Nathan Anderson, FM Expressions
CEO at FM Expressions developing web-to-print, low minimum order quantity, fast-turn heat transfer service. Second-generation, 18-year apparel decoration industry veteran.
Marshall Atkinson, Atkinson Consulting
Marshall Atkinson is one of the leading production and efficiency experts in the decorated apparel industry. He is the owner of Atkinson Consulting, LLC. As a coach, Atkinson focuses on operational efficiency, continuous improvement, workflow strategy, business planning, marketing, employee motivation, management, and sustainability. He hosts the podcast “Success Stories with Marshall Atkinson” and is the category-leading publisher of the “Midjourney Experience” newsletter. Marshall also is a partner in the decorated apparel industry sales and marketing education company, Shirt Lab. In 2020, Marshall was elected into the Academy of Screen and Digital Print Technology (ASDPT) as a member.
Stan Banks, Owner, T-Shirt Side Hustle
Stan Banks, the owner and serial entrepreneur behind T-Shirt Side Hustle began helping people start their t-shirt business from home in 2017. After starting multiple hustles growing up he found his place in 2011 where he pursued apparel decoration full time. Having never worked a full time job, in 2016 he obtained a security job for $10 an hour with the sole purpose of securing health insurance. This is where he realized that this was not a sustainable income for anyone to provide for themselves or a family. This is where he decided he wanted to provide a valuable option for anyone who felt the same. On January 3, 2017, he set out to teach people what allowed him to survive for the past 6 years and T-Shirt Side Hustle was born.
Patrick Bardsley, Spectrum Designs
As Spectrum Designs Foundation’s CEO and Co-Founder, Patrick oversees the day-to-day running of Spectrum Designs and Spectrum Suds. He holds a master’s in special education, with a concentration in Behavior Analysis through Long Island University. A natural leader and born innovator, he spends most of his time securing future growth and relationships for the betterment and expansion of Spectrum’s social enterprises. Under Patrick’s leadership Spectrum’s businesses have generated annual revenues of over $6m and created more than 50 jobs for those on the spectrum in a team of 70+ employees. Patrick brings an enormous skill set that spans many disciplines, as well as almost 20 years of experience working with people with developmental disabilities.
Since co-founding Spectrum Designs Foundation and The Nicholas Center in 2011, Patrick has received various awards including Top 40 under 40 Rising Stars by New York Non-Profits, the “Wunderkind” award by 914 Magazine, Business Council for Westchester’s “Top 40 Under 40” and Spectrum Designs was named Non-Profit of the Year by Long Island Business news under his leadership. Patrick is a graduate from the Goldman Sachs 10k Small Business program and a member of the Neurodiversity @ Work Employer Roundtable- an international collection of cross industry employers and innovative leaders who run autism-focused hiring initiatives. He is also a member of the invite-only Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC).
Patrick is chairman of the board at NYSID (New York State Industries for the Disabled) which is responsible for more than 4,700 jobs for New Yorkers with disabilities who earned $79.8 million in wages in 2023 . He is also a proud Ambassador for Delivering Jobs, an inclusion campaign dedicated to creating pathways to 1,000,000 employment and leadership opportunities for those on the Autism Spectrum, intellectual and/or developmental differences by 2025.
Dave Conner, STAHLS’ & Transfer Express
With over a decade of experience in the print industry as a marketer and designer, Dave’s passion for print has helped brands stand out and thrive in an increasingly digital landscape. In his current role as Content Director at Stahls’ and Transfer Express, he’s helped thousands of apparel decorators of all sizes achieve their goals with screen printed and digital heat transfer solutions.
Zach Corn, Barrel Maker Printing, LivePrinting.com
Growing up in the Punk Scene in Pittsburgh, the DIY ethos was permanently lacquered onto Zach’s brain. Taking graphics classes to print bootleg punk tees had him cutting designs by hand out of green Ulano “Sta-sharp” and Ruby-Red and shooting images on a horizontal process camera in a dirty basement. He was initiated in the out-dated ways before getting baptized into the big leagues at Ibis Tek Apparel/ITA Printing in Butler, Pennsylvania, learning RIP software, process seps, pin registration, and specialty inks.
