BRIAN KRAIMER brings a diverse business background and offers Ascender's customers valuable expertise in the development of fonts for high quality display, complex language support and corporate identity font solutions. Brian first got his hands dirty printing church bulletins, yearbooks and brochures in his hometown. From then on he knew his career would involve the graphic arts industry. He received his Industrial Technology Degree at the University of Wisconsin Stout with a concentration in Graphic Arts Management.

After college Brian was employed by the Chicago Tribune. He was exposed to the latest technology and software used in the newspaper business and desktop publishing. From there he went to a small start-up company called Monotype Typography. Little did he know the challenges of growing this business! He spent the next 15 years in a variety of roles at Monotype Typography and Agfa Monotype. Most recently he was Vice President, responsible for managing the Worldwide Font Development Team.

Brian understands the challenges of specifying, designing, productizing and testing complex font software solutions. He has the skills to help customers grasp difficult problems and develop solutions which address issues such as character set support to implement, font format to use and these elements are affected by environment the font software will be displayed. It is so important to know whether a low resolution screen or high resolution output device will be the final display or if the solution will use both.

When Brian is not logging air miles he is spending time with his incredible family. He also enjoys running (a marathon when possible), playing basketball, waterskiing or just being in the outdoors.