BOURG-LÈS-VALENCE, FRANCE – 23rd September 2010 – Datamax-O’Neil, the leading provider of stationery and portable receipt and label printers, is further enhancing its business in the EMEA region. With Matej Kraèun as Territory Manager for Eastern Europe as well as Ken Byrne as Business Development Manager for the UK and Northern Europe and Patrick Quinn as Channel Account Manager for the UK, Ireland and the Benelux, Datamax-O’Neil takes another important step to successfully expand the company’s position in the European market.

 As the head of the sales region Eastern Europe, Matej Kraèun will advance the partner and sales activities as well as the market growth in Russia, CIS and East Europe. He has more than twelve years of experience in Eastern European markets. Before joining Datamax-O’Neil, he held the position of a sales manager at companies like Spica International, Toshiba Tec, Compuware and Network Appliance. 

Matej Kraèun replaces Ken Byrne, who is moving into a new position to become the Business Development Manager UK and Northern Europe at Datamax-O’Neil. In his new position, Ken Byrne is responsible for bringing the Datamax-O’Neil strategy to market as well as ideally positioning the company with end-users. Another focus of his work is the close cooperation and teamwork with the responsible Channel Account Managers. Ken has been working at Datamax-O’Neil for more than eight years, as a Territory Manager. He was responsible for the regions Eastern Europe, Russia, Middle East and Africa and just recently supported the reorganisation of the sales structures in the UK. Before his successful engagement at Datamax-O’Neil, Ken Byrne worked for companies in the construction industry, took over the sales of carbon fiber and worked with major military suppliers and aircraft manufacturers. 

Ken Byrne is also supporting Patrick Quinn, Datamax-O’Neil’s Channel Account Manager for the UK, Ireland and the Benelux, who joined the company in the beginning of 2010 to support the realization of the sales strategy through the channel. Patrick Quinn has a long history and a strong background in the field of Automatic Identification (AutoID). Before assuming his position at Datamax-O’Neil, Patrick Quinn worked in senior positions for renowned companies such as Avery Dennison and Esselte Meto for many years. At last, he held the position of a Channel Account Manager at Norprint Magnadata, a global leader in innovative labelling and security solutions for the retail industry.

 We are glad to welcome Matej Kraèun, Ken Byrne and Patrick Quinn in to our team. With their extensive knowledge and experience in their respective markets, they will essentially contribute to raising the profile of the Datamax-O’Neil company brand even more and enhance our business success in Europe,” says Christian Bischoff, Regional General Manager EMEA at Datamax-O’Neil. “Together with our strengthened team, we can implement our business development structure to support our business model and push the indirect channel strategy. This will help us to create a pull from the market ensuring that Datamax-O’Neil is well positioned with end-users.” 

About Datamax-O’Neil

Datamax-O’Neil is a trusted global provider of stationery and portable label and receipt printing solution products that enable manufacturing and supply markets to capture the benefits of automated product identification and automated legal and financial transactions.  Datamax-O’Neil is the barcode and mobile printing business group of Dover Corporation’s Product Identification Group (PIDG), a global platform entity with products and services covering all the leading marking technologies and applications. The company’s products address a wide variety of applications, including those in the industrial, healthcare, retail, automotive and ticketing market sectors. Datamax-O’Neil is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and maintains key facilities in California, Illinois, and France, as well as sales and technical support offices around the world.