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#ShirtLab
October 27, 2018!! Location: Columbus, OH
ULTIMATE GUEST LIST!
"As the saying goes, "It's not what you know, but who you know"....I like to take it one step further and think "It's who you know, and what they know" that can really make a difference in life. You are the equivalent of the 5 people you surround yourself with the most. I firmly believe in business if you surround yourself with other like-minded entrepreneurs who share the same passion as you, it can be a driving force for success. Over the past 12 years, my business has grown leaps and bounds from the relationships I've created in the industry, bouncing ideas off others, learning tips and tricks from industry veterans, and getting that golden nugget of information that I wouldn't of thought of on my own. For Shirt Lab, we are creating the Ultimate Guest List so you can see who will be there, what their super powers are, and who to connect with to help elevate your experience. The networking the night before the event, during breaks, and in between sessions will be priceless. Consider this your industry "Rolodex" to success." - Tom Rauen
Marshall Atkinson - Host, VIP, Instructor
Tom Rauen - Host, VIP, Instructor
Guinness Book of World Record Holder and owner of Envision Tees, Tom Rauen brings his high energy, entrepreneurial spirit to the mix. Sales & Marketing, creative ideas, and the willingness to try anything to elevate Tom to a different level as a teacher.
EnvisionTees was recently recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in America. Envision is in the process of moving into a new 36,000 sq. ft. facility this fall and continuing to grow.
Growing Envision from starting in his parents garage to acquiring a number of other business', Tom has been through every bump in the road imaginable and continues to push forward through innovation and marketing genius. Tom's unique ability is to create a unique customer experience and market his brand to the masses getting media exposure on a national and worldwide level with various media stunts.
Tom lives in Dubuque, IA with his wife Amanda and their two children Thomas Jr. and Theodore.
Jay Busselle - VIP, Presenter
Branding & Authenticity
Starting the day of power learning is a session on branding your shop and speaking from an authentic place. Jay Busselle will share his expert perspective and challenge you to focus your shop’s marketing voice. Jay brings a career’s worth of experience from running his own shop to working for Equipment Zone, to hosting the Twitter #promochat every Wednesday.
Dan Carr - VIP, Presenter
Top 10 Web Conversion Tricks
Ken Seidl - VIP, Presenter
Sales Closing
Ryan Moor - VIP, Presenter
Social Video
Ryan is the founder and CEO of Ryonet and Allmade Apparel. Ryonet has been an industry leader in supply and education since its inception in 2004 and has used video to inform, educate, and connect with screen printers more so than any other distributor in the industry.
With over 1500 videos and over 25 million views, Ryonet’s success in video marketing is undeniable. Learn the key’s to making video’s work for your business, what to do and what not to do, how to get the best engagement from your audience and how to do it on all budget.
How to "Out-Amazon" Your Competition by Leveraging Promo
Chris Bernat - VIP
Blue Ocean Strategy
Greg Kitson
Nathan Leber - VIP
Ron Goodwin
Goodwin Graphics
Along with screenprinted t-shirts and sportswear I’ve also added embroidery and promotional products to the solutions I offer small businesses. I understand many of the challenges small businesses face marketing and promoting their services or products.
Specialties: I can create a marketing program that includes branded wearables or promotional products that provide a return on investment not found in other advertising media.
Matthew Hillis - VIP
Flint Crossing
I am the Owner of Print Two Impress which is a Screen Printing and Embroidery company. I also own Flint Crossing Outdoor retail store and clothing brand. Both companies are located at the same location with Screen Printing and Embroidery operation in the back building. The Front Log Cabin is our retail store for Flint Crossing Outdoors and customers of P2I.
I was a school teacher for 5 years until I took the Full time job of CIO at Hometown Lenders a local mortgage company with a few people. We grew Hometown even through the financial crisis and when I left Hometown we had over 250 employees and were doing business in 15 states.
In 2016 I decided it was time for me to go out on my own and a friend of mine owned Print Two Impress. I had been working on a plan to open a Retail store and the Screen Printing allowed the business plan to work. I had no experience in Screen Printing or embroidery but jumped head first and bought the building and business. Lots of bumpy roads over the last year and half but through it all we are growing and will break 500k in revenue this year.
