Having experience in many areas of packaging and print media in Europe, the US and AsiaPac I have gained skill over the last 30 years specialising in packaging creative, artwork, prepress and brand building. I have the ability to communicate the most technical issues in a human, logical and clear way and very comfortable both a operational and commercial capacity. I have confidence and authority operating in any field within print and with any audience from the press room to marketers and procurement professionals. Working my way from printer to managing businesses in multiple countries has given me a unique handle on marketing content creative, management and production. Affable, easy going and am a great communicator using language, understanding and logic to provide solutions and overcome problems.I have an international understanding and appreciate both the similarities and differences of culture and markets from Australia to China, India and the USA and Europe. Facing challenges over many implementations has given an insight which has helped me and the businesses I manage in marrying requirement and solution in numerous instances for CPG, luxury goods, retail and pharmaceutical clients.Specialties: Colour management, brand graphics management, global packaging artwork implementation. Industry expertise in print process, artwork and reprographics production, brand implementation. Multichannel campaign activity, packaging innovation, automated artwork production, automated packaging artwork. Gravure (rotogravure, helio) print and cylinder engraving, flexographic print in both conventional and UV technologies, flexible packaging, lithographic print process, dry offset print and file preparation.