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Laurel Brunner - Managing Director, Publisher

Laurel Brunner - Managing Director, Publisher

Laurel Brunner started her career in 1978 as an accountant for a printing company. Since then she has worked exclusively in the prepress and publishing industries. She is managing director the international consulting group, Digital Dots (www.digitaldots.org), publishers of Spindrift an independent, subscriber supported journal for the graphic arts, printing and publishing industries.

Laurel Brunner provides private consulting and editorial services to a wide cross section of publishers and industry associations. Her work regularly appears in newspapers and magazines around the world, and she has been a frequent speaker at industry conferences in Europe, the United States and Asia

Nessan Cleary - Editor, Spindrift

Nessan Cleary - Editor, Spindrift

Nessan Cleary began his career working in television news, first as a sound recordist and then a cameraman. After retraining as a journalist he worked briefly on a local newspaper in Merseyside. A natural interest in computing and digital technology led him to spend six years editing Electronic Imaging, a UK-based magazine covering the technical side of the graphic arts.

For the last five years he has worked as a freelance journalist, based in the UK and writing about anything that takes his fancy, which is mainly commercial printing, business and workflow systems, wide format inkjet and photography.

Paul Lindström - Technical Editor, Journalist, Consultant

Paul Lindström - Technical Editor, Journalist, Consultant

Paul Lindström entered the graphic arts industry in 1980 as a typographer and graphic designer. He has worked in computer assisted graphic design and production ever since. Paul was the production manager and part owner of a commercial printer where he became involved with digital printing, before moving to Elanders’ Electronic Printing division. During his three years with Elanders Paul played a key role in developing the company’s variable data management and print on demand strengths.

Between 1993 and 2003 Paul worked as technical editor for AGI, Scandinavia’s leading graphics arts trade magazine. In addition to his continuing work with AGI, he now lectures part time for the Graphic Arts Department at Malmoe University, running degree courses on digital imaging, colour management, workflow systems and production management.

Todd Brunner - Design, Layout, Webmaster

Todd Brunner - Design, Layout, Webmaster

Todd Brunner is an independent Web developer working primarily in the field of multiuser communities (Don’t worry, we don’t understand what that means either). His background is in music, interactive media and yes, the graphic arts. As one of the first ever interactive media developers in the UK, he is among the most experienced and knowledgeable in the country.

As one of the original team, Todd worked for the Seybold organisation from 1983 to '94. Since then he has developed websites, CD-ROMs, games, musical soundtracks and educational materials for a wide variety of clients.