DONALD ROLAND -- Accentuating Solutions, Not Processes
"Talk about someone with ink in his veins," Reilly says. "He lives this business and he loves it. He's great to the people he works with and is effective at mentoring them. Donald brings leadership, commitment and integrity to the table."
Roland continued to scale the mountain, becoming president in 1994, CEO in 1995 and chairman in 2001. The company, too, constantly evolved, going public in 1995 and reaching sales in excess of $2 billion in 1999 before going private again in 1999. The following year, Roland was asked to take over the advertising, printing, premedia and direct marketing assets of Big Flower, which divested itself of other non-core business. The new company, called Vertis Inc., was based on a single platform dedicated to marketing and advertising.