Typefi User Conference 2019

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The 2019 Typefi User Conference was held in Baltimore, MD on 2–3 May 2019 with delegates from 30 organisations joining the Typefi team for a jam-packed two days of learning, sharing, and networking.

Day 1 was dedicated to in-depth workshops, including a morning seminar on standards publishing, and afternoon tutorials on Typefi Designer templates and techniques for working with math in Typefi workflows. The Conference Dinner at Phillip’s Seafood in the evening was also a huge hit!

Day 2 featured a range of sessions, including real stories from Typefi users, Typefi product updates, publishing industry insights, and a lightning round of presentations from Typefi’s and Inera’s Solutions Consultants.

This year, Typefi also introduced a Brilliant Bar, offering customers the opportunity to book a short consultation with Professional Services team members throughout the day.

The conference sessions were all recorded—browse the links below to check them out!

It’s beneficial to have a chance to see the Typefi team for face-to-face conversations and to learn what is new and what is coming up. I also like seeing and hearing how others are using Typefi.




Speakers

Tommie Usdin
President | Mulberry Technologies, Inc.

B. Tommie Usdin

Caleb Clauset
VP Product + New Markets | USA

Caleb Clauset

Damian Gibbs
Solutions Consultant | South Africa

Damian Gibbs

David Popham
Solutions Consultant | Typefi

David Popham

QA Manager | Sri Lanka

Dilum Samarajeewa

Eric Damitz
Senior Solutions Consultant | USA

Eric Damitz

Guy van der Kolk
Product Manager | Netherlands

Guy van der Kolk

Jamie Brinkman
Senior Solutions Consultant | USA

Jamie Brinkman

Jason Mitchell
VP Customer Success | UK

Jason Mitchell

Jim Cain
Solution Architect | Jacquette Consulting

Jim Cain

Kara Laufer Levesque
Publishing Manager | ASTM International

Kara Laufer Levesque

Karl Jankowski
IT Director | Typefi

Karl Jankowski

Marie Gollentz
Project Manager | France

Marie Gollentz

Patrick Gibbons
Senior Solutions Manager | IEEE

Patrick Gibbons

Peyton Bentley
Information Architect | Kaplan Professional Education

Peyton Bentley

Stephen Laverick
Business Development Manager | UK

Stephen Laverick

Tim Siers
Technical Director & Co-founder | MasterDocs

Tim Siers

President | Mulberry Technologies, Inc.

B. Tommie Usdin

B. Tommie Usdin is President of Mulberry Technologies, Inc., a consultancy specialising in XML for prose documents.

Tommie has been working with SGML since 1985 and has been a supporter of XML since 1996. She chairs “Balisage: The Markup Conference” and is a frequent speaker at JATS-Con, MarkupUK, and other conferences. She is co-chair of the NISO Z39-96, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite Working Group, and a member of the NISO STS Standing Committee and the BITS Committee.

Tommie has developed DTDs, Schemas, and XML/SGML application frameworks for applications in government and industry. Projects include reference materials in medicine, science, engineering, and law; semiconductor documentation; historical and archival materials. Distribution formats have included print books, magazines, and journals, and both web- and media-based electronic publications.

VP Product + New Markets | USA

Caleb Clauset

Caleb drives the vision and strategy for Typefi’s products, and cultivates strategic partnerships with developers to extend Typefi’s core capabilities. He is an award-winning designer and Adobe Certified Expert in InDesign with over a decade’s experience designing, developing and implementing publishing technology. He holds a Master of Graphic Design from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Solutions Consultant | South Africa

Damian Gibbs

Damian started out as an apprentice typesetter over 20 years ago at a leading South African educational publisher, and from the start was curious about opportunities that digital technologies bring to publishing. He transitioned to general market publishing and eventually became a service provider to local and offshore publishers covering a diverse range of publishing markets, all requiring varying workflows and output requirements.

Damian has extensive experience working with publishers to use evolving technologies and innovative digital publishing products to improve workflows, and to transition from pure print to digital outputs such as web, e-books, and CMS publishing.

Solutions Consultant | Typefi

David Popham

David produced his first publication 25 years ago using PageMaker as part of a job in college athletics, and has been a publishing enthusiast ever since. Most recently, he was a graphic designer for a research think tank and has worked as a production artist in the educational publishing sector.

One of David’s favourite things to do is help others automate their publishing workflows so they can focus on other aspects of their work. He has a degree in Agribusiness, has completed coursework in Public Relations from Western Kentucky University, and is an Adobe Certified Expert in InDesign.

QA Manager | Sri Lanka

Dilum Samarajeewa

Dilum is a dedicated and highly energetic IT professional with over 12 years of experience in technical support. As QA Manager at Typefi, he provides technical support for clients in the US, Europe, and Australia. In 2021, Dilum joined Typefi’s Product team, focusing on XSLT-based workflow plug-ins and taking ownership of the Standards Cloud web-based platform.

Dilum holds an Information Technology degree from Middlesex University in the UK, and takes pride in providing creative direction and out of the box thinking. Dilum enjoys complex, multifaceted assignments where pulling together a collaborative pool of skills is essential.

Senior Solutions Consultant | USA

Eric Damitz

As a Senior Solutions Consultant, Eric works with customers to determine the best way to use Typefi for their particular needs, and then implements their solution. He started in publishing over 20 years ago as a TeX typesetter at a small development house, where he learned such valuable skills as opaquing film, making Dylux proofs, and pasting up forms with hot wax. He also learned desktop publishing, which was somewhat more useful. He moved to a large educational publishing company and spent 17 years as a production manager working with his colleagues to re-invent how publishing works—several times.

