Accidental Start to a Flourishing Career
"He taught me a good lesson; he knew that the manager was wrong, but he knew that I needed to be more respectful," Maxwell admits. "West Barton's awesome. He's one of my favorite people of all time."
After graduating with a communications degree, Maxwell started full time at the in-plant in 1988. He ran the four-color Akiyama and other presses for two years. Then he applied for a position as a customer consultant, which he held for 13 years.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.