Lexington, Kentucky USA -- WhatTheyThink.com today announced the opportunity for industry professionals to attend a free printing industry educational webinar. Key Turnaround Metrics for Enhancing your Printing Operation, which will be led by financial, turnaround and M&A veterans Paul Reilly and Stuart Margolis of New Direction Partners. The event will be held Wednesday, October 21st, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM EDT (-4 GMT).

No-charge registration is available at the webinar registration page.

“Even during a recessionary period,” said Reilly, “we have discovered key business metrics that will help business owners manage for higher profitability.  Our goal is to leave attendees with clear, actionable suggestions they can put to work right away to improve their profit picture.”

Reilly and Margolis are well-known in the industry.

• Paul Reilly:  Prior to New Direction Partners, Paul was Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Cenveo, Inc., one of North America’s leading printing firms. During his ten years at Cenveo, the firm grew from $17 million to almost $2 billion in sales with more than 10,000 employees, 86 plants and numerous sales offices throughout North America. The company grew rapidly through acquisitions, completing some 60 acquisitions and numerous capital raisings, and created over 17% CAGR in shareholder returns. Under his leadership, Cenveo was voted second place in the printing and publishing category as Fortune Magazine's Most Admired Companies of 2004 and ranked number ten of the Russell 3000 companies on Corporate Governance Quotients by Institutional Shareholder Services. Reilly is also the founding Chairman of the Print Council.
• Stuart Margolis.  Stuart Margolis is a preeminent financial expert in the printing industry. Most notably, he is recognized for profit planning that enables companies to grow through increased sales, capacity expansion, acquisition and cost optimization. Methodologies developed in his books A Printer’s Chart of Accounts and A Printer's Guide to Profits, 1-2-3 - The Key: Value Added Financial Management are implemented by thousands of printing companies nationwide. He complies the annual PIA Financial Ratio Study for the industry, its premier competitive benchmarking tool. Mr. Margolis dedicates time and expertise to the industry as a featured speaker at conferences and instructor of educational seminars for associations and corporations. He is widely published in print industry business and professional journals. A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Margolis holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business in Economics and Accounting and a Masters in Taxation from Villanova University. He is an active member and consultant for Printing Industries of America (PIA), the National Association for Print Leadership (NAPL), many regional print associations as well as the Pennsylvania and America Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.

“We are delighted to have speakers of the caliber of Reilly and Margolis join us for this event,” said Randy Davidson, President, WhatTheyThink. “Their proven methodology should be of value to printing firms of almost every size.  We appreciate the New Directions Partners sponsoring this event in order to bring it to our viewers at no charge.”

Attendees will be able to participate in a live question and answer session to get the most from the experience and will be able to view and listen to the presentation using a standard Internet browser with audio streamed via computer.

Register for this free event.

About New Direction Partners

New Direction Partners provides advisory services in investment banking, valuation, financial advisory and management consulting. Our partners have unparalleled experience, with involvement in over 200 sales and mergers since 1979. We specialize in providing services to the printing, packaging and allied graphic arts industries with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions.

About WhatTheyThink.com

WhatTheyThink is the printing and publishing industry's leading media organization; offering a wide range of publications delivering unbiased, real-time market intelligence, industry news, economic and trend analysis, peer-to-peer communication, and special reports on emerging technology and critical events. WhatTheyThink also hosts webinars and live events that are timely and relevant o today's busy industry executives along with consulting and speaker services that leverage a talented pool of writers and industry analysts.

WhatTheyThink consists of flagship site WhatTheyThink.com, discussion forum site PrintPlanet.com, and industry blog PrintCEO.com.