Helping launch a SaaS startup that provides web-based tools to church worship leaders. Software, Product, & Business Development. Project Management.Operations Management. Business Planning, Financial Modeling, Payroll, & Accounting. Branding, Graphic Design, & Web Design.

Publishing Technology and Premedia operations. Publishing Technology strategy, new initiatives, and deployments. Engineer publishing workflows, manage supply chain and all process participants.Drive efficiency in the Publishing platform, across technical function: workflows, training, compliance in advertising and editorial materials/workflows, software testing and troubleshooting, systems administration, project management.Define and implement new publishing, premedia, and content authoring technologies in order to drive improved quality and financial performance. Cost/benefit analyses for new operational opportunities: systems, software, vendors, internal staffing and workflow changes. Product manage the development of related applications and workflows.Oversee distribution and publishing of content to digital publishing channels, including file distribution, proofing/approval, live-publishing digital editions, and app administration/maintenance.Evaluate and direct training programs for internal staff on new software, workflows, and cross-media production solutions. Project-manage training and new system roll-outs.

Primary liaison within print publishing process chain (Editorial, Art, Prepress and Print vendors) for all prepress-related concerns.Manage quality and cost controls for prepress services. Manage in-house prepress staff and workflows.Research, define, and implement new publishing and prepress technologies to improve quality, speed, and reduce cost… in areas such as color management, automated workflow solutions, content management and data distribution.System director/administrator on all in-house prepress technology systems.Manage advertising production workflows to accuracy and efficiency in processing and handling of ad materials. Provide training and direct support for advertising and production staff.Investigate and provide resolution to print-related problems.Provide direct training and support for creative teams, promoting best practices for design and content creation for both print and multi-channel workflows.

Training & managing prepress staff. Perform and oversee prepress and print production activities: preflight, imposition, revisions/corrections, color management, color correction, layout/design, typesetting. Printing proofs, film output, direct-to-plate. Customer service, press checks. IT manager: hardware and software maintenance & troubleshooting, content archiving, network administration, server administration & maintenance.

Graphic design, web design, photo retouching and restoration, preflight, color correction. Printing proofs, film output, large format printing. Hardware and software maintenance & troubleshooting. Content archiving. Server administration & maintenance.

Learning the ropes at one of the finest recording studios in Southern California.