Packaging Essentials Course | Virtual

Cheryl Johnson has spent 30+ years working in the packaging print industry. She has covered all aspects of pre-media, working in production, customer service, and press support, before moving into production leadership and general management. On the software and equipment side of the industry Cheryl gained experience in sales, marketing, and held both sales leadership and technology leadership roles. During her career, she previously held positions at Trident, Esko, and X-Rite, in both Europe and the US.

James is the Director, Innovation Solutions Group with Jones Healthcare Group based in London, Ontario, Canada, a leader in folding cartons, labels and contract pharmaceutical filling. In his role, James focuses on new packaging technologies for tomorrow and their potential impact and outcomes for consumers, patients and brand owners.

James has over 25 years of experience in prepress and print production with organizations such as TC and SGSCO. With successful project execution under a varying set of global verticals throughout his career, James brings a diverse understanding of the packaging market with an eye for reproduction quality under differing print methods.

Darko Martinovic is the Managing Partner at WOW Factor Co. a Brand-centric Strategy + Design Agency.

Darko is a highly strategic and creative leader with over 20 years of experience leading the agency in design and marketing services strategy for iconic global brands that spanned multiple industries. Prior to joining Wow Factor, Darko had a long term proven track record with Tri Ad Graphics, Evolution Designworks and Mark’s Design (sgsco company). Darko’s career progressed to Vice President and COO of Mark’s Design for North America. He was instrumental in leading the long term strategic direction for Mark’s Design to become one of the largest global agencies in the CPG/Retail sector.

Luca was responsible for the start up and growth of SGS Canada. His greatest accomplishments with SGS include opening a successful greenfield operation in Canada and helping grow SGS from $69M in 1993 to 600M in 2018.

As COO and President LATAM and APAC, Luca is responsible for Production, Quality, Global PQM Services, Digital Print and Sales samples, Transformation, Process and Technology. Focused on the expansion of GPN capabilities in Mexico and Manila with the objectives of increasing efficiency, capacity utilization and improving quality performance.

Scott Thompson, Vice President Innovation, is a Pre-Press, Print and Color Management Executive with extensive experience in all facets of brand commercialization and packaging applications. Scott has been employed with SGS since August 2000 and held positions in Technical Sales, National Account Management and Print Quality leading to his current role as Vice President Innovation.