Rising Stars: Faces of the Future

Patrick Smith, 40

Company: Smith Litho, Rockville, MD
Title: President
Education: B.A. Boston University

Recipe for Success: I’m still paying my dues like many printers do during their careers. And the goods I get in return are knowledge and loyalty. I’ve traveled up, down and across the printing landscape, much like my father, who founded Smith Litho. Looking back, as a five-year-old sitting on a skid of paper, I saw even then that the thrill to create and serve customers was great in this business. My father, starting a fledgling printing firm, used his enthusiasm and keen intellect to listen and rally people behind him to provide service and product just the way the customer expected. The goal then and still today is to provide total, peace-of-mind outsourcing. I use that mantra to develop new clients and products each day.