Trainers
Dr. Johannes Backhaus
Dr. Karl-Josef Does
Dieter Dolezal
Dr. Bernd Th. Grande
Rainer Grill
Jan-Peter Homann
Stephan Jaeggi
Thomas Kern
Michael Kienzle
Dr. Axel Koch
Prof. Dr. Anne König
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Kreulich
Roman Lindner
Ira Melaschuk
Michael Mittelhaus
Peter Mohr
Martina Nohl
Michael Rammler
Hans Jürgen Reichel
Jürgen Schmidt
Dr. Ernst Schneider
Florian Süßl
Wolfgang Walenski
Wolfgang G. Walter
Rudolf Woesch
Oliver Zeller
has worked as a manager for German gravure printers for many years and therefore has extensive experience in print finishing. From 1980 to 1985 he worked at the Institute of Plastics Processing at the RWTH Aachen University of Technology. Since 2002 he has been the university professor for the subjects "Print finishing and Packaging technology" at Wuppertal University.
studied economics and social sciences and then worked in political research and consulting. He has gained more than 20 years professional experience in management, focusing on marketing, service and sales in the IT industry, as well as in managerial positions in various business fields at home and abroad. Today, he is an independent trainer and consultant specializing in efficiency and effectiveness in service and sales as well as change management.
is technical director of Hirte Medien Service GmbH in Hamburg and has been a specialist in color for many years. He worked on the ISO standard PDF/X-3. Since 1997 he has been a member of the European Color Initiative (ECI). His focus is on the field of color management, and more specifically the integration of the different tools and methods in production procedures.
received a doctorate in chemistry and has gained many years of experience in managerial positions at paper and ink manufacturers. Since 2002, he has been a consultant and trainer for print shops, visiting lecturer in offset printing technology at Wuppertal University and lecturer at the Cologne Chamber of Trade and Commerce. His work focuses on printing food packaging, hue changes, coloristics and fastness (difficulties with hues), abrasion, carbonizing, offset and drying issues.
Working at southern German newspaper publishers, Rainer Grill progressed from freelance staff member to managing editor. His work as a journalist is rounded off by experiences in radio and the press offices of associations. By the end of the 90's, he had designed internet presences for small and medium-sized enterprises. Today, he works as a consultant in this business segment.
studied communication sciences at the Technische Universität Berlin. Since 1990, he has been working on optimizing production procedures in the print media industry, and has many years of practical experience in implementing color management in print shops. He is the owner of the consultancy firm colormanagement.de and author of the reference work "Digitales Colormanagement" (digital color management). He has been writing for the specialist press since 1992 and maintains a very close relationship with FOGRA and the German Printing and Media Industries Federation.
is a graduate in engineering (Dipl.-Ing. FH/ESIG) and owner of PrePress-Consulting in Binningen/Basel. He has been working with the topic of PDF since 1991. He is a world renowned PDF expert and has gained experience in PDF technology through participation in countless projects. He is co-author of the new ISO standard PDF/X-3 and is a member of the CIP4 Advisory Board (JDF development).
has been a lawyer since 1981, specializing in labor law, and has had his own chambers in Leimen, near Heidelberg since 1987. He specializes in providing support and advice to small and medium-sized enterprises. His daily work also includes giving presentations and holding seminars. He is the cofounder and president of the VfBE "Verband für betriebliche Existenzsicherung" (association for securing company existence).
was trained as an engineer and then worked for more than ten years in selling products and services for customers including print shops. This involved providing a substantial amount of explanatory support. In the team at Detroy Consultants International, he successfully provides training to numerous companies in the German-speaking world on the subject of enforcing prices in the market. His seminars, which are characterized by a high practical relevance, are based on his experiences, managerial studies and comprehensive training as a sales and behavior trainer.
has worked as an in-house trainer at an international distribution company and as an independent trainer for a staff training company. He has also worked as a press officer for Landessportbund Niedersachsen and as a freelance newspaper and radio journalist. He is a qualified psychologist and now works as a trainer and consultant. He has further training in systemic supervision and organization consultancy and has been trained in methods of communication and therapy for neurolinguistic programming and as a Manager of Business Entertainment (MBE). His profile is rounded off by further training in autogenic teaching (basic and advanced level) at the Association of German Professional Psychologists.
teaches as the TFH Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Department I, Economics and Social Sciences. In the print and media technology course she focuses on business management for the printing and media industry.
is professor for prepress and media technology at the Munich University of Applied Science. His research focuses on cross-media publishing. He used to be involved in the subjects of print-on-demand, CMP and media neutrality at the Institute for Print and Media Technology at Chemnitz Technical University. Having given specialist advice to international technical congresses on several occasions, such as XML Europe and the IARIGAI conference, he has distinguished himself as an XML expert.
studied psychology, philosophy and economics in Mannheim and Berlin. He has also completed training in areas including person-centered interview techniques, change strategies and organization development. He has gained 20 years of experience as an independent behavioral psychologist and consultant in different business segments, in particular for companies in the printing industry. Since 1997 he has been amanager in the Herrenberger Team with the emphasis on team development, communication and interview technique, creating change processes and situational conflict management.
