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Greenville, Sc, Us

Greenville, Sc, Us

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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743 Congaree, Road Suite 2 Greenville Sc

743 Congaree Road, Greenville Sc

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Production:Rebuilt PrePress and Digital Departments implementing new work flows that enable customers a faster and better quality experience through the use of process automation, lean and six sigma practices, and improved customer facing solutions. Increased throughput by 75% through the use of these practices. Developed the RAPID work flow, that took turned proof turn times from days into hours.IT:Restructured and upgraded all infrastructure, including but not limited to servers, hardware (desktop), network, and RIP integration with online customer solutions. Updated and implemented server / network security, wireless (secure) network, redundant data backup and retrieval, and off site data backup solutionSales:Work with the sales group to go on site with them to a client, to incorporate best practices to allow a customers faster turn times and higher quality without the added expense. Also act as a liaison for sales to communicate proper solutions for a customer, and offer unique solutions to help complete the sale.

Owned Duration Photography and Design. Focused Primarily on Wedding and High End Photography, as well as Print and Web Design. Produced over 100 High End Photographic Sessions, including weddings, portraits, HS senior and modeling.Design and Web Clients included Jack Daniels, Chambord Liqueur, Multiple Realty Companies. Natures Best Photography Magazine.

Duties included but were not limited to: System Administration (Apple/Microsoft Servers running Kodak Prinergy), Software Support and Creation, R&D, Work flow optimization, Manager of Corporate Wide Pre Press Team. Started with the company by taking multiple failing Pre Press departments and converted them into profit centers, capturing wasted labor and process' and capitalizing on efficiencies and automation in the work flow. Accepted a corporate wide position to create uniform work flows and streamline Pre Press systems (RIPS, Desktops, CTP Devices) across the organization as well as work as R&D for creating new systems for production.On a team that I led, we created a typesetting system that was able to replace an old outdated system. By doing this, the error rate in each company from 4 to 5 percent of all orders to .05 percent of all orders. With this, turn time was reduced by 75 percent. This created an annual savings of almost $750K per year on waste.The next project was to create a grouping engine that would eliminate the need to sort jobs out before they were plated by hand. The system I developed was named Triton, and with my team, implemented it into multiple facilities automating the process. By doing so, the process went from 8 to 10 hours of sorting hundreds of jobs to 30 seconds. This system saved the organization 1.5 Million dollars in the first year alone.

The Regional Printing Institute (a division of Shepherd University) was founded to create a center of learning for print professionals on the Interstate 81 corridor in the northeast region of the country. Due to the high volume of various printing companies, a need for a central educational facility was founded and created.I was an instructor for the Institute, and created and taught classes on the following subjects:Introduction to Desktop Publishing Advanced Desktop PublishingQuark Xpress AdvancedAdobe InDesign AdvancedAdobe Photoshop AdvancedCorrecting Incorrect Files for Print Production (PDF)GATF Printing Professional Prep Course (Certified)Print Color Theory 101 (Basic Principles of Color Theory)Introduction to Color MeasurmentPrint Color Theory 102 (Color Measurement, Color Correction)

Color Consultant / Technician, worked with clients including National Geographic, Natures Best, Victoria's Secret, and many more. Met with clients at daily color shows reviewing photographer work that was to be placed in the publication. Color Corrected artwork after color show based on customers requirements.Shift Manager:Managed shift with 8 employees through each segment of the Pre Press process