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Mr. Daisuke Segawa has been appointed the new CEO & President of InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh.
Friday 15. May 2009 - Mr. Segawa was instrumental in the formation of the JV and moves into this new role from his former position as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Strategy, Planning & Transformation for InfoPrint. Mr. Segawa is also a long-time Ricoh executive and member of the InfoPrint Board of Managers.
Mr. Segawa takes over the position from Tony Romero, who was President & CEO, and had been leading InfoPrint since the launch of the company in June 2007. Under Mr. Romeros direction, the company is in a strong position in its core business areas of solutions offerings, (Transpromo, Automated Document Factory) and continuous forms color (InfoPrint 5000) to name but a few. As you may know, InfoPrint Solutions Company gained share in its core business areas in 2008, quite an achievement considering the economic environment.
The companys long-term plan has always been to pass the reigns over to a Ricoh executive when the time was right, and Mr. Romero — along with the Board of Managers of InfoPrint which is made up of IBM and Ricoh representatives — believe the logical time for this change is now as we move into the final year of our Joint Venture agreement. On a related note, Jeff Paterra, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Technology & Solutions Development of InfoPrint, has been named to the Board of Managers.