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Niles, Illinois, United States

I provide a vision and execute that vision along with leadership in the development and implementation of the information technology (IT) program at JohnsByrne. I lead the company in planning and implementing enterprise information systems to support company operations and achieve more effective and cost beneficial enterprise-wide IT operations. Currently.

Niles, Illinois

• I help provide technology a vision along with leadership in the development and implementation of the information technology (IT) program at JohnsByrne. I assist in leading the company in planning and implementing.
• Provide strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation, and coordination of the information and technology systems for the… Show more I help provide technology a vision along with leadership in the.
• Provide strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation, and coordination of the information and technology systems for the company.
• Facilitate communication between staff, management, customers, vendors, and other technology resources within the organization.
• Oversee computer operations of the affiliate management information system, including local area networks and wide-area networks.
• Responsible for the management of multiple information and communications systems and projects, including voice, data, imaging, manufacturing and office automation.

Niles, IL

• Full-time special assignment Lead position on JohnsByrne ERP Core Implementation Team (EFI Radius).
• Lead IT specialist on implementation and workflow process development for LIVE and TEST systems.
• Created all new traceability system/workflow for warehouse, shipping, receiving and job tracking with wireless barcoding and iOS handheld devices using EFI Plantmanager and Autocount 4D.
• Rebuilt company standards and procedures from ground up to dramatically increase efficiencies… Show more
• Rebuilt company standards and procedures from ground up to dramatically increase efficiencies throughout entire workflow.
• Work closely with the core team of 3 on all implementation decision making.

London, United Kingdom

Charged with redefining company's global print and digital product vision and priorities during 12-24 month time period with focus on developing best-in-class software as service for product marketing workflows. Evaluate focus and relevancy of current product lines, and establish new software service goals globally to meet evolving market demands. *.

In 2007 Capps and Mundocom, two divisions of the Publicis advertising group, merged, forming Mundocom Worldwide, a 600 person operation with offices in Chicago, New York, Detroit,Paris, London, Brussels, Madrid, and an off-shore production facility in Mauritius. I worked then with our CTO James Haney to bridge the platforms together. Today I have taken.

Chicago, Illinois

• Identified and deployed production solutions, including press, web, digital, and video for multiple Publicis agencies such as Leo Burnett, Saatchi, and Publicis NY. Optimized internal and external production processes.
• Eliminated individual and redundant processes for regional locations by designing and implementing common production platform for all North American offices, using scalable architecture and state-of-the-art product.
• Played critical role as member of seven-person corporate director team in leading company directives and initiatives, including introducing efficiencies for clients and maintaining balance between artistic culture and.
• Drove down costs, while increasing speed to market by developing digital workflows between onshore and offshore artists, bridging cultural gaps to preserve brand knowledge. Created 24/7 operation.
• Ensured optimal operation of North American hardware infrastructures through effective management of budget, design, integration, and deployment operations, including network, work-in-progress servers, enterprise-level.
• Optimized strategic and business planning for future opportunities with 3-year roadmap by guiding specific technology and operations-related research, testing, and development projects.

Chicago, Illinois

• Held accountable for planning, developing, and implementing new business unit specifically catering to clients requiring publication workflows. Created business unit by integrating operations of four separate units.
• Championed highest quality possible for 15 brands using cost effective prepress-to-print workflows for various advertising agencies, such as Leo Burnett, Saatchi and Saatchi, Kaplan… Show more Held accountable for.
• Championed highest quality possible for 15 brands using cost effective prepress-to-print workflows for various advertising agencies, such as Leo Burnett, Saatchi and Saatchi, Kaplan, Thayler, and Publicis.
• Created optimal balance between profitability and time to market and artistic quality when developing cost effective workflows to reduce artist preparation time per file. Efforts included new rate card structure.
• Enhanced load balancing between North American offices and offshore facility by creating best-in-class workflows, identifying offshore resources as tool to promote efficiencies, while maintaining product quality.
• Recognized within industry for developing innovative color workflows to ensure color accuracy from agency to press, resulting in invitation to present keynote presentation at IDEAlliance 2010.

Chicago, Illinois

• Controlled and addressed all infrastructure and workflow issues for business units, holding position that represented consolidation of two previous positions; supervised two IT staff. Designed / implemented expansions.
• Position held two managerial roles within company; previously was Technology Manager for Imaging, with four employees reporting to me. Position now manages two IT employees, which maintains and controls all… Show more.
• Position held two managerial roles within company; previously was Technology Manager for Imaging, with four employees reporting to me. Position now manages two IT employees, which maintains and controls all.
• Reduced operator costs by 30% through decrease in overtime by developing single production platform with Kodak to tie communications consistent production standards and process across seven servers.
• Strengthened operations of Philip Morris and other brands by replacing in-house digital asset management system. Show less

Chicago, IL

• Held accountable for all production tools, hardware purchases, software deployment, and online production ticketing system, interfacing extensively with business unit director.
• Saved considerable time identifying files and tracking financial and production databases by deploying new job naming convention across all business units.
• Reduced file retrieval process from few days to few minutes, while increasing system access companywide by implementing XINET digital asset… Show more Held accountable for all production tools, hardware purchases.
• Reduced file retrieval process from few days to few minutes, while increasing system access companywide by implementing XINET digital asset management system to replace older workflow.
• Deployed 3 Kodak Approvals for in house proofing.
• Created large format printing division for Capps Digital by deploying 3 HP 5500 Large Format printers, 2 HP Spinjet back to back proofers using ONYX Postershop RIPS. Show less

Carol Stream, IL

Managed all digital output workflows in department. Managed five prepress employees and supervised all prepress projects. Coordinated jobs within department from scanning to film stripping. Problem solved incoming jobs in both digital and traditional printing formats.

Elk Grove Village, IL

Operates prepress system to electronically assemble images into pages and to retouch and make color corrections to page elements to be used in production of lithographic printing plates or gravure cylinders: Enters digitized data, such as artist's layout, color separations, text, page dimensions, and layout instructions, into electronic prepress system.

Chicago, IL

Responsible for all color outputs from CMYK separations to color retouching. Matched client proofs. Project coordination and all quality checks. Provided keylining and desktop paste-up. Developed any design needed for quick turnaround for clients. High-end digital effects. Hi-resolution scanning. Maintained upkeep of network.

Chicago, IL

Responsible for all Digital Studio functions. Hi-resolution scanning, color calibration, digital photo manipulation, color printing, color transparencies, and other miscellaneous pre-production tasks.