I am currently a volunteer Recovery Coach providing volunteer support at CCAR Bridgeport Recovery Center. I am passionate about helping individuals connect to resources which will guide them to attaining the recovery pathway each recoveree desires. I am also a Project Management and Graphic Design Print Production professional with over ten years direct experience in retail consumer prod- ucts brand development. I have expertise in brand color management, digital project execution, digital asset management (DAM) and front line customer relations. My strengths include compassionate care and support in guiding individuals to the resources they require such as housing, treatment for dependency and mental health services, obtaining employment including resume writing, job search and interview preparation. I am a skilled professional in digital asset management (DAM), technologies management, estimating, brand quality and digital statistical reporting methods, design Project Management, marketing & Awareness-Building, digital workflow man- agement, maintaining schedules, financial budget reporting, onsite account management, new design and digital & print technologies,

Delivery: Impact, Organize, Resolve, Train, LearnProcess: Brief, Analyze, Improve, ImplementBrand Steward, Collaborate, Surprise

Packaging engineering spec creation, print feasibility, spec distribution.

Estimating, quoting, job planning, order entry, tracking, shipping, and invoicing. Ensuring programs meet customer delivery time within budget, making technical and job cost/pricing decisions as they arise. Representing and promoting the OEC image and proactively providing solutions... I make things happen!

Logo Design, Website Design, Print & Marketing Collateral

My roles objective is to work with design, brand and commercialization collaborate with Diageo's printer network throughout the world to insure consistency on highest quality branded spirit products.A high client facing role, developing relationships, working upstream and downstream effectively manage day to day account activity. Position requires high level of brand communication skills, understanding how to work with brands, effective at working up and down from procurement all the way up to a Brand Design Team.

X Contribute to the A & P Tea Co. brand management team and demonstrate the value of the SGS partnershipX Present design recommendations and ideas and that drive category manager buy-in/approval of applied own brand packaging designs.X Interface with business leaders, brand owners and manufacturers to develop accurate and complete job specificationsX Provide material and/or design solutions that meet budget demands and graphic criteria. This includes engineering custom items, material exploration, film and print techniques and spec developmentX Set, execute, and communicate production timelines and schedules to meet delivery requirements

New & Existing packaging design & graphics coodination, graphics workflow management, color & print quality management, new and existing vendor management, RFP process contributor

Account Manager/ Business Development Consultant -Cultivate corporate relationships between Schawk & Predetermined Global Consumer Products Company during consultancy term to create measurable business results and gain related prospect pre-media & design development volume.• Successfully facilitated Schawk being added to targeted CPG company RFP as a top tier potential pre-media & design development packaging supply partner • Secured presentation audience for Schawk goods & services to senior CPG company brand leadership• Comprised new business target CPG list cultivated from prior existing network connections

Design Coordinator/New Design Technologies Manager/Print Production Manager- Created new value for the strategic foundation of Innovation and the Point-of-Selection. Analyzed brand initiatives and collaborated with new/existing vendors, suppliers, design firms on how best to apply learning’s against specific brand initiatives.• Implemented new Brawny POS sample dispensing device to 9,300 Big Box Retail locations. Sales force response overwhelmingly positive, 32% under budget, 3 weeks ahead of schedule. • Implemented vendor On-site design development systems resulting in lowered average invoice costs by 39%• Organized onsite vendor innovation trade show for Corporate and brand leadership stakeholders. Unsolicited feedback by attendees was overwhelmingly positive. • Designed & piloted a new color separation & printing Brand Color Management Style Guide communication tool currently utilized for Angel Soft, Brawny, Vanity Fair, Quilted Northern nationally branded products.

Onsite vendor Account Manager facilitating all aspects the Fort James Design and graphics brand print programs. New design project tracking, oversee workflow activities, attend print runs as customer representative, preflight incoming design material. • Successfully transitioned customer graphic branded packaging assets, best practice knowledge and expertise during acquisition and relocation of Fort James by Georgia-Pacific. • Improved customer relations by collaborating face to face with Fort James design team to better utilize onsite existing hardware & software for converting CAD files to Mac format. Eliminated time consuming external conversion errors, reduced average invoice cost 2-3 % per occurrence.• Participated in quarterly brand print quality review meetings analyzing production defects, implementing new ideas to improve print design quality and reprint accuracy.

Manage extensive Danbury/Bridgeport CT Facsimile & Copier account territory with significant Fortune 500 customer base (Boehringer Ingelheim, Cannon Bicycles, Phillips Electronics, Unilever Distribution Center), new business lead development. Present monthly territory reports to regional VP• Through face to face interviews with customer and territory research, effectively presented key comparative advantages PB offered which resulted in high unit volume customers resigning with PB equipment and services. • Introduced and implemented lead tracking software tools (Act) to district which contributed to shortened service call response times and increased customer satisfaction claims by customers in the region.