Mr. Gindlesperger is a nationally recognized entrepreneur, inventor, author and consultant in print and procurement. He founded ABC Advisors and its successor, e-LYNXX Corporation, in 1975. Under Mr. Gindlesperger’s leadership the firm has grown to become the North American procurement authority. Print buyers and suppliers alike have benefited from his insight and innovation.

Mr. Gindlesperger has directed major in-plant studies in both the private and public sectors and is highly regarded for his knowledge, advice and work on behalf of firms in matters pertaining to the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). He has testified before the U. S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration regarding government print and procurement policy. He also has worked directly with numerous Congressional and Senatorial members and staff and has advised Congress on the development, operations and future of GPO print procurement and the federal print program in general.

He has been a lead fund raiser for U.S. Congressman Bill Shuster, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter and numerous elected officials at the local and state levels. He was a founder and chairman of Printing Industries of America's (PIA) PrintPAC (political action committee) and has been recognized for his contributions to PIA and services to the printing industry. He was inducted into PIA's Ben Franklin Honor Society of print industry leaders in 2009 for his lifetime contributions to the print industry. Supply & Demand Chain Executive honored Mr. Gindlesperger by including him in its 2010 listing of the most influential leaders in the supply and procurement profession in North America.

Mr. Gindlesperger invented the methodology that optimizes cost reduction in the procurement of specification-defined goods and services. He has been granted two separate business method patents by the U.S. Patent Office, first for the competitive procurement of print and then for the competitive procurement of all customized and specification-defined goods and services.

Under Mr. Gindlesperger’s leadership, e-LYNXX has grown into the leading print management and procurement licensing firm in North America. e-LYNXX has been exclusively endorsed by Printing Industries of America (PIA) and has been named one of the top 100 procurement firms in North America by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

His firm handles more than 200 on-going consulting assignments at any given time. Among its contracts is one with Educational & Institutional Cooperative Purchasing to assist colleges, universities and other institutions nationwide with procurement and print-spend management.

A native of Chambersburg, Pa., Mr. Gindlesperger is a graduate of Dickinson College.

Mr. Finucane serves as a key advisor and board member to e-LYNXX.  He has been involved in every aspect of the firm’s growth and business development since its inception as ABC Advisors.  His private legal practice concentrates on business and municipal law.

Mr. Finucane is a graduate of Georgetown (Law School and College) and is a past president of the Franklin County Bar Association.  He has practiced before various courts of common pleas, Commonwealth, Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania, the Federal Middle District of Pennsylvania and Third Circuit Court of Appeal. He is a senior partner in the law firm, Salzmann Hughes, P.C. 

In addition to his duties with e-LYNXX, Mr. Finucane serves on the boards of the Conococheague Institute and the Hawbaker Nature Trust.  He has been a past member and president of numerous non-profit groups including Easter Seals and New Visions. 

Mrs. Gindlesperger has responsibility for finances, personnel, support operations and facilities.  Beginning her employment in 1989 as office manager with e-LYNXX Corporation, Mrs. Gindlesperger has earned promotions to vice president, senior vice president and chief operating officer.  Prior to joining e-LYNXX, she held a number of senior positions in entrepreneurships.

 

Mrs. Gindlesperger is a graduate of Wilson College and provides seasoned administrative and management expertise to the firm.  She is active in the community serving as a board member of the Totem Pole Playhouse and as chairperson of the Franklin County Homeless Shelter Coalition.

Mr. Hawks is responsible for legal matters affecting e-LYNXX Corporation and oversees patent licensing and enforcement.  He is responsible for preparing congressional testimony, analyzing pertinent federal and state legislation and providing strategic council to government and procurement clients of e-LYNXX.  During the past decade, he has counseled or represented hundreds of printers on matters relating to the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO).

 

Mr. Hawks graduated from Tufts University with a B.A. degree (magna cum laude) and an M.A. degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.  He earned his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a member of the National Moot Court Team and won the school's most prestigious award for appellate writing and advocacy, the Leahy Prize Argument.  Following graduation, he clerked for United States District Judge Albert V. Bryan, Jr. of the Eastern District of Virginia and then practiced in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC, as a commercial litigator and government contracts attorney. 

 

Mr. Hawks joined e-LYNXX in 1997 and has served as vice president, general counsel, corporate president, and member of the board. 

Mr. Jackson directs the delivery of service excellence and provides operational leadership to clients of e-LYNXX Corporation.  He leads the American Print Management division and oversees the execution of core competencies, including all customer support and professional services that strengthen client procurement and supply chain management. 

 

Prior to joining e-LYNXX, Mr. Jackson was vice president of North American and EMEA operations for Convergys Corporation where he had previously held the role of vice president, international business development.  Before Convergys, Jackson was director of Global Partner Management for Dell, Inc. where he had previously served as director of Outsourcing Operations and Customer Service and Support.  He began his career in the healthcare industry where he held a variety of leadership positions focused on development and delivery of consulting, professional and field operation services.

 

Mr. Jackson holds advanced degrees from the University of Akron in Biomedical Engineering, the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Executive Management and the Aresty Institute of Executive Education of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Business Process Outsourcing.

Mr. Long provides overall strategic and operational direction to the firm’s technological planning and development function.  He oversees the planning, research and design of all e-LYNXX technical products, systems and infrastructure. He ensures that the company’s technology plans and capabilities are aligned with the business strategy and requirements of e-LYNXX clients.

 

After attending Johns Hopkins University, Mr. Long was employed by Frederick Trading Company with responsibility for design and implementation of client-facing remote purchase order entry and EDI systems as well as enterprise integration and data analysis projects.  He joined e-LYNXX in 1994 and has served in a number of critical leadership positions.

