May 13, 08“Through his involvement with Seybold and the books he has published Thad has distinguished himself as an expert on a technology field in constant flux.”
— Andreas Pfeiffer, The Pfeiffer Report on Emerging Trends and Technologies
“Thad McIlroy...is one of the leading researchers and lecturers on graphic arts technologies, and is a prolific contributor to graphic arts publications and forums worldwide.”
— Brian P. Lawler, Graphic Arts Consultant (www.thelawlers.com)
“Thad McIlroy has been one of North America's strongest independent voices analyzing the intersection of technology and publishing...He has pushed his way through the rhetoric of trade associations and stood with printing companies by giving them frank warning of the challenges they would face from the Internet and a changing economy...More recently he has focused on workflow automation, through JDF, and automated page composition, arguing that print productivity has to be significantly improved if print is to remain competitive in a digitally wired world. His recent analysis in The Gilbane Report...reveals the shape of things to come in page layout and typography.”
— PrintAction magazine, July, 2004.
“President of Arcadia House, McIlroy is one of North America's strongest independent voices analyzing the intersection of technology and publishing. While his message is not always warmly received, it is always taken as a working assessment of the marketplace's current and future state. McIlroy, who consults for multi-million dollar companies, regularly contributes thought-provoking articles for PrintAction.”
— PrintAction promotional brochure, January, 2005
“Thad McIlroy, an industry consultant and authority on color...”
— Hadley Sharples, Associate Editor, Graphic Arts Monthly, 1996
“Fortunately, the keynote by Thad McIlroy, president of Arcadia House, was worth the wait.”
— Robin Peek, Information Today, March 2000
“Products such as the Preflight and File Repair video series from Montage Productions, featuring prepress guru Thad McIlroy, are well-regarded as technical resources.”
— Elias Crim, American Printer; July 1, 1997
“Thad is a leading expert on publishing and printing technologies — and a fabulous communicator of that knowledge. I was thrilled that he did the Composition, Design, and Graphics chapter in The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing, because he explains technical issues so clearly and accessibly. He's also a tremendously entertaining speaker and seminar leader.”
— Bill Kasdorf, Editor, The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing
“I was acclaimed (by Air Canada no less) with the title of Shipper Laureate for the legendary Canadian poetry/literature publisher and occult distributor Virgo Press/Beatty & Church, having grown up through the ranks from humble beginnings as a mere Poet Shipper. Other titles on my business card included “Chief Weapons Officer” — they don't make publishers like Thad McIlroy anymore.”
— Gary Lawrence Murphy
“Thad McIlroy, President of Arcadia House and a long-time industry visionary, will share his thoughts about a new vision of workflow that extends beyond the individual interests of suppliers to the industry at large and examine steps required to reach this broadened workflow concept. Listen up, suppliers!”
— Cary Sherburne, “IPA Technical Conference: Workflow RoundUP Picks Up Steam,” OnDemandJournal.com, May, 2006
“Join technology guru Thad McIlroy as he explores both the dream and the reality, and paints a picture of what it takes to make media agility possible for publishers today...”
— Brochure for Digital Design World 2004
“Thad was like a publishing mentor to me early in my career at Thomson. I have yet to find another person in publishing with as much wide-spanning knowledge and insight as Thad. We've implemented many of Thad's strategies here at Thomson with great success.”
— Asheesh Birla, Executive Director, Strategic Technology, Thomson Learning (div. of Thomson Corporation)
“Thad McIlroy is well known in many sectors of the printing and publishing communities. As president of Arcadia House, based in Toronto and San Francisco, Thad has consulted to scores of printing and publishing companies, spoken at or organized more conferences than he cares to count, and written some of the most important books and articles for this industry over the past two decades.”
— ThePrintPub.com, 09-05-06
“It was a great experience working with Thad. He's very professional at what he does and has incredible amount of knowledge in his field. He is a wonderful, highly intelligent person and work with him is a real pleasure.”
— Elia Rossul, Rossul Design, October 5, 2006
“There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and, if you manage a website, you will acquire a content management system. Attendees at this week's Gilbane San Francisco received in-depth information about how best to make this inevitable purchase. They also received an important reminder: content still ends up on paper.
“For the first time, the session featured a track on automated publishing. The sessions were organized by Gene Gable, with assistance from Thad McIlroy, who are well known in publishing circles for their work in documenting the digitization of the production value chain.”
— Who do you want in the tent? Julian Mills, 25 Apr 2006, http://getstrategic.blogware.com/