The GPO: Living Up to Its “Great and Glorious History”: An Interview with Bruce James and Mike Wash Part 2

As we head into the second half of the year, WhatTheyThink took the time to catch up with Bruce James at the GPO to see how he was faring in his mission of leading the Government Printing Office (GPO) from the 19th to the 21st Century. James was pleased to announce that he had been able to convince Mike Wash to join his staff as Chief Technology Officer and co- director of the Office of Innovation and New Technology. Wash joined in our discussion as well.

Prior to joining the GPO, Mike Wash was the Executive Director of Product Management and Marketing at Gerber Scientific Products. Wash joined Gerber after spending 26 years at Eastman Kodak Company, a world leader in photographic and digital imaging. At Kodak he directed the company's digital photo finishing equipment business and was responsible for developing the system to deliver Kodak Perfect Touch Processing for the consumer photo market in North America and Europe. He also held positions at Colorado Memory Systems, Loveland, CO, as Director of Engineering; and as a founder at Combyte, Inc., Fort Collins, CO, a manufacturer and developer of storage devices for the personal computer market, as Vice President of Engineering.

Also prompting our interview at this time were reports of two significant GPO-related events:

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