I am President of Markzware, the company that I co-founded in 1993. Markzware became incorporated in 1995.Markzware was issued patent #5,963,641 - A device and method for examining, verifying, correcting, and approving electronic documents prior to printing, transmission, or recording (preflight for print).We specialize in the development of both preflight (quality control) and data conversion applications for the graphic arts, printing, and publishing industries. Our target audiences include printers, publishers, advertising and marketing companies, and users of Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, and Serif Affinity Publisher.Preflight Tools:FlightCheckFlightCheck will highlight errors such as missing fonts and missing images. This stand-alone application will also warn about possible issues such as embedded images or inactive fonts. Use FlightCheck to help avoid these errors that cause common printing problems. Data Conversion Tools:IDMarkzPreview your document, then, with a single click, open the file in QuarkXPress, Affinity Publisher, an older version of InDesign, other pre-defined applications, or define your own. QXPMarkzPreview your document, then, with a single click, open the file in InDesign, Affinity Publisher, an older version of QuarkXPress (2017 or newer), other pre-defined applications, or define your own destination application. PDFMarkzPreview your document, then, with a single click, open the file in Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, Affinity Publisher, or other pre-defined applications, or define your own. PDF to InDesign, PDF to QuarkXPress, PDF to Affinity Publisher, and more! OMNIMarkzThis is a powerful combination of Markzware’s three popular conversion tools. QXPMarkz, IDMarkz, and PDFMarkz are now combined, along with a complete File Inventory reporting feature. With OmniMarkz, you can now Preview, Report, and convert QuarkXPress, InDesign, and PDF documents, all via a single stand-alone application.

Created layouts for Mazda print brochures.

Created pages for "F.I.G.S Form," a daily horseracing newspaper where I met my future partner of Markzware, Ron Crandall.

Created advertising, business forms and corporate branding.

Conceptualizing and markup for typesetting of advertisements for the newspaper.

Designed and typeset insurance forms. (Worked at the Register Newspaper simultaneously.)

Typeset advertisements and full-production for the Horsetrader Magazine, a publication for trade printers.

Created artwork for sand-blasted wooden signs.

Design and layout type for in-house collateral material. Assisted printshop manager preparing for print and printing.

Performed various duties of parking control at the hotel while attending college.

Fast food cook while attending college in Chula Vista, California

Bused tables for restaurant within a major department store in San Antonio, Texas.

Dishwash for restaurant catering to wine merchants in Denver, Colorado

Production spray painter for products used in commercial construction in Irving, Texas