Marc Horne is senior product marketing manager for QuarkXPress, at Quark, Inc. His main job responsibility is tracking the present and future needs of Quark’s customers to guide product development. Before taking his current position, Horne designed workflow processes for major publishing companies worldwide.

Nick Howard, director of the QuarkXPress Server team, first worked for Quark Europe from 1994 – 2000. Beginning his career at Quark in 1994 in the technical support department, Howard eventually worked his way to become the European marketing manager by 1998. In 2000, Howard left Quark and spent four years working in the wireless and integrated-marketing space. During this time, Howard built up a sound knowledge about data and analytics, and how this can be used to drive integrated-marketing campaigns across print, web, email, and mobile. Howard returned to Quark in early 2005 to unleash his knowledge about QuarkXPress and integrated marketing on the QuarkXPress Server technology group.

Ernie Jones spent eight years at Quark. He joined ThePowerXChange and X-Ray Magazine in 2005. While at Quark, he became an expert in QLA and also managed SIs and OEMs within the QuarkAlliance program.

Toni Kaufmann is CEO of e-nvention ag, a small, Swiss software-development company. Toni has used QuarkDDS for more than four years and started programming for the product when it was still in its alpha version stage and its codename was APS. Over the last few years, Toni Kaufmann’s company has developed numerous enhancements and applications for and around QuarkDDS and now QuarkXPress Server 7.

Tom Kelly, an account manager at Quark, Inc., calls on major Quark customers in the southeast United States; he’s been in the publishing and printing industry for over 20 years. Kelly has hands-on experience in four-color print design, production, and printing as well as converting print media to electronic media for content syndication.

Erika Kendra is a freelance designer and writer in Los Angeles, California, specializing in page layout for commercial printing. She is the author of six books about Quark products, including the QuarkXPress 7: Creating Digital Documents. Working with Against The Clock, she was also instrumental in developing the Quark Certified Expert program.

Jerry Kennelly was founder and CEO of Stockbyte, a leading creator of royalty-free stock photography. Kennelly, a former photojournalist leads the world’s most prolific global stock-photo creative teams. He has led the conception and creation of more than 100,000 images since 1997. Under his direction, Stockbyte pioneered the introduction of color management in stock photography, allowing his clients across the world to view their images accurately by using the embedded ICC profiles. He has developed color-retouching systems to consistently deal with the vast number of images produced each year.

Margot Knorr Mancini is president and owner of Technology for Publishing, a consulting firm that specializes in publishing and content-workflow process, applied tools and technology, best practices, and publishing strategy. For over twenty years, Margot has been helping publishers in various markets to work more efficiently. Her understanding of the publishing business and culture, as well as technology, provides a unique perspective and approach to assessing the needs and requirements of an organization.

Jürgen Kurz, former senior vice president of Quark’s desktop business unit directed worldwide product management and development of Quark’s award-winning desktop-publishing products, including Quark’s flagship product QuarkXPress. Kurz joined Quark in 1997 and has played a key role in steering the evolution of the company’s award-winning suite of desktop, workgroup, and enterprise publishing software in a variety of executive positions. Before joining Quark in 1997, Kurz spent over five years in the German publishing industry as a pioneer in the development of numerous print and electronic products. Kurz holds a media design degree from the Graphic Arts School, Munich, Germany, and a product marketing degree (Werbekaufmann) from the Industrie und Handelskammer (IHK) in Munich, Germany. Kurz is based in Denver, Colorado.

Louis Landa worked in sales, marketing, and QuarkXPress product management at Quark, Inc., for eight years. In addition, he managed the QuarkXPress 6 pre-release program. Before joining Quark, Landa worked as a designer at two daily newspapers in the Denver area.

Doug Liles until January 2008, Liles was a member of the Quark sales team in the role of account executive in the OEM sales division. Liles holds a bachelor of arts from California State University Long Beach and a certificate in direct marketing from Loyola Marymount University. Liles has also performed speaking engagements related to online marketing, workflow strategy, and digital imaging to trade industry groups at industry events.

Samuel A. Litt is an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator 10, 10.2, and 10.3, as well as a member of the Apple Consultants Network. He has provided Macintosh service and support for a diverse client base, including the Computer Investigations unit at the NYPD, Ralph Lauren, Swatch, MVBMS Euro RSCG, Time Warner, Inc., MTV Networks, Hearst Publications, Scholastic Publications, Verizon Yellow Pages, Quark, Inc., The Nathan Cummings Foundation, The Blue Rock Editing Company, Click3X, Red Car NY, and TBWA/Chiat/Day. He currently heads the Macintosh Consulting Services Division for Kapra Consultants, Inc., of New York City. His works published to date include the Mac OS X Administration Basics Exam Cram Study Guide, The Macintosh Bible Panther Edition as well as several articles for Element K’s Mac Administrator Journal.

