22nd Annual
INK JET PRINTING CONFERENCE
Speaker Biographies
Dr. Ross N. Mills, President & Director of Technology, Vexajet, Boulder, Colorado
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Dr. Mills is currently President and Director of Technology
for Vexajet LLC.
Since 1978 he has worked on ink jet technology for IBM,
Lexmark International, Topaz Technologies and iTi
Corporation as well as Vexajet. In 2010, he founded
Vexajet in Boulder, Colorado for advanced applications of
ink jet in digital fabrication. Dr. Mills is an internationally
recognized inventor, author, lecturer and consultant in all
aspects of ink jet technology.
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He received his Ph.D. and M.S. Degrees in Engineering Science from the
University of California Berkeley and his B.S. Degree in Aerospace Engineering
with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mike Willis, Managing Director, Pivotal Resources, Cambridge, UK
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Mr. Willis is the founder and Managing Director of
Pivotal Resources, an international marketing and
technical consultancy specializing in digital printing. He
has experience in a wide range of technologies and
markets including drop-on-demand and continuous ink
jet printing, electro-photographic technology, greyscale
and colour reproduction methods and light sensitive
materials.
He has worked in the digital printing industry for the
past 28 years, accumulating considerable experience in a wide range of imaging
technologies. Recognized as an industry expert, he regularly speaks and gives
tutorials at printing conferences in Europe and North America. In addition he is
publisher of Directions, a service that monitors ink jet patents and significant
product launches.
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Prior to founding Pivotal Resources, Mr. Willis was Director of Electronic Printing
at Meta Generics. Mr. Willis was a founder member of Xaar - a spin-off company
from Cambridge Consultants where he spent ten years working in a number of
roles, culminating as Group Leader of Non-Impact Printing. Before that, he spent
six years at Gestetner developing photocopiers.
Mr. Willis graduated from the Polytechnic of Central London with an honours
degree in Photographic Sciences.
Dr. Ronald R. Adkins, VP R&D, RJA Dispersions LLC, Hudson, Wisconsin
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Dr. Adkins began his professional career with the Flint Ink
Corporation of Detroit Michigan in 1971 after receiving a B.S.
in chemistry. He worked as a bench chemist until 1972 when
he began studies full time to obtain a Ph.D. in physical
chemistry from the University of Detroit. He returned to the
Flint Ink Corporation in 1976 where he worked until 1984. In
1984, he joined the 3M Corporation. At 3M, he worked on
screen printing inks, spray jet inks, and piezo ink jet inks for
outdoor durable graphics.
In 2004 he retired from 3M as a Division Scientist to dedicate his efforts full time
to RJA Dispersions, a company that he and his wife Reva founded in 2002. He
now serves as VP of R&D of RJA Dispersions, LLC, a developer and
manufacturer of fine pigment and particle dispersions for digital printing,
transparent coatings, and electronics.
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Tom Ashley, Director, Pivotal Resources USA, Lexington, Kentucky
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Tom Ashley, Director of Pivotal Resources USA, has
more than 40 years experience in digital printing. Tom
founded the US branch of Pivotal Resources, Ltd.
(Cambridge, UK) in 2002.
From 1986 to 2001, he held senior management
positions with BIS Strategic Decisions and CAP
Ventures (now InfoTrends), both widely recognized
international consulting firms specializing in digital
printing. From 1984 he was Associate Director of the
Electronic Printer Service at Dataquest, a prominent Silicon Valley technology
consulting firm. Prior to this he was Manager of Technology at Control Data
Corporation, heading up its laser and inkjet printer development programs. Mr.
Ashley was with IBM Corporation for 15 years, where he managed groups
developing photoreceptors, inks and toners for IBM's first copier, laser printer and
inkjet printer.
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Mr. Ashley holds an AB degree in Mathematics and Chemistry from
Transylvania University and an MS degree in Physical Organic Chemistry from
Marshall University with additional graduate work in management at the
University of Kentucky.
Mr Ashley has presented at more than 100 international conferences on digital
printing.
Clive Ayling, Consultant, TTP, Royston, Hertfordshire, UK
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Clive Ayling is an inkjet specialist at The Technology
Partnership (TTP). Clive’s roles at TTP are varied and
include business development for TTP’s ‘Meteor’
business group and leading product development
projects for TTP’s clients. TTP employs 300 scientific and
engineering staff near Cambridge, UK. Around 25% of
TTP’s engineers work on projects relating to digital
printing, making TTP a leading service provider in this
field. Clive has worked on label printers, coding and
marking printing systems, proofer printers, wide format
printers, bar code printers, office printers and industrial
inkjet systems for many different industries. In 2005 Clive helped to found the
‘TTP Meteor’ business group that supplies electronics to drive industrial inkjet
printheads used in OEM inkjet printers, custom industrial inkjet systems and
inkjet laboratories. Clive is a regular speaker at IMI conferences: launching each
new product from TTP Meteor and sharing insights into the state-of-the-art of
engineering in this industry. Fifteen of his past presentations are available on
www.ttpmeteor.com
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Clive has worked at TTP for 15 years, leading many inkjet-related projects. Prior
to this, Clive worked for 6 years as an R&D engineer for Schlumberger Industries
(Solartron Transducers) developing industrial meters for liquid viscosity, flow and
density. He has a degree in Natural Sciences (Physics) from Cambridge
University.
