Dan Shafar Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Florida Area

Valassis, Inc. – Orlando, FL July 2015 to presentMaintenance Technician II • Provide maintenance and repairs to production machinery, computer systems and facility. • Ensure proper operation of machines (Muller’s, Cheshire’s, Ink Jet Printers and Alpha liner). • Perform all maintenance activities in a safe and efficient manner. • Train production technicians in the proper set-up and copy troubleshooting techniques. • Perform activities to monitor industrial computer controls and related I/O’s. • Replace and repair parts, rebuild equipment, and align gears, shafts, pulleys and belts. • Utilize illustrated parts breakdown manuals and operational manuals to repair, modify and maintain equipment. • Perform inventory control of parts and equipment used from inventory. • Expand knowledge to acquire detailed information of equipment components to diagnose causes of electrical or mechanical malfunctions and provide corrective maintenance. • Provide training and assistance to production technicians as needed, to help maximize production output and minimize downtime through the utilization of proper production techniques and handling practices. • Inspect machinery for potential problems on a daily basis. • Document problems and schedule work as appropriate. • Provide training and coaching to new maintenance technicians and inspect their work.

Greater Orlando Area

• Install, configure and maintain a diverse range of Computer-to-Plate engines. • Consistently met service-level commitments while serving a customer base of over 50 sites.• Integrated devices to allow automated delivery and development of imaged plates.• Install and support HP and Dell servers, raid arrays, and workstations.• Calibrate and optimize imaging devices to meet manufacturer and customer specifications.• Regularly perform maintenance on equipment to verify the safety, updates, and proper operation. • Train customers on daily operation and maintenance of their equipment. • Consistently generated high customer satisfaction feedback.• Developed and taught internal training classes on Agfa Platesetters and associated hardware.• Reduced service frequency by communicating with Technical Support personnel on updating and revising procedures on service issues as identified.• Developed strategies and created backups of engine parameters, disk images, and workstation configuration which proved to minimize down time after catastrophic hardware problems.• Remotely monitored and troubleshot equipment which resulted in lowering and avoiding costly travel expenses.• Recognized customers’ needs; enabling the initiation of incremental sales of products, maintenance agreements and services to improve productivity.• Achieved management and corporate goals through strong decision making abilities while developing innovative solutions to issues.• Competent with reading technical documents and schematics, enhancing troubleshooting skills.• Organized and maintained tools, test equipment, and parts inventory; accelerating service response time.

Computer Networking, Hardware, And Microsoft Software Training

Industrial Electronics