Rik Mertens

Application Manager at Datacolor

Ghent Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Global Application Manager at Datacolor
    Jan 1991 - Present · 35 yrs 6 mos

    Started as Textile and Pigment Application engineer, responsible for installation, training and support of Quality Control and Color Matching software in EMEA area for Textile Dying and Printing, Plastic, Paint, Cosmetics and Ink industry. Pre and After Sales Consulting activities for major Paint and Coatings companies in Europe to setup and roll out Point of Sale software linked with Paint dispensers in different European Countries. Manage Datacolor Application personnel worldwide, responsible for hiring and training. Responsible for Application budget, sales of Application products, creation and rollout of new application products such as Color Seminar program, Web support etc.... Assist in setup and rollout of ERP software Salesforce.com Site Manager Datacolor Belgie BVBA

  • Application Engineer Benelux at ICS Texicon
    Jan 1988 - 1991 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Textile Application Engineer, responsible for the installation, training and support of Quality Control and Color Matching software in Benelux, France and Mahreb countries. Software maintenance and development of customized solutions using BasICS programming language. Installation, training and support on Textile Laboratory Dispenser and Ink Dispenser software, and On line quality control systems.

  • Color Laboratory Specialist at Sandoz
    Jan 1986 - Dec 1987 · 2 yrs

    - Performed Color matching duties for the textile industry in Belgium - Assisted in setting up a Masterbatch Lab and production facility in Brussels, Belgium - Color Matching specialist for BCF and CF yarns (Polypropylene and Polyethylene) - Introduced ICS Texicon Quality Control system - Programmed recipe archive software