CROTEAU NAMED
SENIOR TECH VP

Thomas Croteau, NAA vice president of newspaper services, has been promoted to senior vice president of technology. The announcement was made today during NAA’s Newspaper Operations SuperConference, being held at the Fontainebleau Hilton in Miami Beach, Jan. 23-28.

In his new role, Croteau will act as an industry spokesperson for technology and telecommunications issues of interest to newspaper production. His primary responsibilities include strategic planning and implementation actions that will provide the technology for the newspaper industry to promote cost savings, productivity, efficiency and modernization. He will direct NAA’s Technology Department in development and implementation of technology, technical assistance to members, technical training, telecommunications, symposia, NEXPO®, environmental issues, standards and codes, and materials testing.

"During Tom’s tenure at NAA, his work with members in various technology fields Ð particularly his expertise in color-quality reproduction Ð has helped our industry deliver a product that looks better than ever and is produced with greater efficiency," commented NAA President and CEO John F. Sturm. "Tom and his team are well-positioned to help the newspaper industry best utilize and gain from the technology of the new century. I am pleased that we have the bench strength at NAA that makes this promotion to my senior management team possible."

Croteau joined NAA in 1993 as technical training manager, and was promoted to director, newspaper services in the fall of 1996. In July 1998, he was promoted to vice president, newspaper services, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the technology department and overseeing the activities of the newspaper services, production materials, environmental services and media technology divisions.

Prior to joining NAA, Croteau worked for nine years at USA Today as production coordinator, quality manager and production director. He also spent two years as a consultant and trainer with the Blevins Harding Group, Vienna, VA. He has a bachelor’s degree in printing production management from the Rochester Institute of Technology.