When the economy crashed in 2008 he moved to Chicago with only what he could fit into a two door Civic. He got his first sales job selling DTGs, lasers, embroidery machines, and supplies at a time when money was scarce, teaching him how far a phone call and a handshake could get you. Eventually becoming the VP of Sharprint, and finally finding a home as VP and Jack of all Trades at Barrel Maker Printing and LivePrinting.com he’s worked with Apple, Threadless, Tee-Spring, CustomInk, Reebok, Nike, Adidas, GQ, and countless others. And he still runs into something new every single day.
Gerry Charde, KIWO
32 years specializing in the prepress screen making. Helping screen makers refine their process and make high quality and durable stencils. Showing customers the newest products and technologies that can take their prints to new levels and enhance their position in the market.
Shania Douglas, Shania Prints
Hi, I’m Shania, the heart and soul behind the shirts! At Shania Prints, I design and create unique, high-quality T-shirts that help people showcase their personality, passions, and style. Whether it’s a bold graphic, an inspiring quote, or a custom design, every piece is made with love and attention to detail. My mission is to bring your ideas to life, one T-shirt at a time.
Josh Ellsworth, STAHLS’
As Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for GroupeSTAHL North America, Josh is responsible for leading and supporting a nationwide team of experienced team members with a focus on growing the company’s enterprise and dealer sales and marketing efforts. His in-depth understanding of the technical side of garment decorating, combined with a sincere interest in seeing businesses succeed, make him a sought-after and trusted resource for information industry-wide.
Kyle Eslinger, SanMar
Kyle got an early start in the world of apparel. He was 23 when he purchased Timberlane Graphics, his sister’s Chicago-area screen printing business, where he oversaw all aspects of print production for four years. In 2012 he sold that business and moved to Seattle, continuing his journey in custom apparel as a SanMar Account Executive on the Inside Sales Team. About a year later that journey took him to Pittsburgh, where he spent the next six years becoming a trusted advisor for customers in Western Pennsylvania as Territory Manager. He now covers the Northeast Region on SanMar’s Decorator & Digital Solutions Team, consulting with contract decorator shops and e-commerce apparel companies. In his free time, Kyle can be found hiking with his wife and son and is a self-admitted map addict with a love of sci-fi and classic fiction novels.
Greg Farmer, Insta Graphic Systems
Greg Farmer joined the Insta Graphic Systems team in 2021 after a decade in wholesale fashion. Based in Las Vegas, he handles machinery sales for North and South America and helps with Insta’s marketing and PR efforts. Greg is keenly interested in the rise of DTF and the various ways it may change the industry.
Deric Hoch, 613 Originals
Deric is the CEO of 613 Originals, a leading source for custom heat applied graphics. With nearly 30 years of experience in the screen printing and apparel decoration industry, Deric is committed to finding and creating solutions that best fit the needs of decorators from enterprise to local shops.
Tim Howe, Spectrum Designs
Tim is the Chief Operating Officer at Spectrum Designs, and has known Spectrum CEO Patrick since they attended Llanfyllin High School together in Mid Wales.
Tim graduated from King’s College London Law School before studying a Master’s in Public Administration, with a focus in Non-Profit Management through LIU Post. Bringing experience from working all over Europe in many different sectors, Tim’s role is to oversee and advise the Managers and Heads of Department, increase operational efficiency and execute on sales and business growth targets. Outside of his work at Spectrum, Tim sits on the Board of ‘HII Tech’ an applied Research and Development Incubator that creates practical tools and products that provide comfort and enable individuals with disabilities and the aging to experience and achieve more in life. Tim is also a member of the International Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration.
Tim is a Master Advertising Specialist (MAS) and won SAAGNY’s Rising Star Award for the Greater New York Region in 2017 then PPAI’s National Rising Star Award for the North America Region in 2018. He was awarded a 40 under 40 by SAAGNY in 2021 for helping expand Spectrum Designs into Westchester county, where he was recognized as a 40 under 40 by the Business Council of Westchester in 2022.
In 2025, along with his co-authors Patrick Bardsley, Jed & Vince from Stakes Manufacturing and Marshall Atkinson, Tim released a book called Inkclusivity: Company Benefits of Disability Inclusion & How-to Implementation Guide for the Print Industry, a roadmap to employing neurodiverse individuals in the print industry.
Michelle Moxley Hruby, Ink Kitchen
Creative artist and printer, always on the cutting edge in the garment decoration world of technology, ink, and art with stops at Gildan, Virus, and some top production companies.
