Specialty substrate leader GPA has hired Matt Buckley as its new Wide Format Product Manager. Buckley comes to GPA with an extensive, hands-on background in wide format technologies and media, and will serve as a market expert and resource of strategic insights for GPA’s customers and sales professionals. Rounding out GPA’s team of product experts, he’ll manage GPA’s wide format portfolio and “add high quality media that opens the doors to practical and creative application opportunities.
He will also assist customers in finding the right solution for their unique projects’ needs to help them exceed their client’s expectations. GPA’s customers can continue to be confident that they’ll find the substrates and support they need to deliver profitable solutions to their customers and grow their businesses in the wide format segment,” said the company.
Buckley comes to GPA with 18 years’ experience in the sign and graphics sector, along with his passion for the products and technology that drive the industry. For the past 8 years, he served as the Technical and Marketing Manager for FDC Graphic Films. He spent 10 years prior to that working at different sign companies in various aspects of the businesses – including sales, design and management – before he went on to own his own sign business.
“Matt is a fantastic addition to the GPA team,” said Mary Ann Geers, GPA’s Central Region Area Vice President. “His leadership and expertise within our fast growing business segment of wide format media will solidify our market position as the leaders in the specialty substrates category. I look forward to the positive impact he will have on our customers, and the successes we will create together,” she added.
GPA is a leading source for specialty substrates and solutions for offset, digital, wide format and desktop printing. Products include coated and uncoated papers, pressure-sensitive and specialty papers, synthetic films and substrates exclusively engineered for HP Indigo and other digital presses. GPA is an HP Indigo Preferred Partner and a Diamond Partner of Dscoop (Digital Solutions Cooperative).
