The Turbo Press

Michael Traver

President // Years with Turbo: 22 // Years in the business: 30

Mike is a true Denver native and has lived in Colorado his entire life.  Mike started his print career in 1979 as a production employee.  Over the next 8 years he was able to work in the bindery, pre press department and pressroom at a few of Denver’s elite print shops.  He was fortunate that he was able to learn from some of the best in the business.  In 1987 Mike started Turbo Press and proceeded to assemble one of the finest teams in printing.  As a company Turbo  Press takes great pride in the quality of their work and service.  As the owner Mike has fun finding creative ways to keep his clients cost’s down.

Mike enjoys spending time with his family, exercise, motorcycles, ATV’s, auto racing, playing basketball with his kids, taking care of his yard and of course Bronco football.

Married to Sylvia for 18 wonderful years, they have 3 great boys, Jesse 16, Travis, 14
& Austin 12.

Harold Traver

Vice President // Years with Turbo: 22 // Years in the business: 22

Harold retired from Robinson Dairy in 1989.  He had worked there for 37 years.  Some people can retire and be perfectly happy, but he knew he wasn’t one of them.  Harold likes to take a vacation every year but doesn’t want it to last for 52 weeks.

Harold helped his son Mike get Turbo Press started.  His help was mostly financial.  When he retired from Robinson Dairy he started working at Turbo full time.  He says “It is very gratifying to see a business do well, even in tough times”.

Besides Mike, Harold has two daughters and five grandchildren.  He likes to attend as many of their school functions as he can.  They have a very close family.

The two sports Harold really likes are stock car racing and mountain climbing.  His cars won track championships at Englewood Speedway twice.  There are 54 mountains in Colorado over 14,000 feet tall; according to the Colorado Mountain Club Harold was the 198th person to climb all 54 of them.

Life has been very good to Harold and he hope it lasts for a long time.

Sylvia Traver

Treasurer // Years with Turbo: 17 // Years in the business: 27

Sylvia’s printing career started in 1982 at Metro State. Her printing experience consists of pre-press, estimating and sales.

She met Mike Traver in 1983, while working with Reed Evans. Sylvia and Mike met again in 1992, and began their wonderful family with Jesse, Travis, and Austin. She is happy to say they recently celebrated their 18th anniversary.

Sylvia say’s “watching The Turbo Press family grow over the years has been amazing, truly a wonderful staff and a great company”.

Sylvia enjoys spending quality time with my family, being outdoors, exercise, dancing, music and basketball with our boys.

Mark Ross

Plant Manager // Years with Turbo: 9 // Years in the business: 39

Mark Ross has been with Turbo Press for nine years as the Plant Manager. Marks father Albert Ross was a pressman for Silers Printing for thirty years and worked for his Uncle, George Urbach SR. who owned Silers. Marks father AL, met Marks mother while working there. Later Al started a printing company in the back room and garage of their home. By age ten, Mark was running and helping rebuild small duplicators for extra money.

Mark took four years of Graphic Arts through a vocational school in Westminster. Mark went to work for American West as a pressman for two years then moved to LK Media Group Under owner Larry Kimbriel and took a Plant manager position for the next twenty one years. Henry Worst acquired LK in 1999.

Mark moved to Turbo Press in 2000 and has plans to retire from Turbo.

Awards include
1. Graphic Arts Colorado state championship competition award through the
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America.

2. Master Printing certificate through Printing Industries of America.

3. Management and Business certificates through Printing Industries of America

4. Sakurai Press electronics school diploma.

Areas of interest and hobbies include playing drums and guitar, camping, riding ATVs, dirt bikes, building hot rods, restoring classic Volkswagons, auto body, airbrushing, auto painting, firearms, martial arts, cooking, and spending time with his lovely wife, six children, and three grand children.

Jack Ehrman

Sales Associate // Years with Turbo: 11 // Years in the business: 59

Jack Ehrman’s printing career spans over six decades and with his vast experience from estimating to ownership to printing sales, Jack is the person you  want on your team to produce your printing project.

