Daniel Roberts - the Business Architect

How I can help.

If you are keen on digital photography then I have a web-businesses that you must visit
(OPUSalbums.com is the specialist in print-your-own albums and creative papers - products - software and advice)
(Photo4.biz the source for graphics software and advice (under development)

If you run a business selling ink cartridges, photo products, stationery, scrapbooking - or a photo, wildlife or other similar club etc.
(OPUSalbums.com is the 'dream web-affiliation' for you)

Working with clients I help them conceive new business opportunities and create realistic, achievable, well researched product plans and market plans, especially in the office products, printing and photographic supplies businesses
- More products to same market
- Same products to different international markets
- New channels of distribution
- New sources of products

- Sources of finance
- introducing you to some senior people too!

If you want to selecting products and sourcing them for B2B and B2C catalogues
(When you do not have time - or knowledge of suppliers to do it

If you need to evaluate different business strategies
(Use the Business Options Evaluator - my development)

If you want help with working with China from China
(I've worked with them for eight years - and know the roller-coaster and a lot about guanxi - and being a gaijin)

f you are over 60 and want to use your experience to advantage
(join me in Silver Ecademists)

Above all, if you want to know what life is all about - now and eternally
(I can point you to Jesus! -  Unlike my consulting activities this is FREE!)

Daniel Roberts is the best example of a peoples person. Very caring, understanding, brilliant person to talk to - Gulfraz Muwas, Talking Business

Just get in touch: Call +44 845 408 9427, +1 408 627 4077(UK time), +44 7785 221688, mail daniel@incartek.com or use Skype - 'incartek'.

 

OPUSalbums.com
The definitive site for Print-your-own photo albums, album and scrapbooking software and creative papers. 97% of people want to keep their photos for 'life' or 'generations' - 70 years or more - but then leave their memories on hardware and formats which become obsolete in a few years - or on on-line services which change even faster. Printed output is reliable - visible - permanent and free of technological change. This site is full of useful products, software, tips and advice.  

  Google "print your own photo album" #2; "inkjet photo album" #1

Google "print your own photo album" #2; "inkjet photo album" #1

Photo4.biz- under development in graphics software
www.photo4.biz

Incartek.com - an information rich resource for photography, digital printing and the industry supporting it.
www.incartek.com

"With Opus we created memorable albums from the photographs of our Silver Wedding and my sister's Golden Wedding. We shall treasure these for the rest of our lives.The modern approach is both artistic and attractive making good use of digital technology. It looks far superior a traditional album." Robert Cuckney, Croydon

"I've now finished my Art Album - I was very lucky to spend the day up near Ludlow flying birds of prey and owls with the family and have some fantastic shots of the birds in close up and in flight - being able to print them in an album makes the memories all the more special." - Liz Tarren
u-printit.co.uk Similar products to OPUSalbums - but a straigtforward product-oriented site.

2: Incartek (Ink Cartridge Technologies Ltd.)

I have 30 years experience in the 'aftermarket' - peripherals, media, printer supplies for use with 'OEM' products. Incartek is my personal consulting vehicle.

Working with Excelsis Enterprises (see below), Incartek finds, introduces, evaluates develops, and exploits business opportunities Whilst clients are primarily in the office products and computer consumables businesses. Incartek works with a number of well qualified individuals and organisations to offer services which can increase your chances of success in a highly competitive market and tough trading conditions. Services include:

Incartek Business Development Service
Incartek maintains a very strong network in the print, peripherals and supplies industry, and am thus well positioned to broker relationships to develop your business - as customers or clients, as suppliers of products or services.

The European Operations Support Service
To service the European market there is nothing like having your own office - even virtual. Incartek provides all of the necessary services. Administrative, logistics and above all senior executives who can maintain and develop contacts with your customers. With my contacts and experience I am able to keep a watchful eye on any administrative and commercial resources used.

Web marketing management Service
We do not design websites! However website design is the least of the issues in e-commerce - positioning the site, construction, promotion and marketing are far more important. This is where we come in.

