Simon Lane, a former Fuji Xerox executive, has been named as Ricoh’s new Australia production printing business country manager.
ARN reports that Simon Lane, a former Fuji Xerox Australia marketing executive general manager, has been appointed by Ricoh Australia to become the company’s new production printing business country manager.
This role will see Lane overseeing “the entire Ricoh production portfolio”. This includes “digital cut sheet, wide format, continuous feed and software solutions”
Ricoh Australia’s general manager for sales, David Philips, revealed that “Lane will be accountable for the sales results, while ensuring the Ricoh production print business is sustainable over the long term.”
“Simon has worked in the digital print industry for more than 15 years, both on the vendor and client side, and has unique insights in to how Ricoh can best support our Production printing customers. We’re delighted to have him join the business,” Phillips said.
Lane has years of experience both inside and out of the industry, having worked for Fuji Xerox Australia for over a decade, holding down various senior roles, and most recently serving as CEO of his own sales and marketing practice, The Spitfire Group, formed in 2015.
This appointment by Ricoh “sees him return to his production printing roots.”
“I’m thrilled to join Ricoh,” Lane said. “This company has fantastic solutions, great people and an absolute commitment to meeting customer needs.
“Smart marketing managers are rediscovering that tactics such as direct mail get genuine cut-through and achieve results. The new technologies being released by Ricoh only reinforce that power, and I’m looking forward to reacquainting myself with our client base and helping show them how to compete and win in the changing world of marketing communications,” he said.
Ricoh Australia’s managing director, Andy Berry, views Lane as “a valuable asset”.
We are delighted that Simon has joined Ricoh,” Berry said. “His skillset and experience of both growth companies and large multinationals will be invaluable as we drive our revenue growth and enhance momentum for Ricoh as a leading player in the production printing market.”