Jack attended a printing trade high school in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Upon graduation, Jack entered the military and served in the Korean war.  Upon his return, he married his lovely wife Ann.  When their first child was born, they moved to Denver where Jack worked for several local printers.  Jack started his own company out of three bankrupt printing companies in 1984, and it was called Phoenix Press, hence the logo, a Phoenix bird rising from the ashes.  His son Michael, daughter, Sherri, and his other two sons, Ted and Rick, also worked with him.  He also owned a printing company in Colorado Springs called Colortek.  Jack sold these companies in 1994.  His three sons and also a daughter-in-law are all still in the business.

Jack took some time off then Mike Traver asked him to come and sell printing for Turbo Press.  Jack is very consultative in his approach to printing sales and with his extensive estimating background he is able to help you figure out cost effective ways to produce your projects.  Customer service is very important to Jack and you see very few sales reps who still come out and personally go over your proofs and projects with you.

Jack likes to spend time with his grandchildren, making wine with his son, Michael, going fishing and taking care of his beautiful yard with his wife of 54 years.

Jo Needham

Sales Associate // Years with Turbo: 7 Months // Years in the business: 25

Jo Needham joined the Turbo Press team this spring as an addition to their sales force.  Her 25 years in the printing field, has brought her experience and expertise to help clients choose the best showcase for their products.  Jo's " claim to fame " is that she is available to her customers anytime they need her, as her phone is never turned off.  The only unique attribute she can offer them is her service.

Five sons, 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren her free time is all about family.  

Rick Garnett

Sales / Customer Service // Years with Turbo: 7 // Years in the business: 30


Rick Garnett has worked for Turbo Press for 7 years in Sales and Customer Service.  He has been in the offset printing field for over 30 years.  Before coming to Turbo Press he was the Assistant Manager/Production Manager at The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center In plant Print shop for 20 years. While he was there the shop revenues grew from $500,000 annually to $1,800,000. Before he was at the UCHSC, Rick managed 2 quick copy shops on the Oregon Coast for the Scripps Ifft Newspaper Corporation.

He served 3 years as a United States Army Green Beret and graduated from the University of Montana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration.

Rick’s hobbies are creative writing, woodcarving and spending time with his lovely wife and 2 children at their home in Centennial.

Chuck Reyka

Customer Service // Years with Turbo: 2.5 // Years in the business: 20

Chuck started in printing in 1968 while in High School.  He taught summer school printing during his junior and senior years of High School for The Cleveland Board of Education and he worked for his father who ran a silk screening / hot stamping advertising specialty products company before moving on after graduation to start up his own print shop.  After 2 years he closed the shop and moved on to work in larger commercial print shops.

Chuck graduated from Vocational Training in 1972 with a 2 year degree in a combined program of printing, graphics arts and photography.

Chuck took a break from printing for 10 years to go into the medical field after a co-worker became seriously ill and he became interested in what he saw while visiting his friend in the hospital.  He went back to printing fifteen years ago and has been with it since.

His hobbies are animal rescue and rehabilitation work, wildlife photography and camping.

Mark Vincent

I.T. Mananger // Digital press Dept. // Years with Turbo: 7 // Years in business: 20

Mark has worked with Turbo Press for 7 years as the IT manager and has worked in the printing industry for 20 years. He has also worked as a customer service representative for the digital printing department at Turbo Press for 4 years.

Mark combines knowledge of printing with years of computer troubleshooting experience. His attention to detail helps catch errors before they become costly printing mistakes.

Mark owns a computer consulting business serving individuals and small companies. He strives to demystify technology and make it practical to the average computer user

Tommy Hunter

Pressman // Years with Turbo: 16 // Years in the business: 21

Tommy Hunter has been with Turbo Press for 16 years as a pressman, he currently runs our Sakuri 5 color with coater.  He has been in printing for 21 years.  His printing career started at Warren Tech vocational school for printing technology.  Upon graduating he worked for Pip printing for 3 years and finally to Turbo Press.

