Clay Oliff is the President//CEO at Polytype America Corporation, with responsibility for the sales, service and support of customers using decorating equipment being deployed in the rigid plastic container markets in North America. Joining Polytype America in 2012 as the Director of Sales, he spent the first six years focusing on growing market share and introducing new digital technologies from Polytype. Prior to joining Polytype America, he spent over 30 years in the commercial printing/packaging industry in various positions from operational to senior management, ultimately forging his path to technical sales positions for manufacturers and suppliers. Notable is his 10 years at manroland where he directed technical sales for the North American sheet fed division. Clay’s greatest strengths are his creativity, drive and leadership to organize and motivate high performance teams that together recognize and solve customer challenges related to machinery and process. A recent project involved the development of a strategic partnership to bring the first digital container printer to the global landscape. This resulted in a record year of order intake for his market. In 2014 Clay was recognized by the WIFAG//Polytype Group for outstanding achievement. Other accomplishments include publishing technical articles for the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF), serving as expert witness for arbitration cases in Washington DC and New York City. Clay is also a frequent and highly rated speaker on industry related topics.Clay is past president of his home owners’ association and a member of the advisory board of the Rigid Plastics Packaging Group. Clay holds numerous technical certifications as well as sales certification from the Dale Carnegie Institute. He lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and is the father four daughters. In his free time, Clay likes to collect and restore antique printing equipment.