Tony Desimone

Tony Desimone is currently the Director at The Summit Center. Tony has over 20 years of experience in marketing, product development, and global brand management. Prior to their current position, Tony served as the Vice President of Global Brand Marketing at Fisher-Price from March 2012 to October 2013. In this role, they oversaw the P&L, global product development, and all global marketing initiatives for three distinct brands with over $400MM in revenues. Tony was also responsible for the marketing development of two new global intellectual properties that were used for TV broadcast and digital distribution.

Tony has also held the position of Director/Senior Director of Marketing at Fisher-Price from June 1995 to December 2011. In this role, they led a cross functional team of 40+ people representing multiple brands to develop and execute brand management product plans. Tony has also traveled to markets across the globe to analyze the viability of marketplaces including: UK, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil and Mexico. Under Tony's leadership, two of Fisher-Price's largest brands achieved record setting sales years in FY 2012.

Tony Desimone has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business and a B.S. in Business from Niagara University.