Dr. Rich Baker, President, Integrity Industrial Ink Jet Integration, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Dr. Rich Baker is President of Integrity Industrial Ink Jet
Integration, a company that works with end user customers to
implement custom industrial ink jet print system solutions.
Prior to founding Integrity, Rich worked at FUJIFILM Dimatix
(Spectra) for 14 years. As Director of Business Development
at FUJIFILM Dimatix, he was responsible for fostering
relationships between world leading ink companies, OEM
systems integrators and end user customers. Prior to
FUJIFILM Dimatix, Rich held the position of Chemical
Products Manager at Markem, where he was responsible for developing a wide
variety of inks including hot melt.
Rich has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts.
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Paul Best, Engineer, ImageXpert, Nashua, New Hampshire
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Paul Best is an Applications Engineer with ImageXpert Inc.
Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, specializing in
machine vision inspection for digital printing applications.
Prior to joining ImageXpert, Mr. Best worked as an Optical
Engineer and Team Lead at NASA’s Jet Propulson Lab.
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Marco Boer, Vice President, I.T. Strategies, Hanover, Massachusetts
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Marco Boer is recognized as a trusted consultant to the digital
printing industry. He has a reputation for being able to put
complex information and concepts into a context that is easily
understood by his audience. With more than 22 years of
experience in advising and guiding senior executives of
Fortune 1000 and smaller innovative companies to successful
business solutions in emerging digital printing markets, Mr.
Boer has developed an extensive network of industry contacts
in both the printing and investor community.
Mr. Boer is Vice President at I.T. Strategies where he focuses on product
planning for graphics, transaction, and publishing printers and emerging
industrial digital printing applications such as label printing, packaging printing,
other non-document applications. During his tenure in the industry he has
concentrated on researching applications and sizing markets for ink jet and laser
printing technology, and has been a proponent for the use of digital color printing
in business and industrial applications.
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Prior to joining I.T. Strategies, Mr. Boer was manager of International Data
Corporation’s (IDC) Printer Market Research service. At IDC, he was
responsible for creating and implementing a worldwide printer research strategy
and became a recognized authority on desktop printers. Prior to IDC, Mr. Boer
was a senior printer analyst at BIS Strategic Decisions, where he tracked and
forecasted the market and trends for both color and monochrome laser, ink jet,
thermal, and dot matrix technologies.
Mr. Boer’s in-depth knowledge is highly regarded in the electronic printer
industry. Trade magazines and national newspapers and magazines frequently
quote him, and he is a speaker at international conferences sponsored by the
Information Management Institute (IMI), the Digital Printing & Imaging
Association (DPI), PRIMIR, and others. He guest lectures on a regular basis at
New York University’s Graduate School of Graphics Communication.
Mr. Boer is an alumnus of the University of Maryland located in College Park,
Maryland. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing and international
business. Mr. Boer has lived and traveled extensively through Europe, and has
spend more than 500 days in Japan during his career in the digital printing
industry.
Guy Broadhurst, Vice President, Technology and Client Solutions, Canon Solutions America, Inc.,, Boca Raton, Florida
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For over 25 years, Mr. Broadhurst has been directly involved in bringing key innovations to the market and ultimately helping many companies achieve their goals. He joined Siemens Nixdorf Printing Systems in 1986 before Océ acquired it. He then helped pioneer Océ Print-on-Demand initiatives and launched every continuous feed product in a long line of industry-leading technologies. Most recently, he was instrumental in the growing success of the breakthrough Océ JetStream full color inkjet digital printing family. Companies around the world now depend on Océ continuous feed technology for a variety of promotional, transactional and publishing applications.
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Today, as Vice President, Technology and Client Solutions at Canon Solutions America, Guy helps define and promote the Canon vision and translate it into real solutions. His goal has been to develop targeted and relevant solutions, and thanks to his success, corporate and commercial printers have the printing systems they need to serve their clients and grow their businesses. His reputation for credibility and strategic vision benefits both customers and technology innovators like Canon. Guy is responsible for development, launch, positioning, marketing, and sales support for all digital printing systems, document and workflow management software systems, media development, and pre- and post-processing and finishing alliances. He stays actively engaged in market and customer research to anticipate trends and issues. His close relationships with corporate and commercial customers ensure Océ understands and addresses the range of needs across the marketplace.