Brett Bowden - VIP
Printed Threads
Brett established Printed Threads in 2010 after being reacquainted with his love of screen printing. Having sold his first printing company in 2004, he spent many years traveling the country playing music. Upon graduating college with a Bachelor's degree in music in 2009, it was evident that choosing a different career path would be necessary. So the old skill of screen printing came in pretty handy. Since Printed Threads started in 2010 it has grown from a garage to a four-automatic operation in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2015 Inc. magazine featured the company at #826 on their 5000 fastest growing companies list. You can find Brett teaching classes for Ryonet or writing articles for The Ink Kitchen on occasion. When not screen printing, he prefers to be sailing or traveling with his wife and three kids.
Mark A Coudray is a respected and well known industry pioneer, innovator, and strategist. His works have been published in more than 500 papers, columns, features, and articles in every major graphics publication in the US and abroad in addition to hundreds of blog and forum posts.
Like many of you, Mark started his first company in his parents garage when he was 19 way back in 1973. His first company, Coudray Serigraphics, grew to a multi-million dollar enterprise. He is still very active in the industry growing companies to their full potential and preparing them for the maximum possible exit value with CatalystPlan.com. Everything Mark does is field proven with his own businesses, so it’s not theory or BS.
He is a regular contributor to Impressions and Screen Printing Magazines. Coudray has been an active member of the Academy of Screen and Digital Printing Technologies since 1989. He has served as Chairman of the Board of SGIA and has received the organizations highest award.
Mike Chong - VIP
Merch Monster Screen Printing
Like many Bay Area businesses, Merch Monster started in a garage. I needed a change from my career in IT project management and decided to revisit my passion for making physical products.
A few years prior I started an online t-shirt company, and worked with many screen printers. There were numerous challenges including non-existent customer service, lack of quality control and unpredictable delivery times.
It made me realize that there was an opportunity to improve the screen printing experience. So I decided to start a screen printing company committed to selling high-quality products with outstanding customer service.
Brian Keesee
Crown Trophy / Royal Jester Apparel
We offer embroidered, screen printed and digitally printed apparel of all kinds. Work and team uniforms, t shirts, outerwear, bags and more. Work done in-house by our staff with over 30 years of experience! We also offer custom web stores for your organization which can be used for your employees, team members, patrons and as fundraisers. You can even use our free online apparel designer on our site at RoyalJesterApparel.com.
Opened in 1996, 11 employees, added apparel in 2015, operating 16 heads of embroidery, 1 manual, and a ROQ Auto.
Alison Banholzer - VIP
Wear Your Spirit Warehouse
Joe Sudrovic
Gorilla Joe Printing
Lon Winters
Graphic Elephants
At the age of 21, Lon Winters was head of production for Ocean Pacific. He learned the screen print industry from the bottom up, starting his twenty five plus year career by reclaiming screens. Along the way, he has won over 50 international industry awards including many SGIA Golden Image Awards, Printwear Awards, Impressions Awards, and FESPA Honors.
He has served almost fifteen years as an honorary Golden Image Judge, published numerous articles and monthly columns, and led several seminars and workshops for an array of industry professionals. An industry leader, he has consulted on projects large and small throughout the world. A developer of processes and is a master creative problem solver.
Steve Duccilli
Screen Printing Magazine
I direct the editorial teams and content strategies for our industry-leading media brands in the signage and design fields, including VMSD (Visual Merchandising + Store Design), Package Design, The Big Picture, and Screen Printing. Our brands extend across all the channels executives use to find information for their businesses, including magazines, interactive digital editions, conferences and other events, websites, social media, e-newsletters, video and multimedia content, and more.
In previous roles with ST Media Group, I've served as Group Publisher (with sales management and business development responsibilities), Publisher (with brand management responsibilities), and Editor. I have also acted as the chair and conference director for numerous events in the signage, printing, and design fields and directed the launch of new media brands and conferences
Jarrod Hennis - VIP
Rockford Art Deli
Rockford Art Deli {R.A.D.} is a Rockford, IL based creative collective, located right downtown. We came together, impacting like a supernova of fresh perspective, creating a whole galaxy of astonishing business services. But it’s more than that. At our heart is a passion for sustaining business in our hometown. We strive to not only help business owners with marketing and screen printing needs, but endeavor to keep the business local and restore our historic downtown to glory.
