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Resumé​

​I am a collaborative team player with strong technical skills offering over twenty years of experience in pre press and print production management, coordination and output, and customer satisfaction.

Graphic Production Skills

• Pre Press for screen, offset and digital output

• Operation of Wide Format digital printers
• Project Coordinating between clients, vendors and production
• Problem solving and troubleshooting engineering aspects for
  custom printing and manufacturing.

• Accustomed to working in a fast paced environment with quick
  turnaround and adapting to rapidly changing specifications.
• Production Film Processor/Developer chemistry
• File Transfer Protocol experience

Experience

JP Digital Imaging, Mountain View, California (2013 to present)

Production Manager, 1/2016 to present

Grand Format Print Operator/Production Associate (10/2013 to 1/2016

• Manage staff of ten and aspects of all jobs approved for production

• Review all incoming invoices, ensure staff have all necessary materials and place orders if needed

• Track all active invoices throughout Production Department, ensure deadlines are met on schedule

• Liaison between Sales and Graphics Departments and Production Staff

• Provide first level tech support and maintenance on all Production machinery

 

• Operate and maintain HP Scitex FB500 60” wide hybrid printer, HP LX1500, HPScitex LX850, 6’x10’ Flora Digital UV flatbed,

   DGS Tornado II CNC router and DGS X5 plotter

• Provide support to Sales and Prepress staff to ensure smooth production process

Etched Media Corporation, Campbell, California
Digital Production Supervisor, 2008 to 2012
Production Artist, 1999 to 2008
• Worked with a diverse group of individuals to produce a wide array of visual branding products for customers, including as Sun/Oracle, HP, Cisco Systems, Adobe, nVidia, Tesla Motors, and Alter-G, ranging from CD screen printing and collateral printed products, pad printing on 3-Dimensional substrates, and custom nameplate and label manufacturing while adhering to strict visual and engineering standards.
•  Pre Press Production Film output for pad printing, 133 lpi screen printing, and etched metal nameplate production.
•  Pre Press Production for file output to digital inkjet printer, and custom die cutting machinery.
•  Operated and Maintained laser imagesetter and film developer, large format digital inkjet flatbed printer and digital die cut table.
•  Managed and maintained an expansive file server
and Archive clients' digital files and hard copy film sets.
•  Designed and implemented internal production standards and procedures.
•  Managed and coordinated waste removal with vendors and California Department of Toxic Substances and Control.

ManPower for Hewlett Packard, Santa Clara, CA Technical Production Consultant, 1997 to 1999

TMP Worldwide, Santa Clara, CA Print Production Artist, 1996 to 1997

HR Advertising, Santa Clara, CA Print Production Artist, 1996

Bank of America Corporation, Woodland Hills, CA; Aptos, CA and San Jose, CA Customer Service Associate, 1989 to 1996

City on a Hill Newspaper, Santa Cruz, CA

Editorial Production Assistant Manager, 1994-1995.

Advertising Production Artist 1993-1994

Multi-Cultural Resource Center, University of California, Santa Cruz, Summer Administrative Assistant 1993

University of California, Santa Cruz, Cowell College Residential Assisstant 1992-1993.

The Dupuis Group, Westlake Village, CA; Production Summer Intern, 1992

Education

University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991 to 1995
Major in Studio Arts with emphasis on Graphic Arts.

Computer and Technical Expertise

Adobe Creative Suite (emphasis on Illustrator and Photoshop), Mac OS, and PC literate
RIP software: Caldera 10.2, Photoprint10, Versaworks, Fiery XF 4.1, and Agfa Viper 1.5.1
Film output devices: 2400 dpi Agfa Accuset 800 and 3000 dpi Agfa Accuset 1000
Film Developer: Glunz and Jensen Multiline 15
Digital Die Cut: DGS Tornado II CNC Router, DGS X5 plotter, Kongsberg XE-10 running ESKO I-cut 6.5 visual registration system
Digital Printer: HP LX1500, Scitex FB500, Scitex LX850, Flora PP1816UV, EFI Rastek T-660

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