Mrs. Snider leads the Government Print Management division and oversees the professional services requisite to building client sales revenues and profitability.  For 25 years she has managed the team that fosters profitable growth and success of e-LYNXX clients through their attainment of work from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and other government agencies.

 

Prior to joining e-LYNXX in 1984, Mrs. Snider was with JLG Industries.  Mrs. Snider graduated (magna cum laude) from Central Penn Business College with a degree in specialized business.

Mr. Weinzierl is responsible for matching clients with the services of American Print Management -- the e-LYNXX division that specializes in print-spend cost-reduction services. He also will identify organizations to work with Patented Procurement Method -- the e-LYNXX division that licenses the company's latest patent for the procurement of specification-defined goods and services.

Before joining e-LYNXX, Mr. Weinzierl was chief financial officer of R&D Coatings in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. He also has been an independent consultant. For 27 years, he was president of Belknap Business Forms in Mayville, New York.

Mr. Weinzierl graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering, and he has performed graduate work in financial management at George Washington University. He also is a Certified Forms Consultant (CFC) and a Certified Document Consultant (CDC). He serves on the alumni advisory committee for the industrial engineering department at the University of Pittsburgh His professional affiliations include the Print Services Distribution Association (PSDA) where he has served as manufacturing vice president and International Business Forms Industries where he has been North American Chairman. PSDA has inducted Mr. Weinzierl into its honorary Black Leaf Society. In the community, he is past president of the Mayville Rotary Club and past board president of the Westfield Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Patterson develops and directs corporate communications.  During his 30-year career, he has created and managed proactive communications programs for financial services companies (First Atlanta Corporation, Wachovia Corporation and Sterling Financial Corporation), utility services (Westinghouse Electric Corporation, PJM Interconnection and GridSouth), telecommunications providers (Powertel and D&E Communications), real estate/resort developments (Sea Pines Company and Kiawah Island Company) and non-profit organizations (Berry College and the Project Management Institute).  He began his career as a reporter for the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.

 

Mr. Patterson graduated from Northwestern University with a Master of Science degree in journalism and from Wofford College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

Mr. Juliano has 20 successful years of experience in procurement, supply chain, global operations and finance with Fortune 500 companies. He works with American Print Management clients to help them with their strategies and tactics for improving their print procurement. His role is to actively manage and cultivate client relationships and develop strategic partnerships with them.

Before joining e-LYNXX, Mr. Juliano was senior director of print production at Rodale, Inc. - publishers of Men’s Health, Prevention, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Bicycling, Running Times, Organic Gardening, Mountain Bike and other health and wellness lifestyle magazines. He also has been senior manager of magazine production for TV Guide and assistant manager of magazine production for Reader's Digest.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration at Iona College.

Ms. Tate's analytical background ensures each American Print Management customer gains the right combination of process, services and people for success.

Ms. Tate joined e-LYNXX in 1999 as a business process analyst. In addition to serving as client services manager, she is a member of the team that is responsible for the company's proprietary workflow and communication system -- the system that enables an organization to administer and manage its entire print procurement process starting from a creative idea and initial specification through all subsequent revisions, approvals, procurement, production, receiving and billing.

Prior to joining the e-LYNXX team, Ms. Tate was a project coordinator for Chevy Chase Bank where she led several initiatives developing software as well as technical, training and support services. She has more than 12 years of experience with process and organizational reengineering and product development with specialties in implementation/deployment, project management, requirements elicitation, and quality assurance.

Mr. Traugott actively manages and cultivates relationships with strategic print buying clients nationwide. He provides American' Print Management clients with strategic direction and guidance on qualifying suppliers and preparing budgets, as well as training and monitoring of the production process.

Mr. Traugott's client services career in the print industry spans 17 years. He has been a digital imaging specialist at the National Gallery of Art, a sales service representative at DigiLink Inc., a print production coordinator at The World Bank and a team leader at World Color. Pre-press and printing for high-end color requirements are areas in which he has developed expertise.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in graphic arts management at Old Dominion University.

Michael Cannata is an entrepreneur with a proven track record as CEO of both start-up and early stage technology companies across multiple industries. He has been involved in the monetization of patents since founding BOCA Advisory Services ,Inc., in 2002.

Through a joint venture with NW Patent Funding Corporation, Mr. Cannata was an advisor and manager to the Northwater Intellectual Property Fund established in 2005 as one of the first funds involved in patent litigation financing. He was responsible for the Fund’s investment in i4i, which filed a patent litigation suit versus Microsoft in 2007. Mr. Cannata managed this high profile litigation on behalf of the Fund that resulted in a $290 million judgment in favor of i4i upheld under appeal at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The judgment also included a permanent injunction issued against Microsoft effective in January 2010.

As founder and CEO of Brokercom, Inc., a financial services software company, Mr Cannata created value for shareholders through an M&A transaction with Open Text Corporation, where Brokercom’s strategic patent asset was the key driver for the acquisition. After the acquisition, Mr Cannata assisted in developing an IP protection program and a patent licensing program for Open Text. At Cybermation, Inc., a systems management software company, Mr Cannata’s executive leadership skills were recognized as the company was named one of the 50 Best Managed Private Companies in Canada in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Mr Cannata has sat on a number of public and private company boards, is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Toronto Chapter. In 2009 and again in 2010 he was selected, by Intellectual Asset Magazine, to the IAM 250 list of World Leading IP Strategists. Mr.Cannata has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from York University's Schulich School of Business and is a named inventor on five United States patents.