Ryan Dost
Sandlot Sports
In 2008, Ryan Dost and Adam McCauley launched their screen printing and embroidery business in a 400
square foot shop in Bay City, Michigan. While local schools were showing interest, making ends meet
was a struggle. Fast forward 10 years and Sandlot Sports now runs three locations, a production facility
in Saginaw, MI. and two retail satellite locations with a total of 24 employees. At the 18,000-square-foot
production facility, Sandlot Sports runs two manual presses, an automatic press, and 11 heads of
embroidery. The shop specializes in the team apparel and corporate sales markets. The business also
heat-prints apparel onsite at events around Michigan.
In 2017, Sandlot Sports was awarded the SBDC Small Business of the Year award for the Great Lakes Bay
Region and also won the Main St. USA Award for Small Business of the Year in Michigan. Ryan and Adam
are far from resting on their laurels. Right now, they’re expanding into more B2B sales and adding new
brands to their client list. They’re also upping their service for sports and team sales, working on being a
more efficient one-stop shop.
Our vision is to be an apparel decoration company that prides itself on personal and professional growth.
We will maintain high standards while adapting to industry changes. Our service will be exceptional from
start to finish, ensuring quality decoration paired with outstanding support and industry knowledge. As
an individual member of the Sandlot Sports team, we encourage your personal growth as an integral
part of our company’s success.
Sandlot Sports
In 2008, Ryan Dost and Adam McCauley launched their screen printing and embroidery business in a 400
square foot shop in Bay City, Michigan. While local schools were showing interest, making ends meet
was a struggle. Fast forward 10 years and Sandlot Sports now runs three locations, a production facility
in Saginaw, MI. and two retail satellite locations with a total of 24 employees. At the 18,000-square-foot
production facility, Sandlot Sports runs two manual presses, an automatic press, and 11 heads of
embroidery. The shop specializes in the team apparel and corporate sales markets. The business also
heat-prints apparel onsite at events around Michigan.
In 2017, Sandlot Sports was awarded the SBDC Small Business of the Year award for the Great Lakes Bay
Region and also won the Main St. USA Award for Small Business of the Year in Michigan. Ryan and Adam
are far from resting on their laurels. Right now, they’re expanding into more B2B sales and adding new
brands to their client list. They’re also upping their service for sports and team sales, working on being a
more efficient one-stop shop.
Our vision is to be an apparel decoration company that prides itself on personal and professional growth.
We will maintain high standards while adapting to industry changes. Our service will be exceptional from
start to finish, ensuring quality decoration paired with outstanding support and industry knowledge. As
an individual member of the Sandlot Sports team, we encourage your personal growth as an integral
part of our company’s success.
Don Wilkinson -
DK Apparel
Richard Greaves
Greaves
Richard has worked hard to help improve screen printing and printers worldwide and is a respected author and seminar leader. He’s been in the screen printing industry since 1979 and has consistently shown his willingness to help advance the industry through hundreds of articles, seminars in the USA and all over the world.
He learned screen printing at Eder Manufacturing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where they printed custom flags and T-shirts for the ad-specialty industry. After he left Eder, Richard worked in North Carolina in a shirt factory printing on shirts before they were sewn, then started another sewing and printing shop near Philadelphia specializing in four color process where he met Don Newman and eventually worked there as a technical trainer. When he left Stretch Devices he worked as a consultant all over the world. In 2000 he settled down and worked at Lawson Screen Products as Supply Director, then moved to New York to work at Ulano as Technical Product Manager. He retired in 2009 after a stroke but can still work on screen printing problems in a flash.
Justin Roessler - VIP
I’m 38, Married to my wonderful wife McKenzie and have with 3 awesome boys. Nickolas, Brooklyn & Bronx. My wife kids and I love in Rock Island, IL.
I’m the General Manager at Fully Promoted of the Quad Cities in Davenport, IA. I started in January 2017 as a Sales & Marketing Specialist. I took over the General Manager duties in September of 2017. I manage a staff with over 35 years in the Sales and Production areas of our business. We do custom websites for our customers to view and place orders. We try to simplify the ordering process by giving our customer as much as an ecommerce webstore as possible.
