Simon Wincott Joins Colortrac as Technical Support Manager
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IVES, UK, Mar 28, 2008 - Colortrac UK, the leading large format scanner
innovator, has further extended its commitment to Excellence with the
appointment of Simon Wincott to its senior management team. He joins the
British scanner manufacturer as their new International Technical Support
Manager with responsibility for integrating and coordinating all elements of
Colortrac's customer-facing product support activities.
 Simon
has over 20 years public sector experience of delivering solutions and
services and of managing and supporting high technology systems across
international and organizational boundaries. In his last appointment, Simon
was responsible for the delivery of UK MOD communications, at one time
introducing the largest PFI (private finance initiative), a multi-billion
pound project.
As an RAF Squadron Leader Simon commanded a squadron of 120 engineers,
managing, planning and deploying multi-million pound strategic communication
solutions. He was the communications officer in the MOD team that evacuated
British citizens from Lebanon in 2006. Simon has worked closely with major
defence contractors like EADS, EDS, Harris, Raytheon and Serco.
Colortrac is a fast growing company with dynamic leaders in its R&D and
Sales and Marketing departments. It is the only wide format scanner
manufacturer to use both CCD and CIS technology, a unique selling point
reflected in its increasing market share. However, Colortrac's internal
audits revealed a need to strengthen the company's post-production,
customer-facing support services. Simon is a professional support engineer
experienced and skilled in this critical area.
Simon will be based in Colortrac's Brunel Court head office in St Ives,
Cambridge shire, a region of British excellence in science and technology.
He will lead a team of seven who will work with him internationally. Simon
will direct the day-to-day operations of all the technical support staff
with responsibility for all post-production support of manufactured scanners
and other deliverables.
As Colortrac is determined to ensure only the highest quality for its
SmartLF scanners, Simon also assumes responsibility for revitalizing
Colortrac's commitment to Quality Assurance standards. Following the award
of an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certificate to
Colortrac Imaging Systems (Suzhou), Colortrac's Chinese main assembly
manufacturing plant, Simon has been instructed to achieve ISO 9001 and 20001
throughout Colortrac's International Operation.
His appointment, he said, "is particularly appealing because of the
breadth of responsibility, the international perspective and the challenge
of achieving excellence throughout Colortrac's technical support group. My
aspiration is not just to provide the technical support group with the
oversight and strategic direction it needs but also to implement real and
tangible improvements to the quality of the products we provide."
Simon's appointment follows a Colortrac executive board meeting in
November 2007 where it was decided that Peter de Winter-Brown, the Sales and
Marketing Director, should take over responsibility for Technical Support
operations worldwide. This structural change centralizes all Colortrac staff
and departments involved in customer-facing distributor, partner and
customer support activities.
"I am delighted to announce that Simon Wincott has accepted this
appointment" said Peter de Winter-Brown.
"Simon's addition to Colortrac's senior leadership team gives us the
professional experience and talent we need to raise our business to a higher
level. Simon will ensure Colortrac has the necessary technical support
strategy and infrastructure to deliver innovative solutions to our customers
while effectively developing our business worldwide.
"We are confident that his appointment will provide the direction and
leadership required to enhance Colortrac's support capability worldwide,
particularly as we face the challenge of supporting new scanner interfaces
and our growing use of software based imaging technology. Simon will be
visiting his support staff in Beijing and Suzhou, China, and in Golden,
Colorado, USA, where he will implement strategy and set up reporting and
review roles, responsibilities and goals."
Simon holds a bachelor of engineering degree in electronics systems
engineering from the School of Engineering at Cranfield University, is a
professional Chartered Engineer registered with the UK Engineering Council
and a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Always
eager for a challenge, Simon is optimistic that he will be able to complete
a part-time MBA (Master of Business Administration) course at Cranfield
University's School of Management and in time become conversant in Mandarin
Chinese while continuing to work for Colortrac.
About Colortrac
Founded in 1989 and based in St Ives, Cambs, UK, a region of British
excellence in science and technology, Colortrac Ltd is the leading innovator
in professional wide format scanners and image acquisition software
solutions. As the only manufacturer to recognize the individual merits of
CIS and CCD image sensor technology, Colortrac's fifth generation of SmartLF
scanners and software are uniquely positioned to meet the demand for both
price and performance across the full spectrum of scanning applications,
from the demanding Graphics Arts market to practical, productive CAD, GIS,
EDM and FM technical document scanning. Colortrac Ltd has offices in Beijing
and Suzhou, P.R. China and in Golden, Colorado, USA.
For more information, visit at
www.colortrac.com.
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