I have more than 45 years experience in the printing industry, starting with hands-on experience in bindery, prepress and the press room during my high school and college years. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communications at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. After college, I received extensive training and experience in color at one of the premier separation houses in San Francisco. After that I moved to print, and gained experience in packaging, labels, large format sheetfed and specialty web, and worked my way up to Division Manager of Specialty Web. For the last 15 years plus I have been involved in high-end commercial printing. I have worked in sheetfed plants that specialize in large format (up to 84") as well as small format, as an Estimator, Planner, Manager of Production/Customer Service, Plant Manager and now Account Executive. Over the last 15 years, I have added to my experience turnkey production, mailing, online solutions for print and fulfillment and promo. I enjoy the industry, and find it fulfilling to guide projects so that they are started and completed correctly. I think of myself not as an Account Executive but as a member of my customers’ teams. The last seven years I have learned the ends and out of Sheet and Roll feed Grand Format planning and estimating.Specialties: Large and Small SheetfedWebMailingDigital Printing (including variable data)Online SolutionsTurnkey Promotional Die-cuttingBinderyColor and PrepressPOP displaysGrand Format PrintingGraphic Assembly and Design Also experienced in areas that directly and indirectly affect the above items and complete each of the processes. I could be considered an expert in most of these fields, but I believe that learning never stops and that you are only as good as your next learning experience. I also have managed several of these areas, and have an extensive background in estimating, planning, and customer service.
Listed skills include Digital Printing, Offset Printing, Direct Mail, Variable Data Printing, and 34 others.