We are a business of Embroidery, Screen Printing, Heat Pressing, Promotional Products, Team Uniforms & Sporting Goods.
I grew up in the retail business as my family owned a sporting goods store for more than 30 years.
When I’m not working I can be found on a field coaching or cheering on my kids at their sporting events.
Tanya LaGrange -
Southern Apparel
I met Joel in 2016, and when I met him, he told me about this “t-shirt business” he owned and operated out of his apartment, Southern Apparel. Not only did he eat, sleep, and shower there, but he was also designing, printing, and packaging t-shirts out of his kitchen. It was quite a sight.
Honestly, until that day, I never knew how in the world a t-shirt was actually printed
I am pretty sure I thought it was printed on a computer printer contraption…WRONG (college did not teach me about screen printing). I was actually still in college when Joel and I met and have since graduated with a degree in Early Childhood Education.
While I was still in college I was like a little minion helping Joel out here and there. I honestly had no interest in it, but I would help out with whatever he needed. Well, I would say about 6 months went by and my feelings totally changed. So, my expensive college degree was used for me to teach at a private school for only 1 day. Then, I quit and decided my heart was in working with my fiancé. So, that is when I became superwoman! I began handling all customer service, managing inventory, delivering orders, visiting customers, bookkeeping, and the list goes on. I fell in love with what I was doing. It feels so good to see a customer’s face when they get that t-shirt in hand and it is exactly what they envisioned, and that is our #1 goal…CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.
It has been quite the journey; we have expanded this business dramatically, moving from working out of an apartment kitchen to working out of a fully functional shop with “big boy” equipment. I still giggle sometimes about the past and wonder how we managed to work in such a little space at one point. However, we did it, and it makes us so grateful about where we are today.
Patrick Crann
Patrick Crann founded Shout Out Loud Prints in 2003 at the age of 19. Slowly over the last 15 years the company grew from a small, one person shop out of his home, to a shop currently with 2 automatic presses and 11 employees. His interest in the fine details of the process and efficiencies in the shop have been the driving force that makes Shout Out Loud Prints a trusted and relied upon print shop in Columbus, Ohio.
Patrick has two cats, loves cooking, camping, and talking shop.
Taylor Landesman
Taylor is proud to be the 3rd generation owner at Lawson Screen & Digital Products. Named after the cross streets at the first Lawson headquarters, it’s rumored that Taylor has plastisol ink running through his veins.
Having started building exposure units at Lawson during his summer breaks from middle school, Taylor worked in various positions throughout the manufacturing process but took the long way to a full time career at Lawson. After graduating from Fordham Univeristy, Taylor managed research grants for Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York City before getting his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis. After graduation, he moved to Chicago to practice insurance law and litigate pension issues for the State of Illinois.
Missing the draw of screen printing and fascinated by the advancements in DTG & CTS, Taylor rejoined Lawson in 2016. At Lawson, Taylor focuses on marketing, sales and helping screen printers achieve more.
"Blue Cactus Printing has printed thousands of custom t-shirts and promotional items for businesses, schools, teams, clubs, and events since 2015. We love getting to know every client and their needs. We like to say that we love custom t-shirts but what we really love are the stories behind every shirt. Whether you need branded uniforms for your growing business or custom t-shirts for your Thursday night sports team, every t-shirt tells a story, every t-shirt tells your story. Let us help you tell it!
Many people often ask, “how did you come up with the name Blue Cactus Printing?” While on a road trip through Mexico, my wife and I came across a blue hued cactus. After sitting around brainstorming names for this screen printing company, I looked at his wife and said, “Remember those tequila shots and blue cactus?” We knew at that moment, Blue Cactus had to be a part of the name."
Anthony Sharples
Elite Team Supply / Lake Erie Life
I started Elite Team Supply on my dining room table with a heat press and $150 6.5 years ago. Through a lot of up’s and down’s, multiple moves, and life changes, we’ve managed to win a couple Impressions awards for 4CP, multiple small business and entrepreneur of the year awards, speaking, magazines, and built a solid reputation amongst our peers
I started Lake Erie Life brand 2 years ago and we are currently growing that on Lake Erie. An artist at heart, we’ve built our reputation on artwork, seps, and technical ability to pull it all off. My motto has always been, “It’s just underwear until you slap some art on it.”
