About Our Leadership
The fearless folks behind your bottle decorations.
Rick Austin
Co-Founder, President
Voice of Reason
Graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an Accounting Major. A CPA with public accounting experience leading to over 30 years in manufacturing, recreational retail, and over 9 years in banking and finance.
Have attended Wisconsin Badger home football games with my family for over forty years and have followed the Badgers to Lambeau Field (Home of the Packers), Las Vegas, and to the Rose Bowl. GO BUCKY!
Ken Matthews
Co-Founder, Vice President
Leader of the Pack
Graduated from Eastern New Mexico University with a major in accounting and business administration. Spent 25 years in manufacturing accounting and most recently, 18 years as an entrepreneur in the screen-printing environment.
Hobbies include reading (anything to do with organized crime), private aviation (although I am not a pilot), fishing (for bottle bass), and spending time with my family (children and grandchildren).
Michael Jones
Plant Manager
Guru of Getting Goods Gone
Graduated from Southern Illinois University with a major in Graphic Design. Spent 30 years in the screen-printing industry. In 2012, Mike focused his interest on cylindrical bottle decoration. Other decorators have called on his knowledge and expertise in this field.
Lia Fanning
Graphics & Customer Service
Empress of Everything Energy
Graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Stout with a major in Cross-Media Graphics Management. With a passion for the print industry, immediately jumped into a career in the bottle decorating industry and hasn’t looked back.
About Our Leadership
The fearless folks behind your bottle decorations.
Rick Austin
Co-Founder, President
Voice of Reason
Graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an Accounting Major. A CPA with public accounting experience leading to over 30 years in manufacturing, recreational retail, and over 9 years in banking and finance.
Have attended Wisconsin Badger home football games with my family for over forty years and have followed the Badgers to Lambeau Field (Home of the Packers), Las Vegas, and to the Rose Bowl. GO BUCKY!
Ken Matthews
Co-Founder, Vice President
Leader of the Pack
Graduated from Eastern New Mexico University with a major in accounting and business administration. Spent 25 years in manufacturing accounting and most recently, 18 years as an entrepreneur in the screen-printing environment.
Hobbies include reading (anything to do with organized crime), private aviation (although I am not a pilot), fishing (for bottle bass), and spending time with my family (children and grandchildren).
Michael Jones
Plant Manager
Guru of Getting Goods Gone
Graduated from Southern Illinois University with a major in Graphic Design. Spent 30 years in the screen-printing industry. In 2012, Mike focused his interest on cylindrical bottle decoration. Other decorators have called on his knowledge and expertise in this field.
Lia Fanning
Office Manager
Empress of Everything Energy
Graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Stout with a major in Cross-Media Graphics Management. With a passion for the print industry, immediately jumped into a career in the bottle decorating industry and hasn’t looked back.
To support and forge long-term, trustworthy relationships with craft distillers, wineries, and other beverage producers. And to compete in the aggressive premium beverage marketplace with competitive prices.
We strive to be one of the best bottle decorators in the region, and perhaps someday across the United States…
Making spirits bright lends itself to every aspect of ink360; opportunities to shine happen daily. We’re down-to-earth, and we value respect and trust in one another. We’re a customer-first company that can roll up our sleeves, work hard, and move fast.
At ink360, we focus to produce the highest quality screen printed labels – nothing more, nothing less. To achieve this, Ink360 employs the latest screen-print technology that delivers the highest level of sophistication to produce a premium printed bottle.
Our end goal is to help all beverage producers enter and compete in the premium packaging space.
To support and forge long-term, trustworthy relationships with craft distillers, wineries, and other beverage producers. And to compete in the aggressive premium beverage marketplace with competitive prices.
We strive to be one of the best bottle decorators in the region, and perhaps someday across the United States…
Making spirits bright lends itself to every aspect of ink360; opportunities to shine happen daily. We’re down-to-earth, and we value respect and trust in one another. We’re a customer-first company that can roll up our sleeves, work hard, and move fast.
At ink360, we focus to produce the highest quality screen printed labels – nothing more, nothing less. To achieve this, Ink360 employs the latest screen-print technology that delivers the highest level of sophistication to produce a premium printed bottle.
Our end goal is to help all beverage producers enter and compete in the premium packaging space.
