The Key Point Podcast

West McDonald, Vice President of Business Development at Tigerpaw Software, speaks at length with our very own Carl Schell about dealers, MSPs, and industry trends and makes one bold prediction, too.

Our Road Map series continues this week with Ron Gilboa, Group Director, and Catherine Cresswell, Director at Keypoint Intelligence discussing innovations and market conditions as well as the trends that will likely have the greatest impact in 2020 surrounding the textile and direct to garment markets.

Ron Gilboa, Group Director of Production Technology at Keypoint Intelligence speaks with Santi Morera, Global Head, Graphics Solutions Business of HP, to discuss how HP's commitment to the industry will bring innovation to make print service providers more profitable and grow.

In this week's Road Map series, Pat McGrew, Senior Director, and Karen Kimerer, Director at Keypoint Intelligence discuss how to sell in 2020 by helping your clients make sense of all of their opportunities to utilize marketing spend.

To continue with our 2020 Road Map series, Colin McMahon checks in with Keypoint Intelligence's Director of Wide Format Printing, Eric Zimmerman, to discuss how past announcements are shaping trends for 2020.

In this second episode of our 2020 Road Map series, Colin McMahon, Research Analyst meets with Bob Leahey, Director of Color Digital Labels & Pacakaging to talk about predictions for the year ahead and how Keypoint Intelligence believes the market will continue to be a strong one for suppliers of color digital printers for all types of packaging.

Pat McGrew, Senior Director of Production Software and Services and Ryan McAbee, Director of Production Workflow at Keypoint Intelligence, discuss why 2020 is the time for PSPs to support their production processes, formulate a strategy and document a plan for building end-to-end workflow automation.

Jon Pellowe, President of Cornerstone Technologies, speaks with our very own Carl Schell about being a member of the BTA, TAG, and the American Coop Group, along with why office equipment dealers need a managed IT services portfolio.

Ron Gilboa, Group Director of Production Technology at Keypoint Intelligence sits down with Kerry King, President of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), to discuss some of the challenges vendors and designers have as they are getting into mass customization and production.

Pat McGrew, Senior Director of Production Software and Services and Marc Mascara, Director of Customer Communications at Keypoint Intelligence, discuss the importance of delivering information to all constituents in a way that is accessible to them.

Colin McMahon, Research Analyst at Keypoint Intelligence speaks with MJ Anderson, Chief Experience Officer at RealityBLU about how print and augmented reality play a role in the way content is created and deployed for consumption.

Ron Gilboa, Group Director and Pat McGrew, Senior Director, talk about some of the "surprises" they encountered on the PRINTING United show floor that can help drive business and open new opportunities.

This week, Pat McGrew, Senior Director, and Ryan McAbee, Director, talk about the newly relaunched event and how the organizers were successful in creating the right kind of print show.

Company's newly appointed leader discusses his career, Marco, and the dealer channel with Carl Schell, Managing Editor on the Buyers Lab side of Keypoint Intelligence's Office Technology & Services Group.

Paul Birkett, Director of Worldwide Solutions with HP Inc.'s OPS Group and Randy Dazo, Group Director of Keypoint Intelligence's Office Group, discuss HP's October 28th announcement on HP Workpath and HP Command Center, which are a new app development and distribution platform for HP Enterprise devices.

Ron Gilboa and Ryan McAbee of Keypoint Intelligence sit down with EFI's CEO, Jeff Jacobson, to talk about how EFI's responsibility to the industry is to keep their customers in the forefront of technology.

Labelexpo Europe 2019 experienced its largest, most international show held to date. Colin McMahon, Research Analyst, catches up with Bob Leahey, Director of Color Digital Label and Packaging, on how flexible packaging was presented at the show.

Bob Madaio, Vice President of Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA) and Randy Dazo, Group Director of Keypoint Intelligence's Office Group, discuss the Sharp's 2019 National Dealer Conference held at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas the week of October 1st, with a focus on the Smart Office.

Ron Gilboa sits down with Thayer Long, President of APTech, to discuss upcoming initiatives and how a new event called Brand Print will bring label printers and commercial printers all under one roof in 2020.

Did you know you may be using augmented reality every day without even realizing it? Research Analyst Colin McMahon and Associate Director and AR expert Alan Bullock take a deep dive on the augmented reality component of Keypoint Intelligence's Immersive Imaging Survey.

Ron Gilboa, Group Director of Production Technology at Keypoint Intelligence, gathers with a team of industry experts to talk about their upcoming half-day session at PRINTING United. Ron is joined by Mike Wozny, EFI; Lily Hunter, Roland; Mark Sawchak, Expand Systems; and Debbie McKeegan, TexIntel to discuss how the digital textile printing industry is changing and evolving.

Pat McGrew and Marc Mascara meet up to discuss regulatory requirements as they relate to the banking industry and provide tips on how to use different AI oriented software solutions in the marketplace.

Lane Smith, Vice President of Member Advancement at the Technology Assurance Group, sits down with our very own Carl Schell to detail what you need to know about Microsoft Azure.

With a busy show season underway, Pat McGrew and Karen Kimerer provide tips for attending a trade show. It's all about having a well defined plan and goals established to get the most out of your experience at a show.

This week two industry veterans, Senior Director of Production Software and Services, Pat McGrew, and Marc Mascara, Director for Keypoint Intelligence's Customer Communications advisory service, come together to talk about using computing power to resolve and turn data into information that can be actionable.