Austin Eilbeck
Austin Eilbeck has worked at Shout Out Loud Prints for over 3 years but has been a big fan and friend of the company since day one. It’s the people who order and the people who make the orders happen that makes his job enjoyable. He loves to be a part of people’s projects both big and small.
In his free time he plays and coaches ultimate frisbee, which is much different from frisbee golf :)
Joel Hebert
Southern Apparel
Sally Browne - VIP
Ink Deli
Though her dream ambition is to someday be an astronaut, Sally occupies herself in the meantime running Ink Deli screen printing and embroidery shop in Southern Maryland. A former software engineer, Sally is enjoying transforming the business from a small mom & pop shop to a technology infused business that focuses on customer experience.
When she has a few free minutes, Sally likes to spend time with her husband, kids and pets.
Ink Deli was recently renamed from Air Corps Embroidery (ACE) to celebrate its new retail location adjacent to a farmers’ market, beer garden, and sandwich and coffee shop. It smells like baked bread when you walk into the shop and t-shirts are wrapped like sub sandwiches. Ink Deli has served the local community for over a decade and will continue to serve its bulk customers while expanding capabilities to better serve smaller orders and personalized items.
Kevin Loose
Custom Craft Trophy Embroidery
Kevin Loose is a thought leader and a creative voice in the Decorated Apparel, Recognition Awards & Promotional Products Industries. As President of Custom Craft Trophy & Embroidery, Kevin brings over 30 years of graphics industry experience & expertise to help his clients tell their unique story. Serving clients at their retail store in Plymouth WI and throughout North America, Kevin and his expert team support the creative, personal branding needs of entrepreneurs, secondary schools, universities and the Fortune 500.
And to keep up on the latest trends and technology on behalf of his customers, Kevin and the company are active members of the Promotional Products Industry Industry Association, The Specialty Graphics Imaging Association and The Awards & Personaliztion Association.
Jeff Traen
Fruit of the Loom & Jerzees
Over 24 years working in CPG and apparel markets, the last 14 with Fruit of the Loom. He has held multiple roles within the organization from Sales to National Accoutns Manager, to his current role of Director of Product Marketing and Merchandising
Sonja Stoll
Identiteez
Sonja joined Idntiteez full time May after working part time for a couple of years. She is focusing on sales and marketing. She is a former Elementary Teacher and Cheer Coach.
Megan Urban
Idntiteez
Idntiteez started in 2006 in my basement, I quickly outgrew printing out of my little storage room in the basement. I purchased my first building in downtown Marysville in 2007 where I added, embroidery machines and sign printing equipment. We operated out of that location for 10 years before purchasing a larger highway frontage property in October 2017. We are a rural small community business that provides our services to many communities around us. We offer UV printing, DTG, Laser Engraved items, Screenprinting, Signs and Embroidery.
Ray Wolfe -
Side Mind Creations
Bio coming soon...
Kelly Fleming -
Kelly has a few surprises in store for everyone...you will definitely want to meet him!
Joe Ortinau
Ortinau Art
Ortinau Art began as my freelance graphic design business. I provided my customers with graphics for just about every type of printing process. When my wife and I moved from Charleston, SC to Pemberville, OH (her hometown) in 2012, the company that I began working for had screen printing equipment and introduced me to the custom apparel world. I began offering my freelance clients custom apparel. I used my daytime employer as my contracted printer until I was able to save enough money to purchase my own equipment. We actually purchased a DTG printer first and ran it out of a finished room above our garage until I was able to build a customer base large enough to leave my full time position in April of 2015. By July of the same year, we opened our retail location and have been growing every year and adding to our capabilities along the way. We now offer screen printing, embroidery, DTG and large format printing all in house. We are still a small town shop but we have grown to three team members and have big plans for the future. I attribute the growth of our business to the high level of customer service that we strive to provide and relying on word of mouth referrals from existing customers.