The Patents & Design Advisory Service
Incartek has three patents in the design of inkjet cartridges. It can assist you technically in this area.

Working with the establishment
Incartek maintains strong relationships with industry bodies such as ETIRA (European Toner and Inkjet Remanufacturers' Association), UKCRA (UK Cartridge Recycling Association), regulatory, standards and other official bodies

The Incartek Cost of Printing Model
An easy to use model for inkjet and laser printer users, bringing together the types of both printer and printing (text, graphics, photo etc), paper (copier, coated, specialty), cartridges (OEM, alternatives). See www.opusalbums.com/costofprinting

The Incartek database
The Incartek www.incartek.com website provides photographers, digital printers, inkjet printing users and the supporting industry with a wealth of gratuitous guidance, articles and information.

"I worked for Daniel as a contractor over several years. Daniel's business knowledge and contacts is huge. Daniel is able to rapidly cut to the key business issues. I would recommend Daniel to anyone looking to work with a true business professional." Paul Graham, Pantone

"I got to know Dan during 7 years working in the International HQ of Memorex. He is an outstanding strategic thinker with a practical and extensive knowledge of the technology marketplace." - Paul Reichel, Reichel & Collegen

I can help take your company out of its comfort zone and help you to perform. Please contact me to discuss your ideas by calling +44 845 408 9427, +1 408 627 4077(UK time), +44 7785 221688, mail daniel@incartek.com or use Skype - 'incartek'.

3: Excelsis Enterprises - Putting Enjoyment back into Business

In order to provide a general management consultancy, I have partnered with a number of like minded and highly qualified consultants in Excelsis Enterprises.

Established over 15 years ago, Excelsis works in the areas of business strategy, personal and team development, providing hands-on support and the transfer of expertise. All consultants are, like myself, highly experienced business people who are able to draw on their experience and knowledge to proved measurable results which can be easily implemented.

Some of Excelsis Services include:

Corporate Strategy
Environmental analysis, markets and market segmentation, competitor analysis, key success factors, strategy development, action plans, Key Performance Indicators and controls.

Personal and Team Development

Leadership training, team building, success modeling, action learning, time management, coaching and mentoring, personality profiling, personal achievement toolkit.

Sales Development
Sales planning, monitoring and control, sales training, customer service, account management, export sales and public sector tendering.

Business Improvement
Operational review, benchmarking, organisational restructuring, management of change, process mapping and re-engineering, continual improvement, quality management systems, IT and profit improvement programmes.

Risk Management
Corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, business continuity management, risk assessment, loss management, health and safety and information security.

Resource Management
Senior management recruitment, off-shore procurement, customers & suppliers, working capital, intellectual property, business systems, fundraising, plant & buildings, and the 'external community'.

Specific Consulting Products (Just some examples)

These are delivered by means of workshops, so that the client is then equipped with the resources to continue with or without Excelsis' help.

Optimising systems
Our Aim is to assist our clients in maximising their business performance through optimisation of their systems and processes. "All work is a process" Deming

Business Options Evaluator?
It is a strategic planning tool with a difference...
• Like many such tools it helps you with the financials of a business,
• Like many such tools it can look at the options,
• BUT UNLIKE many such tools IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY BUSINESS PEOPLE FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE, NOT BY ACCOUNTANTS!
This tool was developed for Excelsis by Daniel Roberts, Incartek

Putting enjoyment back into work
People who are fulfilled in their work contribute so much more to their organisation, and society as a whole, than those who are fearful and/or frustrated, and this has a direct impact on the bottom line!

Doing business with China
"You may have guanxi, but you're always a gaijin" A workshop with follow-up presented and led by Daniel Roberts from eight years experience running a joint venture with the Chinese.

"I got to know Daniel through the ICFBA and have found him to be someone well worth knowing. I believe that due to his depth of knowledge, experience and contacts, Daniel is highly recommendable within his business area." - Susan Popoola, HR Consultant, Conning Towers

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For more information on Excelsis contact me - or Mark Owen
Excelsis Enterprises Ltd, Albion Wharf, Manchester M1 5LN
Tel +44 845 345 7046 e-mail info@excelsis-enterprises.co.uk

4: My Career

I can thank God for many years experience - rewarding in every way.

