X-Rite Names Tim Kardish as Worldwide Sales Vice President

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--X-Rite announced the appointment of Tim Kardish as Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales. He will be responsible for managing and extending the company’s global sales team and customer success organization.

“We are very excited to have Tim transition into this role on the X-Rite team,” said Tom Vacchiano, X-Rite CEO. “Tim's knowledge of the industry, sales management and leadership will bring us closer to our customers and better deliver the value they expect from X-Rite.”

Prior to rejoining X-Rite’s core color business, Kardish served as President of X-Rite’s Labsphere subsidiary where he led a successful turnaround of the company, ultimately leading to a sale to Halma p.l.c.

Prior to Labsphere, Kardish was Director of Sales for X-Rite. Before X-Rite he served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Moore Medical Corporation, a $142 million multi-channel marketer and distributor of medical, surgical consumables and capital equipment to health care practices and facilities. Earlier in his career, he held multiple leadership positions of increasing responsibility in marketing, channel development, product management, and sales operations for Leica Microsystems’ $80 million North American operation.

Kardish holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Information Systems and Marketing from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA.

About X-Rite:

X-Rite, which recently acquired GretagMacbeth, is the global leader in color measurement and color management, offering hardware, software and services for measuring, formulating and matching color. The Company serves a range of industries, including printing, packaging, photography, graphic design, video, automotive, paints, plastics, textiles, dental and medical. X-Rite serves customers worldwide from its offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Visit xrite.com (http://www.xrite.com) for more information.