All Reprographics companies are encouraged to
participate in the IRgA Q1 2014 Business survey.
The survey is not limited to U.S.
reprographers, it’s for reprographers worldwide.
Link to Survey:
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Additional comments about The Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame
One of the primary reasons why the
Reprographics 101 Blog was established was to educate and inform our industry’s
younger and new participants. With the
hope that education and information will inspire!
When Reprographics 101 began, there was very
little activity going on the IRgA web-site and that situation continued until
the Reprographics 101 Blog began being published on the IRgA web-site beginning
July 1, 2012. On June 1st, 2013,
Ed Avis took over as Managing Director of the IRgA, and, since then, the amount
industry-relevant information published on the IRgA web-site has increased
dramatically. (Side note:
continued kudo’s to Ed Avis for his efforts with the IRgA and its web-site. I, for one, am not surprised by his excellent
authorship, interviews and management; anyone who read previous industry
publications Ed was involved with, Plan & Print and Modern Reprographics,
were familiar with Ed’s intelligence, energy, insights and publishing prowess.) In addition, the IRgA discontinued having
conventions for two (perhaps it was three) years. The most recent IRgA Convention was not
heavily attended (in comparison to past IRgA Conventions.)
In establishing The
Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame, one of our goals – if not our main
goal – is to inform our industry’s younger and new participants about those who achieved, and, in many
cases, those who continue to achieve, significant
success in the reprographics business,
or significant success on the vendor side of the industry, or spectacular (and, in some cases, ground-breaking) achievement in technology development (whether equipment or software.) If our industry’s younger and new
participants know about our Hall of Fame inductees - who they were with, what
they did, what they managed to achieve, etc. - then, hopefully, they will be
inspired “to step to the plate and give it their all.”
As we mentioned, The
Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame will not just recognize
“reprographers”, but people who developed equipment and software technology
that proved to be either spectacular (in a “revolutionary” sense) or that drove
significant change (with respect to how reprographers operate and/or what they
offer.) If anyone knows the names of the
HP team members who were responsible for the design/development of the first HP
DesignJet plotter, we’d love to include the names of those people in the Hall
of Fame. And, if anyone knows the names
of the OCE team members who were responsible for the design/development of the
OCE 9800, we’d love to include the names of those people in the Hall of
Fame.
One final mention about those inducted, or to
be inducted, into The Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame. Individuals inducted achieved, and, in many cases,
continue to achieve, significant success in the reprographics business. They are the “power players” in the reprographics
industry. They are the “movers and
shakers” who propelled, or who played a
significant role in helping propel, reprographics businesses to notable-size market-area, regional,
nationwide and/or international players.
If you want
to nominate someone, please access the nomination form at this link:
When you consider nominees, please keep in
mind that those who’ve made, or are making, significant contributions to the IRgA are recognized (and
honored) by the IRgA’s prestigious Bukovsky Award. The Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame is
about recognizing the achievement of success in the business of reprographics. There will, of course, be overlap – there
are, already, Hall of Fame inductees that have in the past received the IRgA
Bukovsky Award, but, as we’ve said, receiving the IRgA Bukovsky Award is not a
consideration, at all, for induction into the Reprographics Industry Hall of
Fame.
Thank you,
Joel Salus
Publisher, Reprographics 101
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
The Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame – List of Inductees
Regarding
The Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame that I announced in a blog-post on May
25th, updates to the Hall of Fame, including individual profiles of
inductees, will be added/posted as they
are received/reviewed/written/completed.
For the “List
of Inductees”, go to the right-hand side-bar on the main page of Reprographics
101; clicking on the “link” will bring up the list of those inducted into the
Hall of Fame. And, within the list
document, there are further links to access individual profiles. (All of these documents are stored in my
GoogleDrive library.)
If you want to nominate someone, access the Nomination Form that's linked to the blog-post of May 25th.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Jose Sardina is Wide Format Channel Manager at Xerox Corp
Special
mention of a reprographics industry mover and shaker.
After 29
years on the reprographics and graphic imaging services side of the industry, Jose
Sardina, one of the nicest, most personable guys you could ever meet, moved
over the fence and is now on the vendor side of the industry.
In January
(2014), Jose joined Xerox Corp as its Wide Format Channel Manager. Jose was a long-time fan of Xerox’s wide
format systems – this, over a period of many, many years – and it’s kind of a
natural to see him join Xerox Corp’s wide-format business.
