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Houston, Texas, United States

Technical Project Manager working with key accounts, as it pertains to operations, training, maintenance, and installs, of equipment, for them to maximize the benefit of their investments.

Houston, Texas, United States

Manage four teams of Reliability Maintenance & Engineering (RME) technicians for Muller Martini Facility Management Inc. as a 3P provider at four Amazon sites across North America in their Make on Demand (MOD) 24/7 operation. These locations produce softcover books along with one producing hardcover titles.My teams are responsible for:1. Maintaining Muller Martini book production equipment along with those of other vendors to ensure their safe and reliable operation.2. Troubleshoot quality and operational issues as they occur to ensure equipment availability 24 hrs./day. Escalating these instances locally and for outside support when necessary to meet the customer's needs.3. Offer and implement suggestions for changes in operational or maintenance practices in an effort to improve uptime.

Responsible for analysis, equipment acquisition, contractor relationships, install, and launch of a press facility for the San Antonio Express News

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for the printing of five & packaging of eight dailies, and the production of 43 weeklies. Managed more than 200 full and part-time employees and a budget of over $10.5 million annually. • Led skeleton operations team during Hurricane Harvey to get the paper produced along with taking on the packaging of an additional 850,000 packages backing up a distribution partner• Sold, onboarded, and managed multiple commercial print clients with revenues each in excess of $3 million. • Achieved a 99.84% accuracy level of preprint distribution, considered to be among the elite within the industry.• Led all Hearst newspapers in the key metrics of packaging cost/CPM and expense/MT of newsprint consumed.• Acquisition of commercial print clients, diversifying revenue stream while increasing profitability. “Seamless transition” reported by Major Client.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Utilizing my years of experience and training to produce results for clients in the areas of:• Improving efficiency – Accomplished through the reduction of hours and/or material waste. I use several techniques including job analysis, process mapping, operational audits, implementing lean techniques, reducing downtime.• Capital acquisition – Evaluating the needs, finding solutions with the greatest ROI, identifying vendors, working through the selection process, and negotiating the most favorable terms.• Project management – Working with contractors and vendors, establishing timelines using project management software, tracking critical paths to ensure on-time within budget completion• Leadership development – Identifying high potential candidates, training of staff, and leadership & team building exercises. • Improving quality – Implementing standards and procedures that can be measured and monitored to ensure all systems are performing to specifications.• Labor negotiations – Reviewing contracts to determine critical needs, drafting of proposals, negotiating, and offering alternatives to achieve ratification.• Commercial print sales –Identifying a site’s capabilities, finding, and reaching out to prospects that offer the greatest opportunity for sales success.• Environmental and safety compliance – Review current programs to assess the gaps and determine what changes are necessary to remain compliant and reduce injuries and workers compensation costs..

Arlington, Va

General Manager, Gannett Publishing Services Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati OH - (2011-2013) Vice President of Operations, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH (2008 – 2011) Vice President/Production, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH (1996 – 2008) Production Director, FLORIDA TODAY, Melbourne FL (1993 – 1996) Production Director, Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie NY (1991 – 1993) • Four-time Presidents Ring Winner recognizing performance as a top production executive.• Awarded “Production All-Star” status by industry’s leading trade magazine.• Achieved Gannett’s Most Improved print quality in ’03 while producing it on 20-year-old equipment.• Worked with vendors on the development and installs of equipment never previously used in the newspaper industry.• Selected as one of three Gannett production VP’s to work with executives from other disciplines for a year to develop long term plans to be presented to the Senior Executives, including the Chairman.

Cincinnati, Oh

General Manager, Gannett Publishing Services Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati OH - (2011-2013) Vice President of Operations, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH (2008 – 2011) Vice President/Production, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH (1996 – 2008) • Responsible for Production of The Enquirer and Gannett’s ten other Ohio daily newspapers.• Successfully negotiated over 20 labor agreements including wage concessions and effects bargaining.• Effectively managed over 416 employees in Production (blue collar), IT (white collar), and Circulation (primarily independent contractors) as VP of Operations; total budget of $28 million. • Oversaw the Production of two daily newspapers under a Joint Operating Agreement with The E. W. Scripps Company.

Production Director, FLORIDA TODAY, Melbourne FL (1993 – 1996) • Produced FLORIDA TODAY, USA TODAY, Investor's Business Daily and commercial work.• As Gannett’s South Group Headquarters, worked with multiple sites; conducting safety, newsprint, and production audits.

Poughkeepsie, Ny

Managed the daily production of the Poughkeepsie Journal along with brining in commercial work to be produced on the newly installed offset press that I assisted with the conversion project from letterpress to offset.

Watertown, Ny

Managed the printing of The Watertown Daily Times and oversaw the operation of the Johnson Newspaper Groups other 3 dailies and commercial print site.

Oversaw the nightly production of The Wall Street Journal.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Printing Management And Technology

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