Roger Ilgen Promoted to VP, General Manager
of GEI WideFormat
North Canton, Ohio, September 7, 2007
Mr. Michael Brigner, Corporate Vice President of Operations/Acquisitions, Visual Edge Technology Inc. (VisualEdge), announced today that Roger Ilgen has been appointed to the newly created position of Vice President, General Manager of GEI WideFormat Sales and Service, a Visual Edge Technology Company. Previously director of wide format equipment sales for the company, Mr. Ilgen will now lead the entire wide format operation with the added responsibility of the third party service organization, previously operating under the GEI CalGraph banner.
"On behalf of the VisualEdge Board of Directors, it gives me great pleasure to recognize Roger's tremendous talents and executive expertise with this appointment to the critical leadership role in our wide format operating company," said Mr. Brigner. "Roger brings over thirty years of industry experience to this leadership position. Under Roger's guidance, our total Wide Format group will be focused on continued increases in sales and service revenues and operating profit."
Prior to joining GEI in 2005, Mr. Ilgen was the National Sales Director for Tameran Graphic Systems, Inc. following his remarkably successful thirty year career at Xerox where his last position there was Director of Sales Operations, North America for XES, Graphic Arts Products. Over the last two years, he has been instrumental in achieving the solid and impressive growth of GEI WideFormat equipment sales as well as orchestrating the highly successful partnering programs and distributorship agreements with world-class wide format equipment manufacturers.
"The GEI WideFormat sales and service organization is a motivated team that works in concert to create customized solutions for large format end-user markets and to construct multi-manufacturer alliances focused on the customer. I'm very proud to be associated with such devoted professionals," said Mr. Ilgen.
About GEI WideFormat Solutions:
GEI WideFormat, a Visual Edge
Technology Company, markets equipment, software, service and supplies on a direct
basis as well as through a 100+ dealer network in North America. GEI WideFormat
products include scanners, printers, MFPs, analog & digital copiers, poster printing
solutions, and networked controllers sourced from world-class manufacturers. It is a
full-service, wide format category management organization that creates customized
enterprise solutions and multi-manufacturer alliances focused on customers from a
wide variety of end-user markets. The wide format sales and service teams of GEI are
capable of handling all aspects of an account's needs; equipment sales, service,
supplies, management systems, training, technical support, logistics, software,
installations and marketing.
About Visual Edge Technology and its subsidiaries:
Visual Edge Technology, Inc. (VisualEdge), headquartered in North Canton,
Ohio, is a successful acquirer of imaging technology businesses and office
solutions companies. VisualEdge acquired and integrated Graphic Enterprises
of Ohio in February, 2004. The Office Solutions and Wide Format Solutions
operating companies emerged from that acquisition. In 2005 it acquired Copeco,
Inc., a digital document and workflow solutions company expanding throughout
northeast Ohio.
VisualEdge seeks to acquire well-managed companies that are leaders in their local markets across North America. VisualEdge provides these companies increased purchasing power, access to working capital to accelerate their efforts to capture market share and an opportunity to share in the ownership and growth opportunities of a significantly larger enterprise while retaining local control and marketplace identity. www.visualedge.com
Investor or Solutions Companies seeking additional information about Visual Edge Technology Inc. please contact: Michael Brigner, Corporate VP Operations/Acquisitions (513) 300-6844
For more information about GEI WideFormat products call us at 877-596-6482 or send an email to sales@geiwideformat.com