Don Lohse has been with Quark, Inc., more than 15 years, has been product manager for Quark Dynamic Document Server (QuarkXPress Server), and is now lead in Quark's newly formed training department. Previous to joining Quark, he ran a typesetting business and developed and delivered training classes in traditional desktop publishing, as well as computer systems and applications. A speaker at numerous industry events around the world, his 30 years of experience in the graphics industry makes it possible to bring customer needs and product development together.

Eric Magnusson, Left Dakota founder and president, has over 16 years of experience in the electronic-publishing market. In addition to operating Left Dakota, he has worked at several leading-edge companies including Quark, Inc., Pre-Press Technologies, Light Source Inc., and Live Picture, Inc.

Michael Maziarka has over 15 years of product management, marketing, and consulting experience in the document- and electronic-publishing market. As director of the Dynamic Content Software Strategies (DSS) service at InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, he provides research and consulting services to software suppliers, investors, and corporate users who need accurate, objective, and unbiased information and advice on document-software technology. Prior to joining InfoTrends, Michael was a product marketing director at Xyvision and held several corporate and product-marketing positions at the Datalogics Division of Frame Technology.

Jay Nelson has taught and written about graphic-design technology since 1988. He speaks at conferences such as Seybold, Macworld, Mac Design, and others. He is the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly, the executive summary of graphic design news.

Henrietta Robinson has enjoyed a long career in the print and publishing industry. Robinson has over a 20-year background in print and electronic-media publishing. She is well versed in Quark software, ranging from QuarkXPress, Asian language QuarkXPress, Quark Publishing System, and the suite of enterprise products. Robinson welcomes the opportunity to share her knowledge and is a regular presenter at international tradeshows and events.

Frank Romano has over 40 years in the printing and publishing industries. A professor emeritus at (RIT) Rochester Institute of Technology, Romano is also the author of 40 books, editor of the International Paper Pocket Pal, contributor to major encyclopedias and dictionaries, and the author of numerous articles. Romano has founded eight publications, serving as publisher or editor or both for TypeWorld, Computer Artist, Color Publishing, The Typographer, EP&P, and both the NCPA and PrintRIT Journals. Romano wrote the first report on on-demand digital printing in 1980. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Times of London, USA Today, Business Week, Forbes, and many other newspapers and publications, as well as on TV and radio.

Joe Root has been supporting publishers for the last ten years. He started his tech career as a web application developer and slowly migrated to IT, production workflow, and operations management. Root joined Quark, Inc., in 2004 and worked as the manager for the US desktop technical services team before joining the DPS product team.

Cyndie Shaffstall is publisher, editor, and contributing author to X-Ray Magazine. She began her career working in print and type shops. At the introduction of the Macintosh to the print industry in the mid-80s, Shaffstall became a corporate trainer helping print-shop professionals adopt and adapt to the Mac. She has authored or co-authored many books on computer software, and self-published her first, QuarkXPress: Making the Most of Your Negative Experiences and her most recent, QuarkXPress 8: production tricks and experts' tips. In 1995, Shaffstall founded ThePowerXChange, a software-distribution company dedicated to extensions technology. In addition to ThePowerXChange, Shaffstall is the managing member of StrappyArt, LLC, the distributor of StrappyArt, a product that she invented in 2006. She has recently joined Spider Trainers, LLC, as the SEO/SMO advisor. She is also director of QuarkAlliance at Quark, Inc.

Christopher Smith has more than 15 years of electronic publishing experience, Christopher provides business strategy and change management consulting services to communications professionals and publishers. Educated as a journalist, he works extensively with magazine and newspaper clients who are migrating to InDesign and InCopy and also with clients implementing electronic document review processes with Adobe Acrobat. Smith regularly speaks at events and conferences around the world.

Christopher has authored numerous books, including Real World Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book (CS and CS2 versions), InDesign for QuarkXPress Users, Moving to InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite 2 for Dummies, and Sam's Teach Yourself Adobe Acrobat in 24 Hours, Adobe Photoshop Elements Classroom in a Book, Adobe Premiere Elements Classroom in a Book. He is widely considered one of the foremost industry experts regarding both Adobe Acrobat and Adobe InDesign. Smith also manages content for the annual Adobe Acrobat and PDF Conference held each spring in Orlando, Florida. Prior to joining AGI, Christopher worked for Quark, Inc.

Colin Smith is a best-selling author, trainer, and award-winning new-media designer who has caused a stir in the design community with his stunning photorealistic illustrations composed entirely in Photoshop. He is founder of the world’s most popular Photoshop resource site, PhotoshopCAFE.com, which boasts over four million visitors.