Prior to
joining Xerox….. Jose joined Miami-based T-Square in 1985, where he served as
Vice President of Sales, and, later on, as President. T-Square was acquired by ARC in mid-2006, and
Jose stayed on with ARC until October 2012.
Subsequent to ARC, Jose joined Thomas Reprographics in Austin for a bit
more than one year, departing Thomas in January 2014.
I had the
distinct pleasure (if not honor) of working with Jose for a brief period of
time back in 1997. And, I stayed in
touch with Jose after that. Jose is a
born leader, extremely intelligent, has a proclivity to debating issues (which
is a good thing!), and, as a Sales team leader, he is aggressive, tenacious and
insightful. During his long career in
the reprographics business, Jose was a valuable mentor to many people.
Best of luck
and success to Jose in his gig with Xerox Corp.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Announcing the establishment of “Reprographics 101” Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame
A few months ago,
the IRgA announced the three newest recipients of the prestigious IRgA Bukovsky
Award. That award goes to people who
make (or, in the past tense, who made) a significant contribution to the IRgA. For the most part, one has to serve (or have
served) as an Officer or Director of the IRgA (or on various IRgA committees)
in order to be considered for that award.
With great
pleasure and high expectations, I’m now announcing the next project for the
Reprographics 101 Blog ….. the establishment of …..
“The Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame.”
Why? While it's certainly nice to
see people rewarded for their contributions to the IRgA, there are a whole host of other industry
people who, in their own way shape and form, had (and, for those still active,
are continuing to have) a
profound impact on the
reprographics industry. The Reprographics Industry Hall of
Fame will recognize those "movers and shakers who've had a
significant impact on, or who've played a significant role in, shaping the
reprographics industry business and landscape, regardless of whether or not they made any contributions to the IRgA. The Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame
will not be limited to people in the U.S; the Hall of Fame is intended to be
“worldwide.”
(As
revised): To be eligible for consideration as a Hall of
Fame inductee, each person must meet two
or more of the following criteria:
- He/She grew a company, from small to much larger than the average reprographics business, and, in the
process, their company became a multi-country or nationwide or multi-regional
or regional or dominant-specific-market-area enterprise.
- He/She developed and/or
introduced to the reprographics marketplace technology, either software or
hardware or both, that had a dramatic impact on the reprographics business and
industry. Note that the inductee may
have been a reprographer or a vendor.
- He/She founded and/or managed
an industry association group, whether non-profit or for profit, that proved to
have a significant impact on the reprographics business and industry.
- His/Her approach to being in the reprographics business represented a
unique or special development.
- His/Her contributions to others, as a mentor and educator and sounding
board, whether or not they actually knew
that they were considered a mentor, had a profound, significant impact on
the careers of others in the reprographics business.
- He/She put forth, over a long-term basis, a significant effort to
communicate industry relevant information for the benefit of reprographers ….
in an effort to help reprographers develop/grow their businesses.
Note: A person’s significant contributions to the
IRgA are not considered relevant for the consideration of induction into The
Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame, as that is what the IRgA Bukovsky Award is
all about. Also, one does not have to be an owner or partner of company in
order to be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame. (There are several industry Sales VP’s and
CFO’s who have had a dramatic impact on the growth of the companies they are,
or were, associated with.)
Induction into The
Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame will not
be an annual event. Induction will
take place on an on-going basis, as nominations are received, considered and
voted on.
All former and current reprographers are invited and encouraged to participate in
nominating people for induction into The Reprographics Industry Hall of
Fame.
At
the link you’ll see immediately below, I’ve posted (in my Google Drive library)
the form to be used for submitting nominations for The
Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame. If
you are going to submit a nomination form, please “download” the form, complete
it, and submit it via e-mail to joel.salus@mac.com
About
participation. Well, given the fact that most will not even
consider participating - - in any project or effort - - I don't have high hopes
for widespread participation. But that
does not discourage me! I’ve already
compiled a list of close to 50 people who I feel should be inducted in The
Reprographics Industry Hall of Fame.
Committee to
evaluate nominations and to select inductees. I have not yet reached out to anyone about
participating on the evaluation “committee”; that will be my next step; for
now, I’d like to get the nomination process rolling!
Thank you,
Joel Salus
Publisher of “Reprographics 101”
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