Abe Fried Email & Phone Number

I'm officially retired. Am a member of the Sanford Seminole Art Association and use my free time painting and entering art shows.

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  Senior Production Manager

  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  Jun 1970 - Apr 2008

  • Authored a comprehensive handbook, to be used as a training tool for the production staff. This handbook detailed the steps in processing tear sheet corrections from typesetting through proofing approval to releasing electronic files to the printer. This achieved cost savings and saved valuable processing time.• Prepared complex spreadsheets for tracking textbook text corrections, photo and art replacements for Math, Social Studies, Science and Reading. By doing so enabled corrections to be made promptly, resulting in books being printed ahead of schedule.• Conducted weekly meetings with editorial, design and manufacturing to review the status of current programs. This helped to identify problem areas early, saving additional proof cycles and reducing costs.• Completed K-6 student edition, teacher edition and various workbooks ahead of schedule.• Worked closely with various departments including editorial in helping them to concentrate only on serious text changes, with manufacturing in establishing printing dates and with the textbook printers in providing them with the proper file format preparation. These efforts significantly lowered the production and printing costs by 20% in an annual budget exceeding one million dollars.

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  The Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art

  Graphic Design, Photography, Printing