I have been working in the Print Production Industry for over twenty years, including thirteen years with Etched Media Corporation in Campbell, California, and the last four years at JP Digital Imaging in Mountain View California.​

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I am a talented and experienced user of the Adobe Suite of graphic design products specializing in Photoshop and Illustrator and have produced countless printed products for clients such as Google, Facebook, Sun/Oracle, HP, Cisco, Adobe Systems, nVidia, Tesla Motors, Lockheed Martin, Philips and Alter-G.​

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I am currently the Production Manager for the rapidly growing JP Digital Imaging; overseeing a staff of ten Production Associates/Print Operators and In-House Installers, while also acting as a liason between Sales/Management, Prepress, vendors and clients. Prior to being the Production Manager, I was a initially the Grand Format Print Operator for their Flora 1816UV Flatbed printer.

I quickly became the point person for new equipment, overseeing installs and training then training new personnel and operators. 

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​My Story

I joined Etched Media as a Pre Press Production Artist responsible for receiving and preparing customer art proofs, preparing approved art for production output, managing and maintaining output devices and overseeing production of projects while providing clients the highest level of customer service.  My responsibilities evolved over the years to include integrating and operating, then supervising and maintaining, multiple new production output devices that included a new digital die cut machine and large format digital inkjet flatbed printer.

Prior to Etched Media I worked as a Technical Consultant trouble shooting electronic files for online distribution for Hewlett Packard and as a Production Artist for two Silicon Valley advertising agencies.​

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I majored in Studio Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz where I developed both fine and graphic art and analytical skills.  I was an active staff member of the university’s weekly newspaper, City on a Hill, first as an Advertising Production Artist then as the Editorial Production Assistant Manager. Also, while at UCSC I served one Academic year as a dormitory R.A.