Industry Leaders from Microsoft, Sony Interactive Entertainment America, GrayHair Software & Intelisent Recognized

Alexandria, Va. – Each year Idealliance recognizes professionals in the graphic communications industry for their innovation and advancement of the industry. Tim Baechle, Idealliance CEO, said, “Our success – industry and Idealliance – is generated through industry professionals – by their knowledge, immense support and selfless giving of their time, the most unrenewable resource. They move our industry forward through their extraordinary expertise.” The following Awards were announced by Idealliance:

CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
The Idealliance Circle of Excellence Award was established in 2005 to recognize extraordinary contribution to the work of Idealliance transforming the graphic communication industry. Over the Award’s fourteen-year history forty-seven industry luminaries have been recognized. These professionals advance Idealliance innovations for the industry through specifications, standards, certification, training and leading practices by working across all partners in the print and media supply chain from creators and service providers to brands, suppliers and technology manufacturers. In 2019 Circle of Excellence Award honorees are:

Andy Bullock, Special Projects, Sony Interactive Entertainment America
Inspiration and advancement of brand quality programs and Idealliance BrandQ® program globally

Brian Keith, Senior PM-Print & Color Management-Packaging and Content, Microsoft
Leading and implementing brand quality supply chain certification globally between a brand and service providers

Lisa Bowes, Manager, Webtrack Division, Intelisent
Steadfast and insightful leadership for the Idealliance Mail Software Development Group (MSDG) since 2010

DONALD A. MUMMA AWARD
The Donald A. Mumma Award is the highest award of distinction that Idealliance presents in distribution and mail supply chain and technology. The award is named for Donald A. Mumma, US Postal Service mailing requirements manager at the Washington, DC Headquarters who was committed to customer focus and industry dialogue in the late 1970s. He saw the advantage for mail supply chain partners and the US Postal Service to work together and was instrumental in launching the collaborative approach between Idealliance and the US Postal Service. The Award was founded in 1985 and over its history 36 industry innovators have been recognized.

The Honoree in 2019 is Angelo Anagnostopoulos, Vice President of Postal Affairs, GrayHair Software. Rose Flanagan, Manager of Postal Strategies & Logistics, Data-Mail, Inc. and 2018 Mumma Award Honoree presented the 2019 Award and said, “Angelo’s actions and involvement demonstrates his ability to consider and improve the entire mail supply chain. He gives of his knowledge and expertise, provides insights and the impact of USPS programs to the mailing industry, the USPS, oversight, and regulatory organizations. At the end of the day this quiet unassuming person closes his computer, changes into his leather jacket, straps on his helmet and motors off on his motorcycle.”