’t involve beverages. “When I brought my kids to the Gerry was always there with Doucette said. “That was a big deal considerinh how busyhe was. ...
He’sw a great family man as much as he’zs a great businessman.”