By: Jim Rosenberg Cochill Also Has Printing Experience
Thomas R. Cochill was elected chairman of Goss Graphic Systems,
which also eliminated 25% of its Westmont, Ill., headquarters
staff last week.
Cochill took over from James Sheehan, who retired. A former Belo
president, Sheehan recently turned over his duties as CEO of the
press maker to President Richard Sutis and two executive vice
presidents.
In a prepared statement, Cochill said Goss "is poised to compete
more effectively ... than at any time in the last five years." He
declined to answer questions during a brief telephone call last
week.
Goss executives did not return calls. Marketing Director Barbara
Gora is no longer with the company.
A Goss director since November 1999, Cochill has spent 20 years
in printing. He was an officer of Lehigh Press Inc., and from
1992 to 1997 was chairman and CEO of Webcraft Technologies Inc.
Goss said last week that its board thought Cochill's "industry
experience gave him a unique and valuable perspective on customer
needs."
Cochill is more than a printing executive. He founded Ingenium, a
crisis and transition management consulting firm, in 1997. Like
Goss in the year he joined its board, specialty-printer Webcraft
in 1994 came out of bankruptcy. It was sold to insert and ad-
service supplier Big Flower Holdings (now Vertis).
Goss' new chairman also is a director of American Rice Inc. and
Golden Books Family Entertainment Inc.
The same day Goss announced Cochill's election, Golden Books said
it would petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, then seek approval
for its sale to DiC Entertainment.
Cochill also has been a director of Grand Union supermarkets
(which reorganized in 1998), U.S. Leather, and Harvard Industries
Inc.
Jim Rosenberg (tech@editorandpublisher.com) is a senior editor covering newspaper technology for E&P.
Copyright 2001, Editor & Publisher.
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