It is that time once again that we salute the industry’s Difference Makers. Each year, we put out a call to action asking you, our valued readers, to support our recognition program by nominating the industry’s best and brightest stars. You responded in fine fashion and provided us with 67 fantastic examples of men and women from the full industry spectrum.
We’re doing a little bit of a spoiler here by revealing the names of the honorees. Check out our May print edition to read short biographies on each individual. The digital version will post to our website, enxmag.com, on or around May 1. Plus, during the course of the year, we will feature long-form personality profiles of the Difference Makers each week in our enewsletter, The Week in Imaging.
This issue is a personal favorite because it’s about people within the office technology/dealer ecosystem. There are endless sources to read about new products and solutions, so we’re happy to set aside one issue a year to shine a light on the heartbeat of our industry. There are so many stories to tell about the people behind the company logos. They bring honor, dignity and respect to the companies for which they represent.
Of course, none of this would be possible without our loyal reader partners. You are the fuel behind the Difference Makers recognition program. It’s amazing how taking a few minutes from your day to pen a tribute to someone within your business circle can really lift the honoree’s spirits. Thus, we are grateful and humbled by your efforts to celebrate those who work side-by-side with us. Again, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Here are the 2024 honorees, listed in alphabetical order by last name:
- AJ Baggott, President, RJ Young
- Brian Balow, Vice President, Production Sales and Solutions, Dealer Channel, Ricoh USA
- Yvonne Blanco, Administrator, ECMSI
- Juan Carlos Bonell, CEO, Static Control
- Virgil Brown, National Account Manager, Coast to Coast Computer Products
- Scott Buckallew, Manager of Strategic Relationships, Distribution Management
- William Burfeind, CRO, Proven IT
- Jim Coriddi, Senior Vice President, U.S. Dealer Division, Ricoh USA
- Alex Cribby, CEO, PowerMPS
- Anthony DelGrosso, Regional Vice President and General Manager, Milner
- J. Mark DeNicola, CFO/CSO, Centriworks
- Renee Dhingra, Sales Director, hubTGI
- Jason Dizzine, Vice President, Portfolio Management and Planning, Konica Minolta Business Solutions
- Kelly Dolphin, CFO, Gordon Flesch Company
- Jake Drase, Field Service Manager, Evoke Networking
- Dana Drury, Market Vice President, Konica Minolta Business Solutions
- Marc Gregoire, CIO, Copiers Northwest
- Anna Grubb, Vice President of Global Sales, Field Service Division, ECI Software Solutions
- Jon Hafey, Director, Strategic Business Development, Toshiba America Business Solutions
- Ron Harper, Founder and CEO, Logista Solutions
- Darryl Harris, Marketing Director, Coast to Coast Business Products
- Les Harris, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, UTEC
- Rick Havacko, Corporate Communications, Toshiba America Business Solutions
- Michael Horvath, Corporate Director of Industrial Print and Regional Sales Manager, Edwards Business Systems
- Erica Huentelman, Executive Assistant, Donnellon McCarthy Enterprises
- Jill Huffman, Program and Events Manager, Toshiba America Business Solutions
- Vince Janelli, Associate Vice President, Software Product Management, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America
- Brian Kimball, Regional Service Development Manager, U.S. Dealer Program, Xerox
- Rick Lambert, President and CEO, IN2communications
- James LaPenna, Director of Marketing, Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office
- Ray Looney, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Impression Solutions
- Andy Lyall, Vice President of IT, Optimized IT
- Kevin McCarthy, CEO, Modern Office Methods
- Matt Michael, Marketing Operations Specialist, Impact Networking
- Jason Moore, Services and Solutions Sales Manager, Distribution Management
- Dave Moorman, President and CISO, Novatech
- Scott Mueller, President and CEO, NATIONAL Business Technologies
- Kim Murphy, Office Manager, Bay Copy
- Nyesha Newsome, Senior Manager, Demand Fulfillment Operations, Toshiba America Business Solutions
- Mike Oransky, Senior Account Executive, Tech Team Lead, Coast to Coast Computer Products
- Clay Ostlund, CRO, Marco
- Khanh Pham, Director, Sales Operations and Implementation, Toshiba America Business Solutions
- Evelyn Pichardo, Director, Partner Experience, Brother International
- Brent Portera, Vice President of Technology Services, GoodSuite
- Amy Rantilla, Senior Regional Sales Manager, Brother International
- Christina Robbins, Vice President of Communication Strategy and Marketing, Digitech Systems
- Ron Robey, Vice President of Service and Operations, Offix
- Shaya Rogers, Senior AR/AP Supervisor, Image 2000
- Naeran Rubio, Associate Director of Content and Communications, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America
- Pete Salmon, Vice President, Western Region Sales, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America
- Peter Salzano, President, Network Digital Office Solutions
- John-Austin Shepard, Senior Vice President of Sales, Nauticon Office Solutions
- Stephen Sheridan, Service Director, Pulse Technology
- Andrew Shuger, Controller, ECMSI
- Cory Spice, President, Wisconsin Document Imaging
- Ken Staubitz, COO, Modern Office Methods
- Colebee Sumner, Operations Analyst, Centriworks
- David Sweetnam, Director of Lab Services for EMEA and Asia, Keypoint Intelligence
- Dean Swenson, President, The Swenson Group
- Jeff Swenson, Principal, Vice President of Client Experience, The Swenson Group
- Melissa Theriault, Client Success Manager, IN2communications
- Jayne Tuma, Director, Partner Business Development, North American Channels, Xerox
- Adam Weiss, General Manager, Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office
- Angela Neu Wichmann, President, Millennium Business Systems
- Joshua Wickstrom, Owner, Sharp Business Innovations
- Elliot Williams, Director of Product Marketing, Business Imaging, Epson America
- Frank Zupa, Senior Vice President, Customer Operations, Kyocera Document Solutions America
