Michael Flanders Email & Phone Number

Greater Milwaukee Area

I am charged with the responsibility to drive business solutions in Output Management for the Milwaukee Branch of the Gordon Flesch Company, I ensure that I provide high quality solutions to address specific business needs, while increasing business efficiency. I possess pre-sale implementation expertise, project management skills, and an array of systems experience for implementation of networked office solutions. I am a member of a strong team of networking professionals with industry recognized certifications in Microsoft and Macintosh Operating Systems, as well as, various vendor certifications including ATSP (Canon Certified Systems Engineer), eFI Fiery Certified Professional, uniFLOW and PaperCut MF Certified Analyst and Canon/Sharp/Lexmark product specialties. I have specific connectivity experience with SAP, Citrix, AS400 mainframe environments, as well as digital graphics color experience.

At the nation's largest independent dealer of Canon office equipment, my current rolesthere are to:-Be a Canon Certified ATSP Systems Engineer-Be one of Gordon Flesch's (GFC's) designated Color Print Production specialists-Configure, install, network, and service a wide variety of office automation equipmentfor all of their diverse clientele.-Provide pre- and post-sales support to all Milwaukee GFC Sales staff for Canon, EFI,Sharp, Oce and Kyocera Office automation equipment and software solutions.

a premium graphic arts supply and services company, my roles were to:-Act as a “triage officer” that provides and/or delegates immediate technical support forour clients via phone, Web/Ex, or on-site service.-Dispatch a crew of 5 outside technology specialists, for installations and training onsoftware & equipment from: Agfa, Kodak, Presstek, Mimaki, Epson, HP, GMG, X-Rite, Techkon,Alwan, SpotOn!, Apollo Systems, and more.-Completely manage and maintain La Crosse Litho Supply's, state-of-the-art, technology center.-Conduct demonstrations and product testing in all of the software/hardware mentionedabove.

the leading provider of print TV information products andservices to cable and satellite TV consumers. I directly managed a staff of two prepress technicians, while also providing managerial support for 13 production artists. ThePrepress Department that I ran was responsible for:-Making all incoming artwork ready for print-Output of all press-ready files of TMS' 50+ regional, Channel Guide Magazine TV publications, and all the promotional direct-marketing materials for our clients, and their respective ad agencies.-Provide on-demand applications training and total hardware/software support to all production personnel.

New Berlin, Wi

My occupation at — what once was — the Midwest’s largest private graphic supply company, was to:-Provide highly customized training and consultation services in the field of electronic prepress, and travel extensively throughout the Midwest to deliver these services to people of very diverse backgrounds and skill levels.-Be London Litho’s designated cross-platform “expert” of Quark XPress, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.-Deliver training on Macs and PCs, networking, high-end flat-bed scanners and RIPs from Agfa, Fuji and Screen.

My duties at this ad agency were to:-Work directly under the creative directors and “Be” the computer production department.-Make award-winning marketing materials, brochures, POP, POS materials and packagedesign, and preparing it for final output to printers or to service bureaus.-Manage the equipment, networking and software for this department. Clientele includedsuch brands as Birds Eye and Freshlike vegetables, The Turkey Store, and Tombstone Pizza.

My role was to provide territorial sales and technical support and training for thelargest independent dealer of graphic supplies in Wisconsin. I specialized in imagingequipment sales of drum and flatbed scanners, desktop publishing workstations, networking,printers, proofers, servers, image setters, and film and plate processors. I also providedtechnical training, demonstrations and seminars on that equipment, as well as doingMueller's desktop publishing work.