Mike Rottenborn to be Global Graphics CEO

Hybrid Software founder, president and CEO Mike Rottenborn is to head up Global Graphics. He will take over from Gary Fry as CEO on 1 January 2020.

Fry, who will step down at the end of the year to pursue other avenues in the printing and publishing software industry, has been Global’s CEO since 2008 and has steered it through a significant growth period during which several acquisitions were made, including Meteor Inkjet, the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, and Xitron, a developer of prepress solutions. Rottenborn founded Hybrid Software in 2007 to provide a software solution that bridges the gap between e-commerce portals, prepress workflows, and MIS/ERP systems. He has spent 30 years working in the graphic arts industry and began his career as an electrical engineer with DuPont Printing and Publishing. After DuPont, he joined PCC Artwork Systems to focus on prepress workflow software for packaging and commercial printing customers. Guido Van der Schueren, chairman of Global Graphics, said: “Gary Fry has been instrumental in shaping Global Graphics into the organisation it is today with a very clear strategic focus on digital and inkjet printing and the board is grateful for the energy and dynamism he has brought to the role. In Mike Rottenborn the company has the ideal candidate to succeed Gary due to his impeccable technical credentials combined with extensive commercial experience. He also has the analytical, leadership, and organizational skills that are required to guide the business forward. With decades of industry experience to bring to bear he is a well-known and respected figure and the board is delighted to welcome him as part of the Global Graphics team.”