His interest and influence have guided many important advances, including:
• Support for light and, heavyweight papers
• Consistent performance across large volumes
A strong environmental focus
• A finishing philosophy as variable as the printer portfolio
• Host-to-post workflow integrity
• Advocacy for high-speed full color inkjet printing
• A market leader in digital book publishing technology
Guy speaks and writes extensively to educate the market and raise awareness of the
latest capabilities and how they can be used. He has presented at ON DEMAND and
Xplor Conferences, TransPromo Summits and other educational
events. As a recognized industry expert, his monthly column, The Broadhurst Report is
featured on the industry website Output Links.com. His topics of expertise include
technology for TransPromo communications, book publishing workflow, the latest in
color inkjet systems and many more areas. All these efforts have contributed to his wellearned
reputation for knowledge and credibility in addressing and solving top issues
facing customers and the industry.
Russ Brown, Marketing Manager OEM Printheads, Fujifilm Dimatix, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Vince Cahill, VCE Solutions, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
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Vince Cahill is the President of VCE Solutions in
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. It provides consulting and
brokering of business relations for the Printing
Industry. VCE Solutions also develops integrated
digital printing solutions for industrial applications.
Mr. Cahill has served in the Printing Industry as a
printer, business executive, author, consultant,
technology developer and inventor for over thirty
years. He was a founder of The Colorworks printing
company in 1976 and Industrial Printing Solutions in
2005. He has worked with other printing companies, OEMs, print technology
developers and teaching institutions. He has written extensively for industry
publications on printing issues and is the former CEO of Datametrics
Corporation.
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Mr. Cahill is a graduate of Fordham University.
Yuan (Charlie) Chang, Vice President of R&D, Amica Systems, Irvine, California
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Yuan “Charlie” Chang is Vice President of R&D and
founder of Amica Systems in 2002 and Amiable
Technologies in 1988.
In the past 25 years he has led the design and
development of various CAD, CAM, Adobe Postscript
RIP, image processing, color management, and
printing software.
Since the founding of Amica Systems in 2002, Charlie
has focused on the development of industrial inkjet
systems and technologies for the wide format
graphics and single pass press digital inkjet printers for textile, outdoor graphics,
markings, decoration and packaging applications. There are over 30 printer
manufacturer OEMs around the world who build and sell inkjet printers with
Amica Systems’ products. Charlie holds many patents in inkjet printing systems,
and he often gives presentation at industry conferences.
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Charlie received his M.S. degree in Computer Graphics and Image Processing
from the University of Pennsylvania, and B.S. in Electrical and Computer
Engineering from the University of Texas in Austin.
Brian Keefe, Distinguished Technologist, Printing & Technology Development, Hewlett Packard, San Diego, California
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Mr. Keefe served as Chief Engineer for the technology phase of the integrated pagewide printhead and ink delivery system through definition and feasibility. He produced the technical white paper released by HP in October that describes HP PageWide Technology in detail.
A veteran of Hewlett-Packard Company for over 26 years, his current title is Distinguished Technologist for Printing and Technology Development with a continuing role as platform architect for pagewide inkjet technology.
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Akiyoshi Ohno, President & CEO, Konica Minolta IJ Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Robert Palmer, President, Palmer Consulting, Wichita, Kansas
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Robert Palmer is an independent market analyst and
industry consultant. With more than 20 years of experience
in the imaging and printing industry, he has covered
technology and business for prominent market research
firms such as Lyra Research and InfoTrends. He was
managing editor for the Hard Copy Observer for six years
and more recently served as director of office document
services for Photizo Group.
Mr. Palmer is recognized as a leading consultant and
industry analyst for the consumer and office printing markets.
He is a frequent speaker at major industry conferences
around the world, and is frequently quoted or published in industry trade
magazines and leading business publications, including the Wall Street Journal,
Forbes, and Business Week.
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Stewart Partridge, Managing Director, Qudos Digital Asia Pacific, Shanghai, China
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Based in Shanghai, Mr Partridge is currently Sales Director,
Asia Pacific Region for two leading European inkjet ink
manufacturers: Chimigraf Ibérica SL of Barcelona, Spain and
Sepiax Ink Technology GmbH of Austria. He also acts as
Technical Consultant to Sepiax on novel ink development.
Formerly, Mr Partridge was Sales Director for Asia Pacific for
the US-owned ink manufacturer Nazdar, following on from his
earlier role of OEM and business development director. Prior
to that, for 13 years Mr Partridge founded and managed Web Consulting, a
respected global consulting business for the digital printing industry, with
research offices in Shanghai China, Oxford UK and Boston USA. During that
period, he also assisted FESPA with the development of its digital conference
programmes in Europe.
