John Ovesen Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

Panache Partners specializes in the development and production of upscale coffee table books showcasing world-class travel, interior design, custom homebuilding/design professionals, golf and wineries as well as other luxury lifestyle topics of interest.Supported by a strong senior management team, professional associate publishers and a topnotch creative team of photographers, writers and designers, the company produces only the highest quality books. These books contain hundreds of breathtaking and inspiring photos reproduced in oversized palettes on high-quality paper stocks. Our publishers work on a direct referral basis only with individuals or companies at the top of their respected field of endeavor.In addition, Panache Partners produces a line of custom high-quality books for major corporations, trade organizations and associations. These custom publishing services include complete research, writing, photography, layout, design, and manufacturing for any organization’s publishing needs.

We are a franshisor for entrepreneurs who want to become home inspectors. We have over 200 franchise partners around the country who own and operate their own home inspection businesses. I train new inspectors in sales, marketing and business operations; and coach them to improve there revenue and business performance.

I was the General Manager for the Seattle plant for The Ligature, a printing company based in Los Angeles. We specialized in high qaulity stationery for law firms, banks, insurance companies, financial services companies and other Fortune 1000 companies. We also worked extensively with local, state and federal government agencies. I was responsible for managing all aspects of finance, marketing, sales, production, operations and customer service for the Seattle plant.

A producer and distributor of workplace educational training programs, books, videos, CD-ROMs, and Internet Training. We targeted and developed an account base that included such clients as Boeing, Marriott, Starwood Hotels, Nordstrom and Federated Department Stores, in addition to local, state and federal agencies. I trained and managed the VTI sales team.