With over 12 years of experience in the design industry, Colin was formerly senior editor and art director for VOICE magazine. He is a regular columnist for Photoshop User magazine, PlanetPhotoshop.com, and the official site of the National Association for Photoshop Professionals. He also contributes to a number of other graphic art publications and web sites, such as Mac Design magazine, Web Designer magazine and Computer Arts Magazine.

Colin’s graphic design work has been recognized with numerous awards, including, MacWorld Digital Design and three Guru awards at Photoshop World 2001 and 2002, for his work in both illustration and web design. He’s authored or co-authored more than fifteen books on Photoshop, including the best-selling How to Do Everything with Photoshop CS and CS2 (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2005) and award-winning Photoshop Most Wanted: Effects and Design Tips (A Press/Friends Of Ed, 2002). Colin is also creator of the Photoshop Secrets Video training series (PhotoshopCD.com). He is in high demand across the United States as a lecturer, presenting his Photoshop techniques to photographers and graphics professionals across the nation. Colin has consulted such companies as Adobe Systems, Apple, and Disney Studios.

Jennifer Smtih has more than two decades of design and electronic publishing experience. She is a founding member of Aquent Graphics Institute and prior to joining AGI, worked in advertising and as an art director and served as a principal in a Pennsylvania-based design firm. Jennifer is widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities in electronic publishing and design and is often requested as a speaker at seminars and conferences.

Jennifer supports the curriculum development and content customization efforts of AGI clients. She has authored a number of books on print and Internet publishing, including the Adobe Creative Suite for Dummies (CS and CS2), Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book (CS and CS2), GoLive CS2 Classroom in a Book, and Sam's Teach Yourself Adobe GoLive in 24 Hours.

Lee Speights’ career leads with development of imaging and graphic technology sales. His contacts with this market are longstanding, with customers such as Disney, Warner Brothers, and Fox, to name a few. He has spent many years with Radius, Inc., starting in 1995 as senior business development manager that included developing large accounts in the entertainment, movie, and publishing industries, the digital content-creation industry, as well as enterprise and technical imaging markets. In this position, he also managed resellers and opportunities in the retail channel. Speights has also served as senior sales engineer at Radius where he was responsible for professional products in print and video fields. Previously, he has worked in the service field creating training programs for several companies, including Sun Computer and Priority One Electronics. Lee’s technical understanding of color-imaging application is considerable.

Tami Stodghill is the press-relations manager, for world-wide extensible-technology distributors London-based XChange International and US-based ThePowerXChange.com. She has been in the graphics design and publishing industry for 18 years and makes her home in Page-Lake Powell, Arizona, where she enjoys boating and reading.

Hugh Taylor is a Harvard MBA who has held a variety of marketing-related positions helping companies implement campaigns, programs, and technology to achieve their goals. Taylor is based in Beverly Hills, CA.

Glen Turpin has held many positions in product management and marketing and later became Quark’s director of corporate communications during his ten-year tenure with the company. Turpin was ranked #23 on PrintAction magazine’s list of the 50 Most Influential Canadians in Graphic Communications.

Benjamin S. Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow-automation consulting to Macintosh-based businesses. Over the years, Waldie has developed professional AppleScript-based solutions for a wide range of businesses, including Adobe, Apple, NASA, PC World, Time Magazine, and TV Guide. Waldie is also the author of a regular AppleScript column in MacTECH magazine, AppleScript-related eBooks for SpiderWorks, LLC, and an AppleScript training CD for the Virtual Training Company.

Brad Walrod is the author of QuarkXPress Unleashed: Power Techniques to Make You a Virtuoso, and has contributed articles to magazines such as Macworld, MacUser, eXPressions, and the original X-Ray Magazine. He has been a typesetter since 1978, specializing in books, magazines, directories, annual reports, tabular material, and nearly anything that comes from a database or a client’s disk. Brad has been using, writing about, and teaching QuarkXPress for the past 16 years.

John Zimmerer has managed the identification and development of emerging markets and technologies for the X-Rite’s core color business. Zimmerer joined X-Rite from Apple Computer, Inc., where he held the position of color and imaging product marketing manager. In this role Zimmerer established the key feature requirements that lead the development of Apple’s color and imaging technologies, including Image Capture, ColorSync, Quartz, and printing technologies in the Mac OS X desktop operating system. Prior to joining Apple, Zimmerer was founding partner and general manager of Mac Solutions, LLC, and Precision CPS, LLC, in Baltimore, Maryland. Zimmerer has a BA from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He is a member of Society of Motion Picture & Televisions Engineers (SMPTE), Photo Marketing Association (PMA), and Digital Imaging Marketing Association (DIMA).