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• Mike Maselli receives promotion to vice president of marketing and product management, Böwe Bell + Howell.
• Andrew Gordon, Océ North America, serves as the new Chairman of The Print Industries Market Infomation and Research Organization (PIRMIR).
• Colleen Twomey, MacDermid, Inc., takes on vice chairperson role at PIRMIR.
• William K. "Kip" Smythe, NPES, becomes PRIMIR president.
• Jacqueline M. Bland serves as the secretary of the executive committee of PIRMIR.
• Patrick Brand becomes vice president and president, U.S. mailing for Pitney Bowes Inc.
• Michael Wissman takes on director of product management role at Industramark, a Standard Register business unit.
• Armando Zagalo de Lima becomes executive vice president of Xerox.
• Russell Peacock receives senior vice president role at Xerox.
• Bob Schmiek, BCC vice president of software engineering, receives appointment to PostCom Board of Directors.
• Phil Hanks, former general manager of Chippendale, joins Paragon Australasia Group as business development manager.
• David Booth joins CPI as general manager, to run CPI Graphics' digital division.
• Peter Crean, of Xerox, receives prestigious Robert F. Reed Technology Medal.
• Pat Shepard becomes new member of Rochester Software Associate's sales team.
• Chet Casper joins Ironsides Technology as vice president of sales of North America.
• John Tarascio becomes chief operating officer at Böwe Bell + Howell.
• Chris Lien, of BCC Software, joins Mailing and Fulfillment Service Association's Board of Directors.
• Noel Ward takes on digital printing editor role at Graphic Arts Monthly.
• Vince Emery, Karen Golden and Sue Willard join the Gilbane Group as new analysts.
• Michael Pedersen receives vice president of regional sales position at Arandell.
• Riccardo Babbini becomes country manager for GMC Software Technology's new office in Italy.
• Stephen Cousins joins Anchor Software as vice president of product development.
• Joseph Timko becomes Pitney Bowes's EVP and chief strategy and innovation officer.
• Charles Hayward joins Sefas Innovation as the new business development manager.
• Phil Rose, formerly of XMPie, becomes manager, customer engagement at Xerox's Gil Hatch Center for Customer Innovation.
• Patrick Riesch receives promotion to general manager of GMC Software's Effretikon office in Switzerland, overseeing sales, support and professional services functions.
• Ramesh Ratan, president of Pitney Bowes DMT speaks at the upcoming Conference Board conference on "Corporate Image and Branding" in New York City, January 28 and 29.
• David Day returns to Inspectron, a worldwide leader in inspection and verification systems, bringing back his 30 plus years experience in the document business.
• BJ Baranosky is promoted to general manager, JJ Bender, LLC, a leading provider of digital presses and high volume print equipment.
• Jonathan Edwards, formerly Continuous Feed General Manager, Xerox Europe, has been promoted to vice president Continuous Feed Line of Business and will be relocated to Xerox HQ in Webster, NY.
• Bob Meyer, formerly of American Printware, becomes president of MPSConnect, the new portal of the global managed print services industry.
• Matt Swain receives promotion, becomes senior consultant at InfoTrends.
• Todd Blumsack accepts promotion to vice president of sales for Xeikon North America.
• Waleed Ashoo, CEO of LithExcel Communication Services Provider, speaks at the upcoming PODi AppForum.
• John Sommers, Jr. joins Allied Printing Services Board of Directors.
• Bob Redmond takes on director of mailing and fulfillment role at Omaha Print.
• Matt Swain of InfoTrends and his girlfriend Kathie will spend the holidays on a 15 day backpacking trip from Managua, Nicaragua to San Jose, Costa Rica.
• John O'Donnell has joined Avanti as the U.S. south east regional account manager.
• Susan Tousi becomes Kodak vice president after Kodak Board election.
• Scott Draeger, of HP Exstream, receives promotion to manager of product strategy.
• Dr. Werner Broermann moves from Compart to Zöller & Partner, where he will establish a consulting service in the area of output.
• Toshiba Business Solutions names Jim Hawkins vice president of operations.
• Donald Gustafson becomes president of Baldwin Graphic Systems, Inc.
• Brian Paulson takes on VP of output solutions sales role at FIS (formerly Metavante).
