ASPT Member Biography
 David Dennings
Inducted into the Academy in 2006
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Mr. Dennings holds a Bachelor's degree in Visual Communications Technology from Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, where he was first introduced to screen printing. Following graduation, he worked for four years as an area manager for a chain of retail portrait studios throughout the United States and England.
In 1987, at the suggestion of a college friend, he applied for a position with Tetko Inc. (now known as Sefar Printing Solutions) in metropolitan New York. Working in the Applications Laboratory as a technical service representative, he quickly immersed himself in the technical aspects of screen making and printing. Within a year, he was invited to speak on screen making at the Rochester Institute of Technology and at SGIA '87 in Houston. Two years later, Mr. Dennings relocated to regional San Francisco in a technical sales position, and worked closely with printed circuit board manufacturers throughout Silicon Valley. He was a guest speaker at meetings of the California Circuits Association, the Pacific Northwest Screen Printing Association, conducted technical seminars at distributor open houses, and published an article in Circuitree magazine on how to alleviate solder mask on pads by using proper screen making techniques.
In 1994, Mr. Dennings accepted a position with KIWO Inc. with responsibility for sales development and distributor support, and technical training for screen printers in the Western United States, Western Canada, and Australia and New Zealand. During this time, he was a guest lecturer at various universities in the United States, the Brisbane, Sydney, and Auckland Institutes of Technology, and various functions sponsored by Australia's and New Zealand's Screen Printing Associations.
In 2002, he was promoted to his present position as Technical/Screen Making Products Manager at Kiwo Inc.'s America's headquarters in Houston, where his responsibilities include heading up the Applications Laboratory, assessing market needs, and developing products to meet those needs. He continues to teach in the Screen Making Workshops held by the Screen Printing Technical Foundation, write technical articles in Screenprinting magazine, and serve as a consultant, providing technical training and process audit, to screen printing companies across the United States. In 2006, he was nominated for the Swormstedt Award for his two-part series Screenprinting magazine series, "Standardization in Screenmaking."
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