Rick Davis began his career running a 4-color Hydraulic Precision Oval in 1976 for Tee Formations (in a barn) in Tipp City, Ohio. He would go on to become a plant manager. He worked as a Sourcing Manager for Levi Strauss & Company with their Latin American Division. Later he worked for served as an Application Specialist for Flexible Products and would later become the Quality Assurance/Contract Manager for Hanes Licensed Products.

Since then, Rick has enjoyed a background in Production Management, Artwork Engineering, and as an industry consultant. He is the author of many outstanding technical articles for the screenprinting industry and was a frequent speaker at industry trade shows.

Rick is a past winner of the SGIA Golden Image Award (Golden Squeegee). And has been nominated three times for the Swormstedt Award for outstanding technical writing. Rick is a 1998 inductee into the Academy of Screen and Digital Print Technologies (ASDPT).