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PEOPLE:
Who's Who and New Appointments in Wide Format Scanning!
Mark Stockwell appointed Colortrac Sales Support Specialist
10 year anniversary: Jacob Bendix, Sales Director, Contex A/S
Chrissy Vogel joins Paradigm Imaging Group
Rob van Brakel appointed Colortrac Marketing Manager
Aage Snorgaard appointed new CEO of Contex Group
Mark Stockwell appointed Colortrac Channel Support Specialist
St Ives, England: 23rd August 2010
Colortrac has appointed Mark Stockwell to its Channel Sales Support team. He joins the British large format scanner manufacturer as its new Product Specialist with priority on its international channel customers.
Mark Stockwell
Mark previously worked for Colortrac as an application consultant, but left due to a family relocation to Berkshire. Here he worked for Gerber Scientific (Connecticut), a manufacturer and distributor of ink jet printing technology, as Technical Product & Support Manager covering the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) regions.
Mark's appointement gives Colortrac the professional experience and talent it needs to support its expanding channel partnerships. He will provide technical and application support to ensure Colortrac's customers gain the best advantages from SmartLF wide format scanner solutions in order to create successful business growth for Colortrac.
Mark obtained a BSc degree at Oxford and worked as a Scientist at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell for eight years during which time he co-wrote 15 Scientific Papers on Instrumentation related subjects. He later moved to Versatec and subsequently Xerox Engineering Systems and from there to Xerox Printing Systems Group, where he was responsible for Pre / Post Sales and Technical support within the EMEA regions.
Mark will be based in Colortrac's Brunel Court head office in St Ives, Cambridgeshire
10 year anniversary: Jacob Bendix, Sales Director, Contex A/S
Alleroed, Denmark: 4th August 2010
Jacob Bendix, Sales Director, celebrated his 10 year anniversary with Contex in June 2010.
Jacob joined Contex in 2000 as Area Sales Manager for Europe, Middle East & Asia and was appointed Contex's Senior Manager Sales & Marketing in 2005 with responsibility for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region. He was appointed Contex's Sales Director of the entire EMEA & APAC organization in 2008.
Jacob Bendix
As Director, EMEA & APAC (Asia-Pacific) he was responsible for developing and executing Contex’s distribution and marketing / go-to-market strategies. This included building up a new organization with focus on regional expansion. Jacob has been a major driving force behind the streamlining and development of Contex’s distribution channels. Contex describe Jacob as "the architect" behind the growth of its sales organization to the size it is today.
Jacob has an international degree from Copenhagen Business School and studied at the University of Barcelona where he lived and worked for several years. Prior to joining Contex he worked for Texaco and OJD in sales and marketing roles.
Contex was founded in 1923 and is today owned by Swedish private equity company Ratos. Contex is a leading manufacturer of large format scanning solutions, with innovative technology and advanced scan and copy software applications. The company has its Headquarters, R&D department and factory in Denmark and subsidiaries in China, Japan and USA. Contex's scanning solutions are sold through an extensive distributor network established in all major regions and in more than 90 countries.
For further questions, please contact Jacob Bendix at Contex +45 48 14 11 22.
Chrissy Vogel joins Paradigm Imaging Group
Costa Mesa, CA, USA: 30th July 2010
Christianne "Chrissy" Vogel has joined the Califiornia-based Paradigm Imaging Group, a leading US distributor of large format scanning and printing solutions, tradeshow displays and graphics.
Chrissy Vogel
Paradigm Imaging is the USA's leading distributor of Graphtec scanners. Paradign also OEM Colortrac devices under their own imagePRO brand name.
Chrissy becomes a member of the administrative support team, effective immediately. She brings to Paradigm her experience in the areas of customer service, A/R, and collections; she has worked in fields as varied as newspaper publishing, medical and background investigation. Among her duties at Paradigm are answering all incoming calls, processing incoming and outgoing mail, assisting with customer service, data entry, order processing, and other important tasks to keep Paradigm Imaging's expansion running smoothly.
"Chrissy is a valuable addition to Paradigm Imaging Group, enabling us to provide our customers with the highest level of support as we continue to expand our services throughout North America," says Randy Geesman, President of Paradigm Imaging Group.
Paradigm Imaging Group
Christianne “Chrissy” Vogel Joins Paradigm Imaging Group.
Rob van Brakel Appointed Colortrac Marketing Manager
St Ives, England: 27th July 2010
Robert van Brakel has joined Colortrac's senior management as Marketing Manager. Colortrac's press release announcing Rob's appointment makes the claim that it is the "NEW" leader in large format scanners. (The emphasis is Colortrac's, not ours).
Presumably, one of Rob's first jobs will be to substantiate this claim. Colortrac has enjoyed growing success in the last two years, moving from regular also-ran to the position of front-runner in the sale of manufacturer-branded scanners. Crowning it all was the signing up of Xerox as an OEM.
Rob van Brakel
Rob has over 30 years management experience in developing customer focussed marketing programs and supporting sales channels development within technology led companies such as Xerox, STC and ITT. He joins the British wide format scanner manufacturer as their new Marketing Manager with worldwide responsibility for developing and implementing all elements of Colortrac's marketing activities. He will provide global sales and marketing support. Rob will be based in Colortrac's Brunel Court head office in St Ives.
"Rob's addition to Colortrac's senior leadership team gives us the professional experience and talent we need to raise our business to a higher level" said a delighted Peter de Winter-Brown, Colortrac's Sales and Marketing Director.
Colortrac
Colortrac expands senior management team.
Aage Snorgaard appointed new CEO of Contex Group
Alleroed, Denmark: 15th July 2010
Aage Snorgaard has been appointed as the new CEO of Ratos's troubled subsidiary, the Contex Group A/S with effect from 1 October.
The ongoing recession has reduced Contex's turnover from an impressive high of USD $62.394m in 2006 to just $38.602m in 2009. (Source: Contex AS's accounts - 26/03/2010).
On the plus side, Kenneth Aaby Sachse, the acting CEO since September 2009, has restored the overall profitability of Contex, despite 20% less volumes, to pre-crisis levels. (This refers to the global economic crisis, NOT a crisis at Contex, as some suggest.)
Aage Snorgaard, 47, is a Bachelor of Science in Production Engineering from Copenhagen University College of Engineering and has a Diploma in Marketing from Copenhagen Business School. Over the past 20 years Aage Snorgaard has held leading positions in the telecom industry and other high-technology operations. He joins Contex from Nokia and the position of Senior Vice President - Mobile Phones R&D; responsible for global development of all Nokia Series 30 and Series 40 phones.
Aage will take up his position on 1 October 2010 as CEO of Contex Group and also head the subsidiary Contex A/S. Kenneth Aaby Sachse will return to his position as CFO of Contex Group. Aage has a mountain to climb. While Contex remain the world's largest manufacturer of large format scanners courtesy of their OEMs, HP and Oce, Contex's own brand is believed to have slipped behind Colortrac.
The Danish Contex Group has three operating areas: Contex A/S is the world's largest manufacturer of wide-format scanners, ZCorporation manufactures 3D printers, Vidar Systems Corporation manufactures products for medical imaging. Ratos's holding in Contex Group amounts to 99%.
Contex
Aage Snorgaard appointed new CEO of Contex Group.
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