• Wallace Vingelis joins Window Book as director, postal industry practice.
• Michael Ring becomes president and CEO of Punch Graphix Americas, Inc.
• Sanja Wallace joins Delphax Technologies as director of product management.
• Bob Bowen, former Chairman of Group 1 Software, passed away Nov. 18.
• StreamServe adds Charles Boesenberg and Steven Feldman to Board of Directors.
• Pazazz appoints Len April as president.
• John Nitti joins DocuLynx, Inc. as vice president of sales.
• Peter Müller joins GMC Software Technology's Senior Management Team.
• Mal Baboyian, president of Océ Production Printing Systems, and Gina Testa, Xerox's vice president of worldwide graphic communications and business development, join the NPES Board at the NPES meeting in Florida.
• Don Dixon leaves Gartner to join HP as the director of strategy planning in the Managed Enterprise Unit.
• Pierce Lowrey Jr., one of the early pioneers of the output outsourcing industry, passed away Oct. 20.
• Dave Hook joins CrawfordTech as director of product management.
• Simon Wheeler takes on managing director role at Océ-Australia Limited.
• John P. Windle, president and founder of State Street Consultants passed.
• Ted Treanor joins Gilbane Group as senior consultant of publishing Strategies.
• Robert Black - the well-known director at ICGT School of Design (TAFE) RMIT University - resigned from his position at the school last week after being offered a superannuation option.
• Keith Kemp of Xerographic Digital Printing becomes Chairman of the NAPL Board
• Scott Liewehr joins Gilbane Group as Senior Consultant, Web Content Management
• Pitney Bowes Document Messaging Technologies appoints Lori Ann Cerullo, formerly a VP at InfoPrint Solutions Company, to vice president of U.S. sales.
• OneVision names Peter Loh as managing director for its Asia Pacific subsidiary, based in Singapore.
• The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation presents the 2009 Harold W. Gegenheimer Annual Achievement Award to Raymond J. Prince, vice president and senior consultant, NAPL.
• Bill Trippe receives promotion to vice president and lead analyst, content strategies for Gilbane Group.
• Jürgen Weinhardt becomes managing director of Compart Deutschland GmbH. He was previously the head of sales.
• Cary Sherburne, an OutputLinks Women of Distinction Award recipient, receives 2009 Tom McMillan Award for Editorial Excellence.
• Sean Huban joins Premier Printing and Mailing solutions as director of business development, focusing on transaction output.
• The World Print & Communication Forum names Michael Makin its new president.
• Chris Bondy joins InfoTrends as group director, cross-media workflow solutions.
• Scott Bannor joins Elixir, handling sales in the Midwest and for the transpromotional vertical.
• Pitney Bowes names Patrick Brand president of its U.S. mailing business. Ramesh Lakshmi-Ratan succeeds Brand as president of its Document Messaging Technologies unit.
• Steve Brown joins MAN Ferrostaal Australia
• Fuji Xerox Australia announces the appointment of Andy Berry to general manager of integrated sales and marketing, while Anthony Cogswell now heads the Global Services division.
• Matthew McPartlin joins Pitney Bowes Business Insight as global portfolio director of communications intelligence.
• Mike Hoffman joins DST Output as a director and joins Cheryl Kananowicz’s team focused on financial services accounts.
• Pitney Bowes announces the appointment of David Dobson to the position of Executive Vice President and President of Pitney Bowes Management Services . 
• Robert W. Raus takes on new position at RISO as Field Marketing Manager.
• Kathy Murchison, DocuSource president, receives Women in Business Award.
• Former Kodak VP Judi Hess joins CopperLeaf Technologies as new CEO.
• Lynn Casey, founder of CopperLeaf Technologies, moves from CEO into the role of chief strategy officer, reporting directly to the board.
• Gerald A. Nathe, chairman of the board of Baldwin Technology Company, Inc., receives the Soderstrom Award.
• manroland Australasia appoints Steve Dunwell managing director.
• HP Executive Vice President Vyomesh Joshi receives New York University's Prism Award, which recognizes distinguished leadership in the graphic arts and communications industry.