Josh Mohon
Big League
Josh Mohon founded Big League located in Memphis, TN in 2008. He serves as the President of the company and “jack of all trades”. Josh has over 15 years of experience in sales and recruiting. He is an entrepreneur and salesperson at heart and the visionary behind the brand at Big League. He has a true love for building relationships and strives to create a positive customer experience. Josh played college baseball in Tennessee and is the pitching coach for a well-established program in the Memphis area. While brainstorming for a company name, Josh’s love for baseball came to the forefront and Big League was selected. Josh’s connections in baseball have been a significant contribution to the growth of the business.
Big League was founded at a Christmas dinner in an effort to help a family member get better quality uniforms and service from his apparel and promotional products company. Big League started in the garage of Josh and Rebecca Mohon’s home as a side business printing uniforms to make a little extra vacation money. Since then, Big League has experienced exponential growth and moved into its 3rd building.
The vision of Big League is to have an agency feel with a heavy focus on the customer experience. Big League’s mission is to provide quality products, valuable service and on-time delivery. Currently, Big League focuses on sports apparel and contract printing and has both auto and manual printing capabilities. Big League offers screen print and embroidery services to its customers.
Rebecca Mohon
Big League
Rebecca Mohon co-founded Big League located in Memphis, TN in 2008. She serves as the General Manager for Big League as well as the Digital Marketing General Manager for Carrier Enterprise. She is a marketing technology enthusiast and entrepreneur with almost 20 years of experience in creating, communicating and delivering marketing messages to customers. Rebecca graduated with her Bachelors in Marketing in 2000 and has previously held roles as a Six Sigma Black Belt as well as Agile Project Manager for Fortune 500 companies.
Big League was founded at a Christmas dinner in an effort to help a family member get better quality uniforms and service from his apparel and promotional products company. Big League started in the garage of Josh and Rebecca Mohon’s home as a side business printing uniforms to make a little extra vacation money. Since then, Big League has experienced exponential growth and moved into its 3rd building.
The vision of Big League is to have an agency feel with a heavy focus on the customer experience. Big League’s mission is to provide quality products, valuable service and on-time delivery. Currently, Big League focuses on sports apparel and contract printing and has both auto and manual printing capabilities. Big League offers screen print and embroidery services to its customers.
Michael Parcher
Local Seams
Tony Day
Ink Mob
If someone would have told me in 5 years I would have an amazing team of artists, printers, dedicated members that all have a common goal, a 29,000 sq ft facility, 2 top of the line autos and all the trimmings of a major player in the screen printing industry.....I would have told them the were absolutely nuts! But here we are today with just that scenario!! I am blessed beyond belief! I started in the promotional products industry 20 years ago and 5 years ago I saw a niche and a need for a true contract screen printer in the industry. So I followed my gut and with some incredible luck, we have grown to be one of the most trusted in this crazy business. We have achieved this great honor by having unwavering ethics, incredible quality, impeccable service and an amazing team of talented people, if not for them, we would have never achieved this success! Our people are our process!
"Blessed are the weird people- the poets and misfits; the artists, the writers, and music makers; the dreamers, and the outsiders, for they force us to see the world differently."
AJ Floro & Gladys Floro
Hellatees
Hellatees is a bay area based company started in a garage in 2011. Offering screen printing for friends and family or word of mouth referrals . In 2014, we changed directions and offered DTG printing and contracted out screen printing and embroidery services. Since 2014 the company has carved out a nice little niche with the DTG in the San Jose area and now do the embroidery in house and just recently got back into screen printing. We took a little different approach than most by having all our in person interaction with customers in a retail setting at a mall and hope to continue to grow to add an auto in the next year.
Mike Wing
SPS-I
Bio coming soon...
Steve Campbell
Steve's Teez
Bio coming soon...
Steve Thornhill
Bold Line Design
Bio coming soon...
Mathew Woodworth
Bold Line Design
Bio coming soon...
*Please note that this page is not a guarantee that any of the individuals listed will attend the event. Things happen, flash dryers get left on over night, a last minute order comes in, and therefore please do not mistake this as a guarantee that every single person listed will be at the live event. This page represents those who have confirmed their attendance. Also, please don't be crazy and expect all of the information on this page to be 100% accurate. We appreciate your understanding.