Where We’ve Been/What We’ve Seen
The CR Live: Dealer Tour stops in the Denver and Baltimore markets, GreatAmerica hosts its 2018 Dealer Council Meeting, HP & LDI host A3 Print Security Forum and Screening, Toshiba hosts LEAD 2018, and CJ Cannata meets up with members of PSIGEN and ACDI’s leadership teams in New York.
Denver Development
Top: All Copy Products’ Brad Knepper (left) and Troy Baranek proudly show off their soon-to-be new Denver headquarters located in Lincoln Park. The state-of-the-art, eco-friendly facility boasts a number of technological advancements and is set to open in the summer of 2019. CJ Cannata and Scott Cullen met with the All Copy duo and team in July.
Intellectual Capital
Above: CJ Cannata (right) meets with Capital Business Systems President Jim Kreikemeier in the company headquarters in Fort Collins, Colorado, in July.
Full of Grace
Above: Centric Business Systems’ President Rick Bastinelli (second from top right) and staff graciously welcome Frank (top right), Carol (top left), and CJ Cannata with a dinner at Baltimore’s The Bygone.
Advanced Approach
Above: The CR team flanks Advance Business Systems’ President Jeff Elkin while touring the dealer’s state-of-the-art production facility in Cockeysville, Maryland.
True Alphas
Above: CJ Cannata attends the special advance screening of The Wolf ““ True Alpha at NYC’s Subculture and is welcomed by the evening’s host partners (from left to right): HP’s Matt Smith and John Whidden, LDI’s Paul Schwartz, and HP’s Carlos Ricardo.
Center Stage
Above: HP’s Whidden (right) introduces The Wolf ““ True Alpha’s co-stars Jonathan Banks of “Breaking Bad” fame and model-turned actress Betty Adewole, following a screening of the latest installment of HP Studio’s cybersecurity thriller that also stars Christian Slater. The 20-minute film will premiere later this fall.
The Reviews Are In
Above: LDI’s Santa Medina (second from left) welcomes clients from the legal industry and members of the Association of Legal Administrators, including (from left to right) Gina Negon, John Connolly, and Marie-Carolle Tertulien.
Full House
Above: Feldman (right) and Smith take in the crowd at the super-charged HP and LDI event that was attended by high-ranking leadership and clients.
Access Japan 2018
Above: Our pleasure to present the intel from our first-ever bonus issue spotlighting meetings with leading executives from the Japanese Big Six at GreatAmerica’s Dealer Council Meeting. Our issue, trip to Japan, and subsequent presentations throughout 2018 are exclusively sponsored and made possible by our tremendous partners at GreatAmerica. Joining CJ and Frank at the presentation is Scott Cullen (right).
Welcome Reception
Above: Taking a moment to celebrate Access Japan 2018 with our GreatAmerica partners Tony Golobic (center) and Jennie Fisher (second from right). 
It’s a Wrap
Above: The team at GreatAmerica, along with our advisory board member Deb Dellaposta of Doing Better Business, surprised and thrilled us by wearing the limited-edition silk scarf our own Carol Cannata designed and created in coordination with EFI. Carol is surrounded by (from left to right): (from left to right): Dellaposta, Kim Louden, Jennie Fisher, Lindsay Bohan, Alecia Kramer, and Josie Heskje.
Pedal to the Metal
Above: Who needs Uber? CJ practices his driving skills while Josie Heskje holds on for a bumpy ride. Tailgating is GreatAmerica’s Carrie Witham.
In the Lead
Above: Tom Tegeder accepts Toshiba’s Dealer of the Year Award on behalf of James Imaging Systems at Toshiba’s LEAD 2018. Other Dealer Award winners included Atlantic, Tomorrow’s Office, Kelly Imaging Solutions, Oklahoma Copier Solutions, Proven, and Stargel Office Solutions.
Blues Brothers
Above: Scott Maccabe and Frank Cannata at Toshiba LEAD’s Press and Analyst Executive Q&A Luncheon.
Lead Influencer
Above: Sue Wilson (right) with Carol Cannata and Larry White during an intimate cocktail party to celebrate 2014 Women Influencer Sue Wilson’s retirement.
Put on a Happy Face
Bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage Shawn Achor speaks about the connection between happiness and success at Toshiba LEAD 2018.
The Reflex
Legendary Vegas cover band Reflex brings the house down and closes out Toshiba’s LEAD 2018 with a set of 80s standards and deep cuts at The Cosmopolitan’s Marquee Nightclub hotspot.
Meeting of the Minds
Just days before announcing their promising new partnership on August 21, PSIGEN Software’s President Glenn Johnson (left) and ACDI’s Director of Business Development Mark Hart (second from right), and a group of colleagues dined with CJ Cannata at the NYC Upper East Side Writing Room, the literary-themed bistro housed in the former space occupied for years by the legendary Elaine’s.
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