Tony Piety

Pressman // Years with Turbo: 10 // Years in the business: 37

Tony strives to be the very best employee he can be and to do the best he can with what the good lord gives him each and every day.  Tony’s education in graphic arts began with his father at there family owned printing company in Los  Angeles, California.  Tony worked with my father for the first 13 years of his career.  He began as a shop helper/driver and then began his training in bindery operations and small press.  Tony continued to work and become proficient in all areas of operation’s which included concept and creation, estimation of cost, layout and prep, press work large and small format and most phases of bindery and finishing.

Tony and his family have begun volunteering at the Denver Rescue mission. They enjoy dinning out, movies, concerts, swimming at the local reservoir, bike riding, travel and spending
time at church.

Tony’s hobbies include listening to music and playing electric guitar and acoustic guitar.  He also enjoys recording music.  Other hobbies are home improvement and collecting antiques with his wife.

Reed Evans

Pre Press Technician // Years with Turbo: 22 // Years in the business: 43

Reed Evans, age 59, has been with Turbo Press for twenty two years.  He began his career at the age of 16 as a press operator in his father’s in-plant facility: Special Products in Golden, Colorado.  Reed then enrolled at Denver University and was accepted as a staff member of DRI-Denver Research Institute Publications.

After college, Reed owned a bookbinding & publishing company and two printing companies.  His expertise extends from pre-press to management, production, sales & marketing and all facets of printing.

Reed enjoys golfing, waterskiing, boating and spending time with his family.  He has been married for 31 years and has a daughter who is a ICU Trauma nurse at St. Anthony’s and a son-in-law who is K-9 officer with the Lafayette Police Department.  They have blessed him with two wonderful grandsons.

Danny Reed

Bindery Technician // Years with Turbo: 12 // Years in the business: 25

Dan Reed is a native of Denver.  He graduated from Thornton High School in 1987.  He received his training in the printing field from the Bollman Occupational Center of Adams 5 Star School District.  From there he earned his journeyman with one of the largest print shops in Colorado, AB Hirschfeld Press.  In his tenure there he gained experience on cutters, folders, stitcher/trimmers and Perfect Binders.  He then advanced his career by taking a position with Frederick Printing, a company with whom he grew most as an operator.  During his 25 years of printing he has worked for a number of reputable companies, to include, L&M Printing, Tumbleweed Press, and Lange Graphics.  All of his experience has landed him with Turbo Press, in a great position.  He has been with Turbo Press for 12 years, and continuously strives to make Turbo Press an elite company.

Dan has been married for 20 years and has 2 children.  His wife, Tammy,  has been in the dental field for 16 years, his daughter, Kassie,  has just graduated from Dental Assisting School, and his son, Jeff, is currently attending college and playing football.  Dan enjoys being outdoors, spending time with his family, auto racing, snowmobiling and football.  His recent extracurricular activity is being a referee for junior/high school sports.

Eric Wagner

Prepress Technician // Digital Press operator // Years with Turbo: 7
Years in the business: 30

Eric Wagner has been with the Pre Press department at Turbo Press for 7 years, and has over 30 years experience in the printing industry's transition from "hot lead" into the digital age. His background includes the skilled trades of: color separator, halftone camera operator, platemaker, and stripping for both web and sheet fed companies.

Tim Alexander

Pre Press Technician // Years with Turbo: 6 // Years in the business: 20

Tim Alexander has been a pre-press technician for over 20 years and brings great experience and hard work to the Turbo Press team.  Having a background in graphic design, he is able to ascertain the intent of a designer to make sure the final printed piece is exactly what the designer and/or customer intended. Because of his extensive use and knowledge of many if not all of the graphic design computer programs popular today, he has learned tricks and short cuts that he is happy to share with the customers of Turbo Press.  Tim brings a well rounded skill set to the Turbo Press team that not only streamlines the pre press process but also makes it hassle free and even fun for the customer.

