Ron Gilboa

Ron Gilboa is a Director of InfoTrends’ Functional Printing & Packaging and is responsible for conducting graphic communications market research, market forecasting, custom consulting projects, strategy and planning engagements and creating editorial content for product and market analysis reports. Ron has been involved in the graphic arts and publishing industries since 1980.

Ron rejoined InfoTrends in 2013 after the better part of a decade with Eastman Kodak Company where he served in executive marketing roles in the Commercial Imaging group. Ron’s roles at Kodak included Vice President of Marketing at Kodak’s production Inkjet group, Director of Worldwide Current Marketing & Operation, and Director of Worldwide Communications. In these roles Ron managed a cross functional team responsible for overall go-to-market including strategy development, marketing operations, and in market execution across the individual regional strategic product groups. Prior to Kodak, Ron held senior positions as Director of the Print On Demand & Publishing Service at InfoTrends (formerly CAP Ventures) and Product Management at Scitex Corporation.

Ron brings skills and experience in key print industries such as commercial, publishing, packaging, transaction, enterprise as well as direct customer knowledge in vertical markets.

Expertise:

• Strategic planning & go-to-market

• Market research and analysis

• Product concept testing

• Branding & communication

• Conventional & digital printing

• Hybrid printing (Ticket, Tag & Label, Specialty)

• Professional photography

• Book Printing

• Specialty printing

• Production workflow solutions

• Production printing environments

• New and evolving digital print applications