Eric’s particular skillset focuses on publishing automation, workflow improvement, and single-source publishing for both digital and print. He has a degree in Rhetoric (writing, not arguing) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Product Manager | Netherlands

Guy van der Kolk

Guy first got hooked on publishing while attending an international school in Ivory Coast, where he used Pagemaker, Photoshop and an Apple Quicktake 100 camera to help create the yearbook. After many hours of hard work, while holding the final printed product, he knew this was an industry he wanted to be a part of.

Having spent the first 17 years of his life in West Africa, Guy is fluent in three languages and has a multicultural background that has served him well in his career. As an IT consultant and trainer for an Apple Premium reseller and then as a Senior Solutions Consultant for Typefi, he has trained thousands of people to get the most out of their software.

In 2020, Guy moved into the role of Typefi Product Manager, working with the product and engineering teams to continue to improve on our world-leading publishing software and bring you exciting new features. He continues to apply his deep product knowledge in a Professional Services capacity, working on projects with new and current customers.

Senior Solutions Consultant | USA

Jamie Brinkman

Jamie joined Typefi as a Solutions Consultant in 2014, bringing 10 years of experience as a Senior Content Editor with a multinational mass media and information firm. She is highly skilled in layout and design, and has extensive experience in copy editing utilising AP, Chicago, and company-specific style guidelines.

As a Typefi Senior Solutions Consultant, Jamie works closely with customers to develop and implement automated publishing solutions, as well as providing ongoing training and support.

VP Customer Success | UK

Jason Mitchell

Jason leads Typefi’s global Professional Services team and has over 15 years of experience in managing publishing operations and digital products for both small and large publishing houses. He has successfully led teams to redefine the publishing process to include digital products and improve profitability in the travel and medical publishing sectors.

Solution Architect | Jacquette Consulting

Jim Cain

Jim has 20+ years of experience in software architecture, design, development, and systems integration for the publishing, education, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industries.

Publishing Manager | ASTM International

Kara Laufer Levesque

Kara is a Publishing Manager at ASTM International. She has over a decade of experience in project management and seven years of experience in publishing.

Kara has managed the production of online and print journals as well as standards and translated content. She currently focuses on the production of third party content for ASTM’s Compass platform.

IT Director | Typefi

Karl Jankowski

With 17+ years’ experience in software development companies, a Bachelor of Science, and a Masters in Business Administration, Karl oversees and maintains the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Typefi’s technology infrastructure.

As well as working behind the scenes to support the continuous development of Typefi products and services, Karl often works with Typefi’s R&D and Professional Services teams to develop solutions, and provides support and advice to Typefi customers.

Project Manager | France

Marie Gollentz

Working closely with Typefi’s team of experts, Marie manages client projects to ensure they are successfully delivered and meet their specific needs. Marie develops Typefi’s project management process to continuously improve client collaboration. Marie joined Typefi in 2016 as a Solutions Consultant and brings to her current role, a wealth of experience in helping clients adopt the best solution to achieve their goals. In 2022, Marie achieved her Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) qualification. Prior to Typefi, Marie held a number of positions in the publishing industry in London (UK), including for the publisher of Research Fortnight and the London School of Business and Finance. She graduated with a Masters degree in European Political Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences from Sciences Po Strasbourg (France). She is trilingual in English, French and Spanish.

Senior Solutions Manager | IEEE

Patrick Gibbons

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE SA) is a leading consensus building organisation that nurtures, develops and advances global technologies through IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organisation. With collaborative thought leaders in more than 160 countries, IEEE SA promotes innovation, enables the creation and expansion of international markets, and helps protect health and public safety.

Patrick Gibbons has an MLS with a concentration in Information Storage and Retrieval from Rutgers University, and has over 25 years’ experience in electronic publishing with Elsevier, ProQuest, and IEEE. As Senior Solutions Manager for the IEEE Standards Association, he is the technical point person for IEEE SA’s standards XML and PDF publishing program.

Information Architect | Kaplan Professional Education

Peyton Bentley

Peyton has worked in printing and publishing for over 20 years, and has been involved with numerous aspects of the industry, from editing to layout to printing. His interest in cutting-edge technology drew him to e-book creation and then to DITA.

As the first Information Architect for Kaplan Professional Education, he has been involved with developing the roles and responsibilities of the IA position, creating a content model, and moving legacy content to DITA.

Business Development Manager | UK

Stephen Laverick

Stephen has over 20 years’ experience in scholarly publishing, with time spent working in both the UK and China. Primarily focused on digital publishing solutions, Stephen has experience in overseeing the development of robust, scalable and efficient XML-first workflows for Open Access mega-journals as well as tailoring bespoke solutions around specific publisher requirements.

Stephen is currently serving on the Steering Committee of JATS For Reuse (JATS4R) aiming to encourage standardisation and best practices in the use of JATS XML, as well as participating on the NISO working group for Manuscript Exchange.

Technical Director & Co-founder | MasterDocs

Tim Siers

Tim is a co-founder at MasterDocs, an Australian company founded in 2013. He has fifteen years’ experience delivering hundreds of content management, digital publishing and collaboration projects for Federal Government and other public sector clients.


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