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The John A. Lopiano Endowed Scholarship was established in 2001 and fully funded in 2004 by Andy and Julie Plata of COPI and OutputLinks.
The Platas chose to endow the EDSF Scholarship in honor of John Lopiano because of his continuing leadership and dedication to the people of the industry. Both Lopiano and the Platas recognize the importance of identifying and supporting deserving students who have the potential to make a difference in transaction output.
Mr. Lopiano sets a wonderful standard for excellence in our industry. His vision has been important to the output industry, and his contributions are numerous and still growing. Julie and I felt that by providing this endowment we could assure that scholarship funds would be available in perpetuity in honor of this very special person.
Andy Plata, President, COPI & OutputLinks
John Lopiano, a well known and respected document communication industry pioneer, is president of Spinet Associates, a private consulting firm. John retired from Xerox Corporation where he was a corporate senior vice president and president of the Production Systems Group. Prior to joining Xerox, he worked at IBM for 25 years. Lopiano was chair of EDSF for three years, and currently serves on the EDSF Executive Committee. He serves as chair of the OutputLinks Advisory Board. John is a trustee at Rochester Institute of Technology, serving as chair of the education committee and participating on the government relations committee.
COPI, the global output software and services firm, and OutputLinks, the output industry information resource, have demonstrated long term commitments to providing special recognition for those who serve the transaction output industry.
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