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Mr Partridge has spoken at more than 180 conferences worldwide, written more
than 125 articles and 25 reports on the markets, development and evolution of
digital printing, and provided services to many leading brands of digital printing
equipment, inks, media and software.
Mike Raymond, Director of Sales & Marketing, SII Printek, Newark, Delaware
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Mike Raymond is Director of Sales and Marketing for
SII Printek, Inc. (Seiko). For the last 4 years he has
been in a consultative marketing and selling role,
helping printer manufacturers develop new products
using SII Printek’s inkjet technology.
Prior to SII Printek, Mr. Raymond was the Program
Manager for DuPont’s Digital Textile Printers and Inks.
Along with the DuPont team, he launched the highly
successful Artistri brand products for textile printing
from 2000 to 2010. Prior to DuPont, Mike was Director of Printhead
Development for Trident, an ITW Company where he developed and
manufactured inkjet printhead technology.
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Mike has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Hartford and a Six Sigma Master Black Belt from Villanova University.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=16919628&trk=tab_pro
Julie Shaffer, Vice President, Digital Technologies, Printing Industries of America, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
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Julie Shaffer is Vice President, Digital Technologies at
Printing Industries of America. She heads up the Digital
Printing Council (DPC) as well as the Center for Digital
Printing Excellence at Printing Industries headquarters in
Sewickley, Pennsylvania. In her position, Shaffer plays a lead
role in developing programs and tools to help members grow
their businesses with digital technologies.
Ms. Shaffer has a 20-plus year background in pre-media and
print and is well known for her graphic production expertise. She is often called
upon for training, presentations and to provide on-site consulting throughout the
industry on diverse range of topics, including PDF, integrated marketing, digital
printing, social media and print ecommerce. As an author, Ms. Shaffer
contributes many articles to industry publications as well as social media venues
and pens white papers, case studies, and research reports. Shaffer is co-author
of several books, including The PDF Print Production Guide (1st, 2nd, and 3rd
editions), the Web-to-Print Primer and most recently Social Media Field Guide: A
Resource for Graphic Communicators.
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Debbie Thorp, Business Development Director, Global Inkjet Systems, Cambridge, UK
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Ms. Thorp has worked in digital printing for over 20 years, including 10 years in senior positions at specialist digital printing consultancy companies such as BIS Strategic Decisions, IT Strategies and CAP Ventures.
Debbie joined Xaar as Head of Group Marketing in the late 90's and then moved on to be Director of Business Development at AIP Ltd, a liquid toner technology joint venture between RLA and TTP. More recently Debbie was VP EMEA Operations at iTi - an inkjet integrator and materials deposition device manufacturer.
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In early 2010, Debbie was appointed Business Development Director at Global Inkjet Systems Ltd, a leading developer of innovative software and electronics for industrial inkjet printheads.
Debbie has a BA degree in Modern Languages from Manchester University and an MBA from Durham University Business School.
Dr. Yonglin Xie, Senior Principal Scientist, Eastman Kodak, Rochester, New
York
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Dr. Yonglin Xie is a senior principal scientist and project
leader at Eastman Kodak Company. He has been with
Kodak since 2005 working on research and development in
printing devices, microfluidics, and MEMS design and
fabrication.
Before joining Kodak, Dr. Xie was a faculty member in the
physics department at Peking University from 1987 to
1989. From 1994 to 2001, he was a Principal Scientist at
Xerox Corporation working on drop-on-demand (DOD)
thermal inkjet technology and product development. From
2001 to 2005, he was Manager of the New Technology Department at Trident –
An ITW Company, developing piezo and other drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet
technologies and products. Dr. Xie is the inventor of 46 granted inkjet patents.
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Dr. Xie received his Ph.D. degree in physics from Boston University and a B.S.
and a M.S. degree in physics from Peking University. He also received an
executive MBA degree from the Simon School of business at the University of
Rochester.
Mack Xin, President, Human Digital, Shanghai & Jiashan, China
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Mr. Xin started his career in 1982 as a lecturer at Lu Wan
branch of Shanghai Industrial University. He later worked at
the University of Melbourne in Australia as a visiting research
fellow & gained his masters degree in Electronic Engineering.
Afterwards Mr. Xin worked for Kodak and then Scitex, the
leading manufacturer of high-speed digital printing machines, in
Australia. In 1996 Mr. Xin moved back to China to establish
and manage Scitex’s sales and support operations there.
In year 2000, when Scitex was acquired by HP, Mr. Xin left to
found his own digital printing machinery company Human Digital Technology
Company Ltd. He has been CEO of the company since then, steering Human
Digital to become one of the largest digital OEM’s in China, manufacturing more
than 300 printers every month for graphics, textile and industrial applications,
with worldwide distribution channels.
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