TGI

Jack Glacken

Jack was one of the earliest TGI employees, persistently working his way through the company from proofreader in 1977 to president in 1983. Along the way, he learned the finer points of marketing and graphic arts by taking a spin in many different roles. The mixed experience empowered Jack with the skill set to expertly lead the company through three industry revolutions, several financial recessions, and a corporate merger in 1994.

In 2005, Jack founded and became the first Chairman of the Board for Digital Solutions Cooperative (Dscoop) – an independent global community of graphic arts business leaders who use HP equipment and related solutions. Today, Dscoop hosts an annual conference, publishes a blog and a quarterly publication. Jack was instrumental in helping Dscoop grow to 2,000+ members and was the first recipient of the Jack Glacken ‘Do the Right Thing’ award now presented to a single recipient each year by Dscoop.

Most recently, Jack is driving a major brand overhaul for TGI. This important and timely initiative is designed to communicate TGI’s unique combination of varied capabilities plus strategic consultative support – a rare one-two punch that traditional printers don’t deliver but that many companies desperately need.

Rick Elfreth

Rick Elfreth is responsible for managing TGI’s sales effort as well as the company’s financial future. Working closely with the rest of the leadership team, Rick has helped grow the company from its earliest beginnings to a 60-person, $10m revenue-generating market leader. Today, TGI delivers creative integrated marketing support services to Fortune 500 leaders like Honeywell, Navistar International, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Lincoln Financial using traditional print media as well as the very latest multimedia technologies.

Rick’s experience in the printing industry plus his accounting-based education has armed him with the skills needed to expertly lead the company through many changes including a corporate merger. Today, Rick is working to transform TGI’s sales operation from transactional to solution-driven, with a focus on solving customer needs with both traditional and new media solutions.

Rick holds a bachelor’s of science degree in accounting from Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ). He is married with three boys so when he’s not in his office at TGI, Rick can most often be found on a baseball diamond coaching one of his sons!

Scott Elfreth

Scott Elfreth spends most of his days at TGI bringing all of the elements of a project together – seamlessly. He is the company’s operations superstar, managing 55 employees in the Philadelphia office as well as a smaller team at TGI’s Greensboro, NC office. He hires, purchases, budgets, coordinates, and strategizes to ensure TGI is a well-oiled machine that produces big results for its customers, every single time.

Quite literally, Scott started his printing career in his garage, where he launched a small print shop. His brother, Rick, joined forces with Scott and the two grew the business together – until they merged with TGI in 1994.

Most recently, Scott led the effort to establish TGI’s new Greensboro facility – a turnkey printing and fulfillment operation for Lincoln Financial. To maximize efficiencies for Lincoln, TGI established an automated system with web-to-print ordering system, two presses, and just three full-time employees – all expertly handling most of Lincoln’s marketing support services needs. Including Lincoln Financial, Scott oversees the company’s largest accounts.

Scott agrees with Jack and Rick when he says that his greatest challenge and greatest satisfaction comes from keeping ahead of the speed of technology change in this industry. “We make right-hand turns every 6 months, but I love the new bursts of creativity this fosters,” says Scott.

While work life at TGI is satisfying for Scott, it’s spending time with his wife and daughter that truly keeps him feeling fulfilled. That…and a little golf, of course!