Tim has a diverse set of personal interests.  He has been a music DJ for private parties and clubs for over 15 years and has played some of Denver's biggest dance clubs.  He has made appearances on the radio and opened for national and international rock bands.  He is a great fan of Formula One racing with Ferrari being his favorite team and car.  Tim also loves and is a proponent of science and science based television shows.

Danny Hamilton

Bindery Technician // Years with Turbo: 5 // Years in the business: 22

Danny started working In the Bindery 22 years ago at LK Printing under Mark Ross, Then he moved on to Miller Press for over 6 years.  He has now  been working at Turbo Press
over 5 years.

Danny’s Hobbies and Interest:  4x4ing with his Jeep in the mountains, Fishing & Camping, Broncos Football,  Danny does auto and home maintenance work on the weekends.

Married over 20 years to Jacqueline.  They have 2 Daughters, Cadie 18, Hannah 9, 2 Dogs, Tonka (Pitbull) Tony (Husky).

Gary Malpiede

Pressman // Years with Turbo: 6 // Years in the business: 35

Gary was born, raised and educated in the Denver area.  Gary is a third generation Malpiede, a rare thing in Colorado’s transit population.

Gary has been in the printing business for 35 years, the last seven of those years at Turbo Press.  Gary works the night shift for Turbo and he likes that because it minimizes his having to deal with the traffic from his mountain retreat.  Gary is an avid recycler both at work and home, he makes it pay for him at home, because if he needs something he probably has it, and it also is capable of generating a little extra cash.

Gary has two daughters and four dogs.  He lives in the mountains at Bailey where he can enjoy the beauty of the state and the outdoors.

Mike Cook

Pressman // Years with Turbo: 6 // Years in the business: 31

Mike has lived in Denver for a long time and he came to work to work for Turbo Press six years ago.  He works the evening shift.  Mike has a long and colorful history in the printing business.  He has seen many changes in his 31 years in the industry.  Mike started out as a teenager working in his father’s print shop. 

Jim Cassell

Driver // Years with Turbo: 4 // Years in the business: 4

Jim retired after 30 years in retail management.  During those years he was very successful, which enabled him to retire at a young age.  Finding himself bored Jim took a delivery job at Turbo Press.  Jim’s delivery job is important because he is last contact with the customer. 

Carol Worland

Receptionist // Years with Turbo: 1.5 // Years in the business: 1.5


Carol Worland came to Turbo Press in January 2008 after retiring from a 25 plus year career as an Outside Salesperson in the Solid Waste Industry.  Carol was not ready to be a fully retired person and stay at home full time.  In her part-time position (which she dearly loves) she answers the phone and works with the customers to be sure their wants and needs are taken care of.  The other part of her job consists of her working with our Paper Vendors in all matters of billing, returns and general problems that exist in our daily operations.

Carol has been married to Don Eicher for 10 years and has 2 daughters of her own, and 2 stepdaughters and 1 stepson from Don’s previous marriage.  They are blessed to have 6 grandchildren between them 2 girls, 4 boys, ages 19 to 13 years old.  These grandchildren are the light of her life and she often says that if she knew being a Grandmother would be so much fun she would have just skipped having her own daughters.

Carol loves to cook and entertain, go places with her husband in their 36 Ford Street Rod, volunteer at her church spend and time with her family.  She has a large circle of friends and associates from many years in the community.

Jessica Fairbanks

Receptionist // Years with Turbo: 1.5 // Years in the business: 1.5

Jessica grew up in Lakewood, Colorado, with her mother and four brothers.  Jessica attended Alameda High School and graduated in 2007. She currently attends Red Rocks Community College and is working on her bachelors in Political Science, which she hopes to one day put towards a law degree.  Jessica has been with Turbo Press since 2008 and helps
run the front office.