See also CV

Early life
infancy in SELondon/NW Kent (1945-50)
Childhood in Cambridge (1950-57) - attended Milton Road primary then one year at Perse School
Teenage to mid twenties (1957-70) - South East London - Alleyn's School Dulwich (Dutton's house), then Holborn College and City University

Qualifications
A

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fter graduating in Economics and Statistics, part-completed MSc in Management Science
Institute of Statisticians
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Languages (varying degrees of proficiency)
French, German, Spanish, Italian

Career
Whilst studying - Central Statitical Office (1963-65)
Sperry Gyroscope Ltd (1965-67) - Systems design
NCR Ltd (1967-70) - Systems training and systems design
Business Computers Ltd (BCL) (1971-74) - Mgr City Branch, Mgr Marketing Services
Memorex International (1974-86) - Marketing Mrg, Programme Mgr, Planning Mgr, Worldwide Procurement Mgr (Printers), Director of Planning Memorex International
Unisys EAD (1987) Director Product Planning
Opportunity Europe Ltd (1987-93) - President - Business evaluation in IT industry, Establishing US companies in Europe
Majestic Europe Ltd (1993-95) - Managing Director - Computer consumable products
Container Club Ltd (1995-2005) - Chairman and Managing Director - Europe's largest master distributor of inkjet products)
Ink Cartridge Technologies Ltd (2005-)
Excelsis Enterprises (2007-)

5: My Family and Faith

I can thank God for many years experience - rewarding in every way.

See also CV

My Family
I have been happily married to Ruth for over 34 years. We had no children - but God has blessed us with an 'adopted family' to love and cherish as if they were our own.

What we enjoy
We love travelling - seeing sites, creation and meeting people
We enjoy keeping a photographic record
And the activities surrounding a small Christian fellowship keep us busy.


My Faith

Fundamental to everything in my life is a simple belief in God, and the work of His only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ (who was here God manifest in flesh) who not only died for our sins, rose from the dead and has entered into heaven itself, interceding for us. He is soon to call His own to be with Himself and afterwards to reign here. Meanwhile God has given us His Holy Spirit so that everything that God has provided our hope, our life - more abundantly than we can ask or think - can be enjoyed. Joined in the fellowship of God's Son with millions of fellow Christians, but enjoying collective 'assembly' experience with a few like-minded Christians, widely dispersed throughout the world, who seek to call upon the Lord out of a pure heart, knowing no written authority but the holy scriptures, no headquarters but heaven, no leadership but Christ Himself, and no clergy or human ministry.

All the temporal blessings in home and business are thanks to God's provision, and we can pray for these and our health to continue - but they are nothing compared with what's to come!

How good is the God we adore, our faithful unchangeable Friend.
Whose love is as great as His power, and knows neither measure nor end.
'Tis Jesus the First and the Last, whose Spirit shall guide us safe home.
We'll praise Him for all that is past, and trust Him for all that's to come. - E.L.Bevir


At a difficult time in my life, Daniel provided support, guidance and prayers. That meant a lot to me. Thank you for your kindness, wisdom and generosity, its treasured. -- Sarah 'Courier' Arrow

6: Ideal Customers

For Excelsis
Any company needing to develop itself (markets, people, finance)

For me Specifically within Excelsis
Companies wishing to evaluate a market, especially in the stationery, office products or commodity end of the IT industry
Companies wishing to do business in China - joint ventures etc
Companies in aftermarket industries

For OPUSalbums
Anybody who takes pictures - professional down to hobbyist

For me - personally
Anybody I can point to Jesus!

Contact Me

Daniel J Roberts
Incartek (Ink Cartridge Technologies Ltd)
POBox 561
Rochester
Kent, ME1 9DF
England

Tel +44 (0) 845 408 9427
Fax +44 (0)845 408 9428
Mob +44 (0) 7785 221688
US direct no +1 408 627 4077 (UK time)
Skype 'incartek'
e-mail daniel@incartek.com