Jody Mazade, Director of Sales and Marketing, Howard Custom Transfers
Jody Mazade is the Director of Sales and Marketing at Howard Custom Transfers, an industry leading custom transfer manufacturer. In her current role, she lends a focus to customer acquisition and retention, customer experience and loyalty, company branding, market trends, product knowledge, and content creation. With over 15 years of industry experience, Jody’s motivation is to drive the success of local print shops, high-end apparel brands, and all those in-between by providing innovative transfer solutions and service options in a fast-paced, ever-changing industry landscape.
Steve Palevich, Hirsch Solutions
Besides a stint in the Marines including 8 years assigned to protect the President of the United States, steve is a master digitizer. He currently serves as the Northeast technical and sales rep for Hirsch Solutions, with a focus on Pulse Software, Brother DTG machinery, Tajima Embroidery Equipment and Seit Laser Bridges.
Brian Potash, Devilfish Ink
Potash and Devilfish Ink has been bringing a fine art approach to the commercial print world since 1997. Apparel, gig posters, black velvet art, beer/liquor labels, slate shingles, wrenches, license plates, glassware, record jackets, and even his wife have been printed in his quest to rid the world of bad art.
Rick Roth, Ink Kitchen
Rick Roth is the primary interviewer for “Shop Talks” which are free garment and decoration information sessions at Impressions shows featuring the industy’s best and brightest. Rick has been screenprinting t-shirts since dinosaurs ruled the earth. Actually he started by printing “Save Old Bio” shirts and the classic building on his college campus slated for demolition still stands. He went on to print thousands of shirts in his basement with only a primitive set-up. He formed his unionized company MIrror Image in 1989 and has won every award imaginable and is known for innovation, crazy special effects printing, fine art reproduction, and supporting progressive causes. He and Pam Ikegami run the Ink KItchen a website and youtube channel (and soon a podcast) dedicated to sharing solid information at all levels of the decorating industry and for coordinating projects that benefit the entire community. Besides screenprinting he has two music radio shows on WMBR in Boston (wmbr.org) and is very active in the human rights organization Amnesty International and he is the US representative to the One Caucaus borderland project in the country of Georgia. He founded and still produces a film festival in the City of Pawtucket, RI where he also was just honored by being selected to the City’s Hall of Fame.
Bill Smith, Saati
Bill Smith is the National Sales Manager at Saati Americas with over 46 years’ experience in the screen printing industry. Bill worked part time decorating uniforms for a local sporting goods retailer while attending Penn State University to earn a degree in Business Administration. He started up a screen printing operation for that retailer out of college, and it grew to a large supplier of team wear, ad specialty, and retail POP displays in the Philadelphia tri-state area. Since 1996, Bill has relied on his real-world experience to help other screen printing shops become successful while working at Saati. He resides in the Philadelphia suburbs and enjoys his wife of 42 years, and his 3 children and 2 grandchildren.
Jed Seifert, Stakes Manufacturing
Jed Seifert is the Co-founder of Stakes Manufacturing, a DTG & DTF print-on-demand apparel company out of Cleveland, OH where they are passionate about inclusion and currently employ a number of individuals with different disabilities. Stakes was recently awarded the APSE 2022 National Employer of the Year recognizing their hard work building an inclusive workforce employing people with disabilities. Jed is on the Board of Directors for SEEC, an organization dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities attain meaningful employment opportunities and independent living in the DC metropolitan area, who supports his brother’s employment. He is a Board Member for the National Fragile X Foundation, an organization dedicated to serving all those living with Fragile X with a focus on community, awareness, and research in the pursuit of treatments and a cure. He is a Board Member of U.N.I.T.E. Together, an organization empowering and reinforcing a collective commitment to embrace inclusion in the print industry. He serves on the CEO Commission for Disability Employment founded by Voya Financial, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS), to be a source of research and information, actionable steps, and advocacy opportunities for member companies to recruit and onboard individuals with disabilities into their organizations.
Carrie Terwilliger, Supacolor
Results-driven manufacturing and operations leader with 15+ years of experience optimizing processes, driving efficiency, and leading high-performing teams in the apparel decoration industry. Passionate about leading with care, continuous improvement, and delivering technical solutions that enhance production and customer experience. Expertise in enterprise key account management, business development, and IT systems management. Committed to innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence.