{"id":37974,"date":"2020-01-09T07:13:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=37974"},"modified":"2020-01-09T07:13:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:13:07","slug":"former-xaar-ceo-doug-edwards-joins-efi-as-chief-technology-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2020\/01\/former-xaar-ceo-doug-edwards-joins-efi-as-chief-technology-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Xaar CEO Doug Edwards Joins EFI as Chief Technology Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fremont, CA (Jan. 9, 2020)<\/em> \u2014 Electronics For Imaging Inc. has named veteran print technology executive Dr. Douglas Edwards as its chief technology officer (CTO). Edwards replaces longtime technology leader Ghilad Dziesietnik, who recently retired after nearly 25 years with EFI, the last 14 as CTO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doug Edwards, EFI<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Edwards, who assumes his new duties today, has had an extensive career as a senior print executive and R&D technologist. Immediately prior to this appointment, Edwards was CEO of Cambridge, England-based Xaar plc, a leading developer of inkjet print head technologies for industrial printing, and Chairman of Xaar 3D Ltd \u2013 the company\u2019s 3D printing joint venture with Stratasys Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before joining Xaar in 2015 Edwards was President of Kodak’s Digital Printing and Enterprise Business with responsibility for flexo packaging, functional printing, electrophotographic solutions, commercial and consumer inkjet solutions with combined revenues of around $800 million. Prior to this, Edwards ran Kodak’s largest graphics business, Prepress Solutions, with revenues of $1.5 billion. Edwards joined Kodak from Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG), a 50\/50 joint venture between Eastman Kodak and Sun Chemical Corporation, where he was vice president of R&D. He has also held senior R&D leadership roles with International Paper, Zeneca Specialties (formerly ICI Colors & Fine Chemicals) and Ilford Photographic Ltd in the U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDoug possesses one of the best technological backgrounds in our industry, and combines technology with demonstrated business accomplishments,\u201d said EFI Chairman and CEO Jeff Jacobson. \u201cEFI has a history of providing its customers with a competitive advantage by keeping them at the forefront of technology. I had the pleasure of working closely with Doug when I was the CEO of KPG, as well as when I was the COO of Kodak\u2019s Graphic Communications business, and I cannot think of a better person in our industry to lead EFI\u2019s strategic and technology developments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edwards, who is based in EFI\u2019s Manchester, New Hampshire facility, has a bachelor of science in chemistry and a Ph.D. in conducting organic materials \u2013 both from London University. He has several patents, scientific papers and books to his credit in topics such as solid-state conductivity and photographic materials. He has also published research in textile dyeing, including work on the aqueous solution behavior of anionic azo dyes for textile fibers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEFI was a customer of mine while with Xaar, and I am very aware of the unique opportunity EFI has now to further develop a portfolio that includes many of the world\u2019s leading digital inkjet and print workflow solutions,\u201d said Edwards. \u201cEFI, with its printhead-agnostic approach, is leveraging technology from many different vendors, and I look forward to bringing my inkjet experience to help drive value from this strategy and further enhance EFI\u2019s \u2018best of breed\u2019 approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDating back to my time with Kodak and KPG, I have long appreciated Jeff Jacobson\u2019s approach to innovation and technology development,\u201d he added. \u201cI look forward to working with him and the global EFI team to drive our customers\u2019 success in high-quality print production.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About EFI<\/strong>
EFI<\/a> is a global technology company, based in Silicon Valley, and is leading the worldwide transformation from analog to digital imaging. We are passionate about fueling customer success with products that increase competitiveness and boost productivity. To do that, we develop breakthrough technologies for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, and personalized documents, with a wide range of printers, inks, digital front ends, and a comprehensive business and production workflow suite that transforms and streamlines the entire production process. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fremont, CA (Jan. 9, 2020) \u2014 Electronics For Imaging Inc. has named veteran print technology executive Dr. Douglas Edwards as its chief technology officer (CTO). Edwards replaces longtime technology leader Ghilad Dziesietnik, who recently retired after nearly 25 years with EFI, the last 14 as CTO. Edwards, who assumes his new duties today, has had an extensive career as a senior print executive and R&D technologist. Immediately prior to this appointment, Edwards was CEO of Cambridge, England-based Xaar plc, a leading developer of inkjet print head technologies for industrial printing, and Chairman of Xaar 3D Ltd \u2013 the company\u2019s 3D printing joint venture with Stratasys Ltd. Before joining Xaar in 2015 Edwards was President of Kodak’s Digital Printing and Enterprise Business with responsibility for flexo packaging, functional printing, electrophotographic solutions, commercial and consumer inkjet solutions with combined revenues of around $800 million. Prior to this, Edwards ran Kodak’s largest graphics business, Prepress Solutions, with revenues of $1.5 billion. Edwards joined Kodak from Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG), a 50\/50 joint venture between Eastman Kodak and Sun Chemical Corporation, where he was vice president of R&D. He has also held senior R&D leadership roles with International Paper, Zeneca Specialties (formerly ICI Colors & Fine Chemicals) and Ilford Photographic Ltd in the U.K. \u201cDoug possesses one of the best technological backgrounds in our industry, and combines technology with demonstrated business accomplishments,\u201d said EFI Chairman and CEO Jeff Jacobson. \u201cEFI has a history of providing its customers with a competitive advantage by keeping them at the forefront of technology. I had the pleasure of working closely with Doug when I was the CEO of KPG, as well as when I was the COO of Kodak\u2019s Graphic Communications business, and I cannot think of a better person in our industry to lead EFI\u2019s strategic and technology developments.\u201d Edwards, who is based in EFI\u2019s Manchester, New Hampshire facility, has a bachelor of science in chemistry and a Ph.D. in conducting organic materials \u2013 both from London University. He has several patents, scientific papers and books to his credit in topics such as solid-state conductivity and photographic materials. He has also published research in textile dyeing, including work on the aqueous solution behavior of anionic azo dyes for textile fibers. \u201cEFI was a customer of mine while with Xaar, and I am very aware of the unique opportunity EFI has now to further develop a portfolio that includes many of the world\u2019s leading digital inkjet and print workflow solutions,\u201d said Edwards. \u201cEFI, with its printhead-agnostic approach, is leveraging technology from many different vendors, and I look forward to bringing my inkjet experience to help drive value from this strategy and further enhance EFI\u2019s \u2018best of breed\u2019 approach. \u201cDating back to my time with Kodak and KPG, I have long appreciated Jeff Jacobson\u2019s approach to innovation and technology development,\u201d he added. \u201cI look forward to working with him and the global EFI team to drive our customers\u2019 success in high-quality print production.\u201d ### About EFIEFI is a global technology company, based in Silicon Valley, and is leading the worldwide transformation from analog to digital imaging. We are passionate about fueling customer success with products that increase competitiveness and boost productivity. To do that, we develop breakthrough technologies for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, and personalized documents, with a wide range of printers, inks, digital front ends, and a comprehensive business and production workflow suite that transforms and streamlines the entire production process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[179],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37974"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37976,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37974\/revisions\/37976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}