is a technical editor, trainer and management consultant in the print and publishing industry. After her studies at Stuttgart Media University, specializing in printing technology, she worked for ten years as project manager in the field of prepress at a well-known institute in the printing industry. Her work focuses primarily on optimizing the organizational and technical procedures in prepress. She has contributed articles on this subject and on new media, prepress and digital printing systems to many printed and digital publications.
studied mathematics at the Technische Universität Berlin, and then switched to the IT industry with a career at Rank Xerox-EEO in London/Berlin. He subsequently managed the DTP department of a systems house in Berlin and joined the management of a reproduction company in North RhineWestphalia. Since 1994, Michael Mittelhaus has been an independent consultant for digital prepress, specializing in CtP, JDF, organization and workflow. He also writes for trade journals such as "Deutscher Drucker", "Produktion&Print" (Switzerland), Print Week (GB) and Seybold Report (USA).
was top of his year when he completed his studies in education, and was prize winner for adult education. After completing further courses in training for industrial and professional education, he worked in managerial and staff functions for the German Federal Ministry of Defence as an officer in the German air force until 1995. In addition to his employment as a lecturer, he was also employed as head of a human resources department and in PR. Since 1995, he has been a specialist trainer for "presentation and sales".
completed a course of study in typesetting before commencing her studies in print and media technology at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. With experience at various reproduction enterprises, typesetters and design offices, she gained a sound understanding of the industry before commencing her teaching position at the Johannes-Gutenbergschule Heidelberg, with focus on design and new media. In 2003 she published her book "Workshop Typografie und Printdesign" (Workshop typography and print design).
studied information technology and then worked for Hewlett-Packard for 14 years in the fields of DTP consulting and laser printer sales and marketing. Since 1995 he has been a managing partner of the Herrenberger Team for further training and organization development. Within the scope of his activity, he provides support to numerous companies at home and abroad in the fields of sales, marketing, staff management and process optimization. He specializes in the printing industry. He also provides consultancy services to print shops in the field of sales and order processing.
has many years of experience in adult education, in addition to practical sales work and leading management positions in marketing and sales. He began as a course trainer at an international group of companies 25 years ago, where has was primarily responsible for business areas such as professional photography, reproduction graphics and printing systems. His practical experience in leading management positions has for years determined the content of his professional training courses in communication, sales and management skills. His training courses focus in particular on the acquisition of new customers, strategic selling and on how to sell "problem solutions".
studied political sciences and has been employed in trade for many years as a political scientist. He is qualified for a position as a trainer at Heidelberg due to his further training in the fields of transaction analysis, systemic growth and organization development.
studied business management in Saarbrücken, Würzburg and Nuremberg, specializing in marketing and organization. He graduated as a Doctor of Economics and Social Sciences with his work on the subject of "The formation, development and distribution process of innovations". After many years of employment at a large company, he founded the Dr. Schneider & Partner management consultancy firm. In 1995 he became "Germany's most successful consultant" (impulse, cover story). He specializes in management and sales training as well as organization and HR development projects in the field of marketing and sales.
is Technology Director at Berliner MetaDesign AG. He studied print and media technology in Munich. As an active member of the European Color Initiative, Florian Süßl collaborated on the Altona Testsuite and on the ECI offset profiles. As chairman of the technical advisory board of the prepress department at FOGRA and member of the corresponding DIN committee for ISO standardization, he is actively involved in standardization projects. For many years, he has held a "Digital reproduction" teaching position at the Berlin University of Arts.
is known as a printing specialist in the German market. For several years of his professional life he was responsible for managing printing technology at a fine paper factory. Until 1998 he was also employed as a sworn authority on offset printing at the Cologne Chamber of Trade and Commerce. He is a technical journalist and author of several standard works in the German language printing world, such as "Das PapierBuch" (The paper book).
trained in wholesale and foreign trade. After many years of professional life, Wolfgang G.Walter followed a course of study in business management, after which his main employment was as a trainer and consultant specializing in accounting and business management. In 1996 he accepted the professorship for accounting and business management at Heidelberg University of Applied Science (various publications, awarded the Landeslehrpreises BW 1998). During this time, he also carried out part-time training and consultancy activities. Since 2002, he has been an independent trainer and consultant. He is also amanaging partner of hcg Consulting Group GmbH.
is a lawyer for family law and rights of inheritance. After completing his course of study at the Freie Universität Berlin and at the University of Heidelberg, he has been self-employed as a lawyer since 1981. He specializes in the design of contracts, inheritance rights and future risk provisions. Since 1994 he has been holding seminars on these topics for various interested parties. He is also a cofounder and board member of the VfBE "Verband für betriebliche Existenzsicherung" (association for securing company existence).
is an independent management consultant, specializing in purchasing and business process optimization. After completing his course of study in communications engineering, he gained experience at an IT consultancy firm, where he managed various purchasing projects, including analysis of purchasing in SMEs for cost reduction potential. His further specialist areas include standardized tenders, simplification of the procurement process, introduction of e-procurement and
business process optimization in purchasing.
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