Arthur Kwok

Experience

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  The Dow Chemical Company

  Oct 1986 - Nov 1988

  Materials Management Specialist

  Arthur joined as Graduate Management Trainee. Was rotated around Materials Management, Manufacturing, R&D, China Sales and finally became a Materials Management Specialist.There was global and regional exposure to internal staff located all over the world. As all correspondence was made via phone calls and emails, effective communication skills across cultures, time-zones and priorities were essential to the everyday work.As soon as joining Dow, he took up a process improvement assignment. In 3 months he studied and analyzed in detail 400 completed order files of Materials Management and tabulated the time spent on each single procedure from order entry to money collection. Findings and recommendations shaped the structure and design of the computerized workflow introduced 6 months after. Show less

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  Eastman Kodak

  Oct 1988 - Sept 2001

  Sales Manager

  Arthur assumed this managerial post that bore full responsibility for Kodak Professional Division’s P & L, sales and marketing activities, expenses control, staff motivation and development plans, recruitment and more. He led the team in overcoming the challenge of analogue to digital migration, raising the revenue contribution of digital solutions from 0% to 25%. As a regular star performer, he was chosen by top management to attend a GAR Executive Management Development Forum conducted in Singapore in 2000 by INSEAD.Kodak Professional Division served commercial and portraiture photographers, photojournalists, camera stores, mini-labs, professional labs, portrait photo output labs, and imaging requirements of the HK Government Arthur was the person in Asia to sell the first ever color management solution, a package from Kodak as a founding member of ICC. This package, though powerful, was limited to RGB workflows and only applicable for professional photofinishing laboratories utilizing sensitized materials. Show less

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  X-Rite Pantone

  Sept 2001 - Feb 2011

  Director of Market Development

  Starting 2001, Arthur was GCR and AP Regional Sales Director at GretagMacbeth (acquired by head-on competitor XRite in 2006), a manufacturer of precision color measurement devices and color management softwares for creative design, photography, prepress, inks and digital/analogue printing. It was a full spectrum job responsible for, but not limited to, sales & marketing, channel management, positioning & pricing, new product launches, and manufacturing, etc. Building practically from scratch in 2001, Arthur successfully brought GretagMacbeth to the attention of the trade, making it the preferred brand and establishing i1 as the icon for color management. Arthur also became a well-known color management expert in the region.Arthur multiplied his efforts by strategically recruiting channel partners for differentiated market segments, transferring the necessary knowledge and technologies to these channels, giving them sustained business and technical support & training, and managed their conflicts fair and square.Arthur doubled as key account manager. In Asia he led the Applications Team in completing the global projects initiated by US counterparts with Client's Top Management. An intensive degree of customer service was conducted to multiple tier (internal and external) parties at the Client companies, who finally materialized the projects into practice and had their color processes promoted to the next level.After acquisition by XRite's in 2006, Arthur assumed role of Director of Market Development for GCR and AP, responsible for- improvement of XRite innovation rate: to achieve high sales volume of newly launched products- bringing XRite business further upstream in the imaging chain: photo imaging products- building up OEM-like co-operations and bundling: integration of pressroom inline automatic quality control solutions into China-made ink consoles; bundling a second-tier measurement to a local Chinese RIP. Show less

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  Maxibit HK/China

  Mar 2011 - May 2014

  Account Director

  Maxibit is renowned for her Swedish-made high quality portable exhibition systems and full spectrum event management services. Arthur increased the company's profitability by 5% points for 3 consecutive years, by identifying & avoiding hidden costs, and coordinating closely with creative and operation teams. Clients were always satisfied because they could fully concentrate on interacting with their guests and visitors, while delegating to Maxibit the realization of a flawless event setup at the background.Arthur can sharply comprehend client's vague concept and translate into an object that can be fabricated to meet the specific function at the allowed cost and lead-time.Therefore Arthur was always achieving such targets as enhancing profitability, meeting deadlines, doing things right the first time. Show less

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  Graphic Arts Association of Hong Kong

  Jun 2011 - now

  Course Conductor (Part Time)

  Course formulation and teaching of such courses as Color Management, Complete Color Control in Photography, Prepress and Printing Quality Control

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  Right.On.Color

  Jul 2014 - now

  Color Specialist

  Color expert involved in all color management projects for such fields as photography, creative DTP, commercial inkjet printing, offset printing and packaging, etc.

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  SGS

  Nov 2014 - Feb 2016

  Key Account Manager

  As the Regional Key Account Manager, a member of the Global Key Account Team, Arthur served the world's biggest fast fashion retailer. Range of services included providing timely information on market and national regulations, laboratory testing services in a fast, accurate and cost-effective way, consultancy work on product developments, etc. All such lines as soft line, hard line, electrical and electronics, cosmetics and personal care were within the scope.

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  CGS Publishing Technologies International, LLC

  Mar 2016 - now

  Sales Director, Greater China

  With solid experience in color management throughout the entire imaging supply chain, Arthur aims to continue promoting the CGS color management software of the ideal combination of exceptional performance and ease of use that is so well known in the market