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What Happened This Week at Xerox?

On Monday, March 29, Xerox’s board abruptly announced Steve Bandrowczak’s departure and the immediate appointment of Louie Pastor as CEO. The sudden announcement was likely driven by investor frustration over operational underperformance and by Xerox’s stock losing roughly 90 percent of its value over the past year.

By appointing Pastor CEO, Xerox’s board seems to remain committed to the Reinvention strategy that he helped design. The question is whether Pastor can manage a sharper execution of that Reinvention strategy now that he is fully in charge.

This article was created with research assistance from Perplexity AI.


Who Is Louie Pastor?

  • He joined Xerox in 2018 as Executive Vice President and General Counsel, directly from Carl Icahn’s activist empire.
  • Pastor was a strategic player as Icahn and Darwin Deason waged a proxy fight that toppled Xerox’s leadership and derailed Fujifilm's acquisition bid.
  • Over the past 8 years, he has advanced through roles as Chief Corporate Development Officer, Chief Transformation & Administrative Officer, and Global Head of Operations, becoming President & COO in 2025.

In short, Pastor is a lawyer experienced in activism, restructuring, M&A, and enterprise transformation.

What to Expect From Xerox

  • Continued emphasis on cost discipline, portfolio pruning, and structural simplification.
  • Aggressive shedding of underperforming assets.
  • Intensified focus on margin, mix, and recurring revenue.
  • Growing services and IT offerings.
  • Expanding the A3/A4 and production portfolio through Lexmark’s manufacturing and channel footprint.
  • Simplified operations via the Reinvention Office and Global Business Services.
  • Intensified focus on bundled print/IT/workflow deals, rather than hardware-only placements.
  • Stronger pricing discipline and product/services simplification.
     

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What to Watch For

  • Near-term financials: Does revenue grow and margins improve?
  • Channel moves: Are partner programs quickly harmonized and business operations simplified?
  • Products and services: Are cloud print management, workflow automation, and IT services the driving focus versus growing core print volumes?
  • Capital structure and assets: Are asset sales, spin-offs, and joint ventures being leveraged to increase share value?
  • To track the up-to-the minute Xerox share value, click here.
     

Print Providers Takeaways

Xerox’s recent CEO change shows industry leaders must evolve to meet changing conditions. Now is the time for printers to determine what changes may be necessary. May these suggestions stimulate ideas for future-proofing your business:

  1. Grow revenue and profits with smarter business strategies, not simply chasing more sales.
  2. Act now to build new, predictable, recurring revenue streams.
  3. Maximize profit margins for each product or service without delay.
  4. Quickly trim or eliminate underperforming products and services.
  5. When results lag, act quickly by changing people, tech, products, or services as needed.
  6. Continuously minimize the friction your team, clients, suppliers, and partners experience in every interaction with your firm now.

Thanks for reading. Your thoughts on this topic are appreciated.

Promoting print tech for the digital age,
Andy & Julie Plata
Co-CEOs, American Printer, and the OutputLinks Communications Group

 

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