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Saco, Maine, United States

Saco, Me

Creative and business solution architect• Recommend solutions for publishing professionals, internet developers, and creative administrators• Provide consulting services to professionals and companies that produce and manage creative workSpecializing in: • Archival and digital asset management, including rights management • Font management, including licensing • Workflow solutions, including project management, and review and approval • Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Document Cloud, including Adobe Sign • FileMaker Pro, server and desktop• Collaboration platforms

New York, Ny

Partner with creative advertising agencies to develop strategic workflow solutions for:•Digital asset management and content management•Creative application customization•Collaborative review of creative assets and work•Job/Project Management•Social networking in business•Font management•Provide Level 3 support for applications and solutions•Respond to RFPs and develop statements of work to creative advertising agencies•Provide business strategy documents and white papers•Manage R&D budget•Started and support service for FileMaker Pro that grew to over 400 users and 15 databases in 18 months•Supporting font management service of 26 servers and 3,700 users•Build and manage Mac application servers for creative applications•Develop digital publishing solutions for web sites, file transfer (FTP), data asset management, and archiving

Provided technical and strategic support for package design, branding agency.

• Manage 75 Macintosh servers and XSans in enterprise environment for file and print and applications. • Service Manager for Creative Data and Rich Media services to provide Macintosh servers for creative services in print, interactive and multimedia development.• Provide FTP and HTTP services.

Develop and implement strategies to manage 2,500 Macintosh workstations and 40 Macintosh servers at 20 locations in the United States.

• Engage creative agencies and workgroups to implement strategies to enhance productivity and shorten work cycles• Recommend solutions built around a digital asset management hub, integrating review/approval tools, job management and archive applications• Maintain a network of 20 servers for client/server applications: Font Management (Extensis UTS, Monotype Font Explorer), Extensis Portfolio and FileMaker Pro • Match clients to cloud-based solutions for digital asset management and review/approval to enable agency clients direct access• Manage a $500K internal IT budget and two-person staff supporting 5,000 end users

• Enterprise-wide Field Service Support Specialist. Provide Macintosh desktop and server support to creative workgroups at 20 New York City advertising companies. Focus on system integrations, application support, and drafting documentation for users and field service Mac techs. • Solutions Provider. Work with user groups to provide publishing solutions to enhance productivity using the following applications: QuarkXPress, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat), Suitcase, pre-flight applications, Flash Professional, and several specialty applications. • Standards Management. Establish standards for Macintosh user community. Establish hardware standards for various roles within the organization. • Process Management. Oversee software and system upgrade deployment using FileWave, Apple Remote Desktop, and update scripts. Develop process for standard Mac OS image and deployment.

• Planned, implemented and maintained multimedia graphic arts studio for large advertising agency.• Created strategies and procedures for electronic production of print advertisements.• Recommended software and hardware purchases.• Wrote technical documents and developed user handbook.• Developed data asset management archive system.• Set up ISDN solution for high-speed file transfer.

• Provided technical and application support for electronic desktop art/production studio of large ad agency.• Researched, developed and implemented new technologies and workflow procedures.• Troubleshooting of technical and file construction problems.• Trained production artists and art directors in desktop applications.• Filed reports on state of the studio with recommendations to enhance electronic pre-press procedures.

• Supervised and executed design, art direction, layout and pre-press production of nationally-circulated trade journals – Multichannel News, Cablevision Magazine, Video Business, Video Software Magazine and American Metal Market Supplements – and two newsletters.• Organized and maintained electronic desktop procedures, overseeing all phases of operation, including quality control checks of color proofs and bluelines.• Managed staff of three art directors, two graphic artists/illustrators and a layout director.• Built electronic pre-press desktop publishing system for PCs, Macintosh computers, and a Novell network.

Ba, Religion/Religious Studies

Activities and Societies: Intramural Council Student newspaper Worked in college Public Information office

Public Communications

Public Communications Institute