Key Personnel

David R. Spencer (detailed bio)

President/CEO

  • Founded Spencer & Associates in 1989
  • Recognized authority in computer publishing and color printing with more than 30 years experience in product development, international marketing, and high technology general management
  • Previously founder/chairman of Data Recording Systems, developer of LaserScribe™, the first 1000² dpi plain paper imagesetter
  • Previously group director of Muirhead NA and president of Muirhead USA (now part of Fuji)
  • Previously president of Datalog, a division of Litton Industries
  • Previously leader of Graphic Engineering at EG&G, Inc. (Read David's Personal Story)
  • Led numerous product developments including computer-to-plate (for USA Today), the Laser Tactical Digital Facsimile (deployed in Desert Storm), an early 600-page-per-minute laser printer, image compression technology presaging CCITT Group III, and the UPI Unifax II NewsPicture recorder, as well as the LaserScribe
  • Nine patents in digital image processing, facsimile data compression, and printing technology
  • Board advisor of LiquidPixels, Inc.; previously a director of PixelCraft, Inc. (a Xerox company), PowerSystems International, PetAssure, Inc., the Long Island Forum for Technology, and the Long Island Venture Group; judge for Seybold print quality shootout, Xerox PIXI awards, MIT Enterprise Forum; etc.
  • MS and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Catherine Fiasconaro (detailed bio)

Vice President, Operations
Director of the SpencerLab Digital Color Laboratory

  • Expertise in benchmark services for Availability, Throughput, Cost-per-Print, Usability, and Print Quality
  • Expertise in focus group management and moderation
  • Troubleshooting, repair, and training of computer systems and peripherals
  • Expertise in various flavors of Mac OS and Windows; experienced in office, desktop publishing, and vertical sector applications
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
  • BA Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Vishal Sahay

Director, Product Management

  • Significant expertise in numerous digital color printing technologies; experienced in analyzing Print Quality, Throughput Performance testing, and both color and monochrome ink/toner Cost-per-Print
  • Proficient in programming and psychometric statistical analysis of central location focus group testing
  • Significant expertise in presenting highly complex data in easily understood graphics
  • Experienced in Graphic Arts, with special concentration in Color Management
  • MS in Print Media from the Rochester Institute of Technology; BE in Printing Engineering Technology from B.M.S. College of Engineering in India

Jessica Olivieri

Color Project Lead

  • Experienced in analyzing Print Quality, Throughput Performance testing, and both color and monochrome ink/toner Cost-per-Print
  • Experienced in Graphic Arts applications, with a concentration in Color Management
  • Special expertise in color print quality optimization
  • Proficient in central location focus group testing and moderation
  • Experienced in web site design and development
  • BS in Imaging and Photographic Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology

Yutak Kwok

Information Technology Manager

  • Experienced in analyzing Print Quality, Throughput Performance testing, and both color and monochrome ink/toner Cost-per-Print
  • Experienced in Graphic Arts applications, with a concentration in Color Management
  • Proficient in Java application development
  • Proficient in central location focus group testing
  • CompTIA A+ Certified Technician
  • BS in Imaging and Photographic Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology

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