Speaker Bio

Annie Ide
January 9, 2007 (Tuesday)
Is your idea worth a million?
Marketing and selling your invention

Anne Ide, Inventor, and presently the Director of Marketing at Amcomm Wireless a Verizon Wireless Master Retailer, began inventing in 1983 when motherhood prompted another "good idea" for a desperately needed product. The introduction of Comfy Wipe Warmer in 1988 was a huge success, selling over 20,000 units its first year and growing to a multi-million dollar product annually, thereafter.

After licensing the Comfy Wipe Warmer in 1990 to another manufacturer, Anne continued to invent products and held invention seminars for would be inventors. In 1996, the company that licensed the Comfy Wipe Warmer went out of business due to critical financial errors, leaving Anne with the task of re-creating her company and products under the name COMFY KIDS.

With shear determination, Anne re-launched a new, improved wipe warmer, the Sammy The Seal Wipe Warmer with Nightlight, in 1997 and steadily recaptured the wipe warmer market. In 1998, Anne launched another patented product, The Food 'N Fun Tray. The Food 'N Fun Tray is the less-mess, quick clean up solution for the big messes that toddlers make during meals, snacks and creative play such as painting, playdoh and more. In 1999, StrollSafe, the stroller safety & first aid kit for evening strolls and daytime mishaps at the playground was launched.

Anne recently remarried and is the mother of two talented and handsome sons and the stepmother of two beautiful young ladies. She resides with her husband, Jeff, and family in Charlton, Massachusetts.

Her infectious smile and passion for inventing was shared through many speaking engagements, television appearances and numerous magazines and newspapers throughout the U.S. Her past television appearances included Ask The Pediatrician on America's Health Network, the inventors segment of the Sally Jesse Raphael Show, the syndicated news segment Smart Woman on ABC, NBC, CBS & FOX stations nationally, NBC News in Boston (Mother of Invention) and Providence (Women in the '90s), the Follow Your Dreams show on cable and local Channel 3 News. Her most recent press in print include American Baby, Success Magazine, Inventors Digest, FIRST For Women Magazine, Small World Magazine, Boston Business Journal and more.  Anne was also inducted into the Who's Who in Executives and Professionals for 2000.