TAGA Holds Technical Conference; Elects New Board

During the conference, the results of the annual board election were announced. TAGA’s incoming president is Björn Kruse. The Lundberg professor in digital image and media technology at Linköping University took the reins of the organization at the annual awards dinner and banquet. The association honored its outgoing president, Dr. Tony Stanton of Carnegie Mellon University. Paul Cousineau, director of innovation and continuous improvement of Dow Jones, a news corporation company, was elected as executive vice president and Paula Gurnee, director of color services at Ink Systems Inc. as Secretary/Treasurer. New Board Members include Ghilad Dziesietnik, chief technology office at EFI, Bill Esler, editor in chief of Graphic Arts Monthly, Dr. Martin Habekost, assistant professor at Ryerson University, Gene Langlais, CEO of Capricorn Research, Alexandra Pekarovicova, associate professor Western Michigan University, and John Seymour, Principal engineer at QuadTech. The board elevated the existing position of education committee chair to officer level, appointing Eric Neumann for a year term.