EFI Connect Keynote to Feature Thomas Quinlan, RR Donnelley President and CEO

EFI has expanded the program for its annual Connect Users’ Conference (Jan. 20-23, 2015) with a “fireside chat” keynote featuring Thomas J. Quinlan III, president and CEO of RR Donnelley & Sons Company. Quinlan’s EFI Connect conference general session will take place Jan. 21, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. at The Wynn Las Vegas.
 
“It will be a privilege to hear from the chief executive of a legendary organization that has thrived over its 150-year history and continues to lead as the largest company in our industry,” said Guy Gecht, EFI’s CEO. “Connect attendees will be inspired to hear Tom’s personal and professional story and learn how both he and RR Donnelley have been able to adapt as the industry goes through significant changes.”
 
Appearing at number 268 on the Fortune 500 listing of the country’s largest corporations, Quinlan’s company, RR Donnelley, is the leading global graphic communications firm, with approximately 65,000 employees, annual revenues of nearly $11.5 billion, and more than 500 locations around the world. The company also is one of the largest users of EFI’s products, with hundreds of EFI MIS/ERP and web-to-print software, EFI Fiery print server, and EFI VUTEk superwide-format printer installations across its global locations.
 
Quinlan, a veteran print executive, joined RR Donnelley in February 2004 as an executive vice president after serving in a succession of senior executive management roles at Moore Wallace.
 
Quinlan has an MBA in finance from St. John’s University, and received St. John’s Alumni Achievement Medal in 2010. Pace University, where Quinlan received a bachelor’s degree in business administration, conferred an honorary doctorate to him in 2009.
 
At EFI Connect 2015, Quinlan will join Gecht for a fireside chat conversation, providing attendees with his unique leadership perspective on the printing industry, the future of print, and RR Donnelley’s strategic positioning for short- and long-term success. The discussion will also cover consolidation in the industry, offering Quinlan’s valuable insight as an executive who has participated in some of the largest printing company acquisitions ever completed.
 
The Jan. 21 fireside chat expands an already packed agenda for hundreds of global graphic arts executives attending EFI Connect to learn the best methods for profitable growth and higher productivity in commercial printing, publishing, packaging or digital print and related marketing services. Additional EFI Connect activities include:
 
• More than 200 educational sessions on business management, sales, marketing and production technology for users of EFI products.
• A Jan. 21 keynote address from Andrew Paparozzi, chief economist of printing association AMSP/NAPL/NAQP.
• A Jan. 23 closing keynote fireside chat with Avi Reichental, president and CEO of 3D Systems.
• EFI executive and product portfolio sessions.
 
The users’ conference will also have a solutions center featuring new EFI technologies and exhibits from EFI partners, including 3M Commercial Graphics; AccuZIP; BCC Software; Canon; Esko; ESP/SurgeX; Honle UV America; Heytex Corp.; Kodak; Konica Minolta; MBM Corp.; the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation; Ricoh Production Print; Xerox; and Zünd.