As some of you may have heard, Francis McMahon, who was director of marketing for HP's U. S. Graphic Arts Business, Imaging and Printing Group, has departed the company after being there for eight years. He will be taking on a new role at Oce in Boca Raton. The exact details of his new role, which commences April 12, have not been released, but Francis has assured us that he will be in touch as soon as he can discuss the change in more depth.
Francis was also HP's primary liaison with Dscoop, the independent user group for HP Indigo. I am sure he will be missed on many fronts at HP, and we are looking forward to hearing about the new challenges ahead of him at Oce. Good luck, Francis! We'll be talking!
Discussion
By Andres Ferrer on Mar 29, 2010
"Has he been enticed by" - or - "Has he offered himself to" Océ or Canon?
Funny when Océ will be a Canon division shortly
By Chuck on Mar 29, 2010
Frances is a great guy, and did an amazing job at DSCOOP this year. He was seemingly everywhere at the event, with HP customers and partners, who I think uniformly love him, so this appears to be quite a coup for Oce (soon to be Canon). Congratulations Frances!!!
By Bob Raus on Mar 29, 2010
This is exciting news and very positive for Oce, Canon and the industry overall. It's great to see Oce continuing to invest in the future and taking bold moves to gain market leadership. I expect great things from this because Oce production printing has some of the brightest, strongest and action-oriented people in the industry. I expect Frances will bring a new dimension to their market presence while expanding their strategic direction resulting in big dividends.
By Josh on Mar 29, 2010
Having worked with Francis in the DPAC, I can tell you in all my years in technology, he is one of the top 3 marketing executives I have ever met (right behind Guy Kawasaki). HP's leadership will be at a deficit without him.
Thank you for all of the hard work, caring and love you have added to the digital printing community & congratulations on your new home. Leadership is hard to find these days & Océ is now the proud recipients of one of the best.
Océ and Canon are getting serious!
Francis, guessing you'll get your Iphone back now:)
By Pat on Apr 19, 2010
Oce made a great choice in adding Francis McMahon to their executive team. As a past DPAC member and head of a large HP customer, I saw first hand how valuable Francis was to HP and know he will be equally, if not more so, valuable to Oce. His ability to understand customers is a skill not readily found in the print industry and he uses his skill extremely well. Congratulation Oce! And, congratulations Francis! From Boise to Boca – wow! Pat.