• BCC Software launches executive transition. Executive Vice President Chris Lien and Senior Vice President Jim Mann succeed Founder and President K. Jon Runstrom in July 2010. 

April – June 2009:

• OutputLinks names leading industry veteran and retired Xerox executive, Tom Wetjen, the president of its Graphic Communications World (GCW) division and publisher for all GCW publications, including "The Greensheet." Wetjen retired as vice president of Xerox’s Worldwide Graphic Arts Industry Business in December 2008.
• Jeff Hayzlett, Kodak’s CMO, receives the prestigious Crain Award for Business Marketing Excellence.
• Kodak selects Dave Wigfield to lead worldwide workflow sales and operations for Business Solutions and Services Group.
• The Eastman Kodak Board elects Jeremy R. Salesin, managing director, corporate mergers and acquisitions, as corporate vice president.
• Murray Martin, president and CEO of Pitney Bowes, receives a doctor of laws degree and addresses graduates at the University of Waterloo convocation.
• Pitney Bowes Australia appoints Philip Wardley as director of its new services division to drive expansion of its advanced mailing systems for business
• Stephen Ball joins Fuji Xerox Australia as production workflow marketing manager.
• InfoPrint Solutions Company appoints Daisuke Segawa as the new CEO and president.
• Sandra Zoratti, vice president of global marketing solutions for InfoPrint Solutions Company, and a well-known transpromo thought leader, receives appointment to the CMO Council’s North American Advisory Board.
• InfoPrint Solutions Company names Jeff Paterra, senior vice president and general manager, technology and solutions development, to its Board of Managers.
• Chris Reid is the new vice president and general manager of InfoPrint’s Asia-Pacific operations in Singapore.
• InfoPrint Names Benoit Chatelard the senior vice president and general manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa.
• Corinne Estève Diemunsch, marketing and communication director at Sefas Innovation Ltd., becomes president of Xplor France.
• Gordon Angus, The Lowe-Martin Group; Ginger Burch, State Farm Insurance Companies; Joshua Lewis, Hewitt Associates; Calvin Lu, Prinova; and Nash Patel, Laser Print Plus, earn their Electronic Document Professional (EDP) designation from Xplor International.
• Kim Loth, business manager, COPI and OutputLinks, celebrates her 25 year anniversary with the organizations
• RISO appoints Don Michelucci as vice president, direct sales.
• Gregory Jose takes on national sales manager role for Lake Image Systems.
• Rudi De Becker joins Board of Supervisory Directors for Océ N.V.
• TABS appoints Masahiro Yamada as chairman and CEO.
• Graphic Savings Group names Connie Schmidt vice president of sales.
• Presstek announces the appointment of Daniel Victory to the position of global technical director for digital plates.
• Eric Duhon, formerly CIO of Personix, is now the global director of data center technologies at BG Group.
• The Argus Press, a division of Nationwide Graphics/ Premier Print Organization (NG/PPO), announces Mike Ford as the president of The Argus Press in Niles, Ill.
• Julie Van Praag, of WorkflowOne, receives Outside Sales Person of the Year award by the Houston Chapter of the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM).
• Tom Taylor joins Window Book as the VP of logistics and distribution systems.
• Monica Lundquist joins Window Book as the postal affairs manager.
• Andrew Williams, former managing director of PMP’s Victorian print division, rejoins the company as managing director, distribution.
• Johan du Preez, long-time managing director of Kayell Australia, set to retire in October 2009. Robert Gatto takes over the role.
• Toshiba Business Solutions announces the appointment of two new TBS presidents. Former Ricoh executive Fred Berger becomes president of TBS-Florida/Georgia, and 12-year TBS executive Mark Downing gets  promoted to the position of president of TBS-California/Nevada.
• Brendan P. Foley joins WorkflowOne as chief financial officer.
• William Antoskiewicz joins WorkflowOne in the newly created position of executive vice president of marketing and customer solutions.
• Daniel Yu takes on district sales manager role for Asia at Mohawk Fine Papers.
• The Board of Directors of the Pitman Company announce the appointment of Anthony P. Crupi, Sr. as chief executive officer. Crupi also joins the Pitman Board of Directors.
• DocuSource appoints Steve Malloy as web solutions specialist.