Oversee all departments related to ink manufacturing including Front Office, Service Lab and Manufacturing. Led and coordinated new manufacturing and racking layout to better efficiencies and organize inventoried goods.➢ Managed yearly growths of 25% both organic and inorganic, with minimal interruption to current customer base through process improvement, better production planning and optimizing manufacturing process.➢ Exceeded targeted P&L goals by 25% in 2017 and 10% in 2018 by effectively managing growth and assisting with major customer conversions

Coordinated the layout of the manufacturing process including machinery, racks and department locations. Integrated two company’s ink systems to lower operational costs, streamline product lines and simplify manufacturing process. Guided all departments through out the entire ink manufacturing process.➢ Met P&L goals in 2015 and 2016 despite minimal sales growth through vendor management, re-purposing product and implementing lean processes

Worked directly with customers to help troubleshoot and problem solve manufacturing issues. Managed customer’s inplant employees to reduce overall inventory and increase color matching output. Collected customer data including correlations, press samples and press specs in order to supply the customer the right product.➢ On a team that supported an in-plant with a 10-color web press to increase customer output 40% by lowering downtime, increasing press speeds and make process leaner➢ Lowered customer inventory counts 10-20% by minimizing slow moving inventory through rework, returns and better ordering patterns

Provided onsite support for new press startups at multiple customers involving many different presses. Collaborated with teams to transition products and train employees with new and existing customers. Streamlined customers’ inkroom by simplifying formulas, organizing print standards and organizing ink storage racks.➢ Decreased customers downtime by organizing press samples and referencing them to live jobs, verified correct formulas on ink dispenser, removed obsolete formulas and organized inventory for quick access.➢ Worked on a team to increase customer output 30% by lowering downtime, increased press speeds and increased organization

Provided customer support through color matching and proofing customer color requests. Matched colors using color theory, X-rite Spectrophotometers and customer specs. Color matches involved multiple substrates including paper, liner and film as well as specialty ink matches including UV, Phosphorescent, pearlescent and metallic inks.➢ Achieved 25% more output of lab requests than the expected average daily goal.➢ Began making service calls at customers within 6 months of starting position and was part of a team that transitioned a failing inkroom into a success.

A member of the Creative Team who took the Design Team’s ideas for the newest campaigns and created layouts for Kellogg's products using digital photos, files, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. Verified that files can be outputted to an Epson 9600 professional inkjet printer in order to create 3D mockups of the products.

Internship consisted of working in many departments within the company including QC, Print Shop and the Finishing department. Worked in QC with GMG ColorProof, ColorMetrix, MeasureTool, Esko Bit-mapviewer and X-rite Spectrophotometers which helped with calibrating and color consistency from start to finish. Trained on a Heidelberg offset press, a drill punch, a guillotine cutter, a saddle stitcher and coater in the manufacturing area.➢ Developed a layout in QC to redesign workflow resulting in increased efficiencies in the proofing process➢ Implemented a preventative maintenance program increasing integrity of local and remote professional inkjet printers including Epson 9600, 7600, 4800, and 4880 professional inkjet printers.