People July 2007

NEW HIRES
*John Gorowsky was hired as director of regional sales at Symbology Inc., Minneapolis. In this newly created position, Gorowsky focuses on high performance, custom-designed bar code labels. Previously, he worked for Computype and Web Label.

*Brian Christie was hired as division manager of the Portland, Maine Digital Services Group of Wise Business Forms, Alpharetta, Ga. Christie was formerly computer print manager at Personix and has worked in the computer operations field.

*Bruce Beiderman, Peter Coccorese, Steve Martinez and Jim Wynigear were hired as field sales managers by Standard Finishing Systems, Andover, Mass. Beiderman, the Mid-Atlantic manager, has more than 26 years of graphic arts experience, most recently at AB Dick and Presstek. Coccorese, who has been selling bindery and related equipment since 1984, will handle the Northeast region. Martinez has more than 23 years’ experience in technical and sales positions, and will serve as the South/Central manager. Wynigear, the Southwest manager, has 33 years’ commercial print, bindery and digital finishing experience.

Ferguson Neale was hired as vice president of sales at Global Document Solutions, New York City. He oversees the company’s West Coast sales functions. Previously, Neal was vice president of sales for the Banta Corporation.

John Compton, Gregory Kelsey and Steven Schoenborn were hired by Vertis Communications, Baltimore. Compton is president of quality, EHS, training and development, and was most recently owner/operator of the consulting firm Compton & Associates. Kelsey is vice president of manufacturing. He previously worked at D.B. Hess Company, Quebecor Printing Hazleton Inc., R.R. Donnelley and Sons and General Dynamics Corp. Schoenborn is vice president of client services, and was previously employed by Gannet Offset in Minneapolis.

Christine Graf was hired as director of brand communications at Stora Enso, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Graft has more than 20 years’ experience in the advertising industry, and has worked for Grey Worldwide and LINTAS. She will be based in Stora Enso’s Stamford, Conn., sales office.

John Sweeney was hired as vice president of business development at IQ Colour, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. In his new position, Sweeney is directing the launch of the IQ Colour System. He has 20 years’ marketing, sales and technical experience in the graphic communications industry. He has worked at Integrated Color Solutions Inc., Graphic Microsystems Inc., GATF, and has served as an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Industrial Administration.

Steve Antoni was hired as North American Sales Manager at Press-Sense, Or Akiva, Israel, for the Omnium Business Flow Solution. Antoni has 25 years’ experience in finance, marketing and sales at Danbury Printing & Litho, printCafe and All Systems Integration. He is based in the company’s Connecticut office.

*Brad Hooper was promoted to commercial division manager at the Portland, Maine-based Digital Services Group of Wise Business Forms, Alpharetta, Ga. Previously, Hooper was commercial supervisor at the Portland location, and he has more than 30 years’ printing production and supervisory experience.

*Debbie Buck and Lance Triplett were promoted at Ward/Kraft Inc., Fort Scott, Kan. Buck, recently the sales manager, is now the general manager over the short run division and is responsible for sales and service and order entry for both the short run and the CTC division. She has worked in the printing business for 25 years. Triplett was promoted to general manager over the labels division. He has worked at Ward/Kraft for 15 years, and was most recently the labels production manager.

Harry R. Vinson was promoted to executive vice president of Cadmus Publisher Services, part of Cenveo Inc., Stamford, Conn. In his new role, Vinson is responsible for Cadmus’ sales and marketing efforts. Previously, Vinson has worked for World Color and Moore, and was most recently the senior vice president of purchasing and logistics at Cenveo.

Russell Joyce was promoted to president of XSYS Print Solutions, Trelleborg, Sweden, part of the Flint Group. Previously, Joyce was VP and general manager for the company’s Europe, Middle East, African and South America divisions. He began his career in the ink industry in England, and has held technical and market development roles in the narrow web industry since.

AWARD
William Curtin, president of Press Color Inc. of Appleton and Glendale, Wis., was awarded the Printing Ink Pioneer Award. Presented by NAPIM, the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers, the honor is given to someone who has made a strong impact in the printing industry. Curtin was praised for introducing flexographic and environmentally friendly inks, and the LEXA ink system.

IN MEMORIAM
Edward C. Raleigh, 89, a retired Army colonel who helped develop DMIA’s publications and marketing initiatives from 1971-84, died of complications after intestinal surgery Jan. 26 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, Va. Interment was at Arlington National Cemetery with military honors.

In 1971, he joined DMIA (then known as NBFA, the National Business Forms Association) as the managing editor of FORM magazine and soon became director of publications. Under his direction, the magazine and other association publications grew in size and sophistication. FORM was renamed Print Solutions in 2001. The Independent Management Report, a semi-monthly newsletter for member owners and executives which today remains one of the association’s primary membership benefits, was perfected under Raleigh’s direction. He was the association’s President’s Award winner in 1984.

In the Army, Raleigh specialized in public affairs. He was considered “an early champion of maximum disclosure and minimum delay,” according to his 2002 induction in the U.S. Army Public Affairs Hall of Fame. He put that philosophy to the test in 1968 when he found himself in the middle of a public relations crisis.

Some 6,400 sheep near the Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah were found dead, poisoned by a deadly nerve agent called VX, which had been stockpiled at the base. Col. Raleigh, serving at the Army Materiel Command, insisted on a quick response to the public outrage, which became a national controversy over how the Army stored and secured toxic materials. According to the Hall of Fame, “What could have been a disastrous incident critical of the Army actually resulted in the media and public’s understanding of what actually occurred. This event later became a ‘case study’ on how to successfully handle high profile incidents.”

Raleigh was born in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington. He enlisted in the state’s National Guard in 1940. After graduating from Officer Candidate School, he served in anti-aircraft artillery units with the 1st Infantry Division in Italy and France. After World War II, he served in the Army Reserve and was recalled to active duty, serving in Japan until 1955. He completed the Army Information School and was ordered to the Pentagon to serve as the deputy chief for the Army’s Community Relations Section. He also served in France, Korea and Turkey. He received a master’s degree in 1965 from the University of Wisconsin.

Raleigh’s wife of 58 years, Hyacintha, died in 2000.