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A seasoned professional with over 30 + years of extensive experience in the Printing and Direct Digital Imaging Technologies & Electronic Prepress – Workflow solutions arena.
Specialties: Graduate of Nashua Senior High School , Nashua, N.H. 1980
• Member of IGAEA http://igaea.org
**** ” Honored Member of Biltmore Who’s Who ” ****
• FTA_Flexographic Technical Association
• GATF Color Management Training
• WPA_Waterless Printing Association
• Seminars on Management techniques and motivational skills
• Seminars & Demos at Annual Pre-press Shows- DRUPA, Print, Seybold, SGAUA, GraphExpo
• Seminars on System Manager Skills plus How to be a Trainer
Applications Engineer
Esko
March 2010 – Present (3 years 4 months)USA
Technical Consulting and advanced work-flow implementation
•Provide advanced installation, upgrade and training services for all assigned Esko-Artwork software,
•Provide technical application demonstrations on all Esko-Artwork software as needed
•Provide consultative services, work-flow diagrams, reports and guidance to the Esko-Artwork customer base
•Provide periodic installation, upgrade and training services for all assigned Esko-Artwork software
EskoArtwork is a global supplier and integrator of innovative solutions for packaging design, commercial printing and professional publishing. Its products and services help customers raise productivity,reduce time-to-market, lower costs and expand business.
Digital Technical Sales Representative / Digital Systems Integration SpecialistEdit
Presstek
May 1998 – January 2010 (11 years 9 months)
My Primary function at Presstek as an Digital Technical Sales Representative / Digital Systems Integration Specialist —
provide expertise to Sales Force,Customers and OEM’s Partners through technical pre-sales, post-sales, installation, integration and training of Presstek Thermal Imaging DI Technology both On Press_DI and Off Press_CTP. Training also included Prepress products with maintaining detailed technical knowledge and operation of Presstek hardware and software both In-house and On-site which included International travel.
• Responsible for formulating and executing the sales support plan for digital print workflow products
• Provide support to Sales force and customers with prepress / network training and technical support in- house and on-site which included International travel.
• Conduct workflow analysis with prospects and sales team to develop ROI and sales lead generations. Uncovering opportunities to help customers reduce cost and increase sales revenue.
• Knowledge with specialized desktop publishing tools , procedures and processes, Adobe Creative Suite ,Quark
• Providing customer-oriented skill and expertise in Web-to-print solutions used in the Printing Industry
• Color measurement and process tools designed to enhance productivity and profits relative to color.
• Trained and optimizing new standards in digital color and press optimization. ( G7, Gracol, SWOP, Fogra, ICC )
• Providing customer-oriented skill and expertise in Printing Industry. product workflows and operating systems.
• Increased customer satisfaction by improving productivity and reducing downtime.
• Create and maintain documentation : installation manuals , service manuals and service bulletins.
• Maintain a working knowledge of industry standard software and hardware systems and relevant diagnostics.
+Specifically Harlequin , Kodak-Creo-Scitex , Esko (Artworks) , Agfa , EFI, Rampage ,
Xitron and Presstek DI tools ( 1bitTIFF converter )
Digital Printing SpecialistEdit
Scitex
February 1992 – April 1998 (6 years 3 months)
Prepare and conduct technical training courses on Scitex equipment and Macintosh software Develop instructional material, lectures, exercises for Classroom and traveling On-Site to customer’s and OEM’s helping them understanding the real world problems in Electronic Prepress technologies & Workflows. Plus assisted R&D and Advanced Technical Support in testing Alpha, Beta versions of software and new Products.
• Scitex Brisque DFE RISC-based Power PC raster image processor connected to Dolev Imagesetters & Iris Digital Proofers with Full Auto Frames, Scitex Remake, Class Screening, APR, Impose workflows
• Scitex WideBoard -Wide Format Digital Printing w / (DFE) Digital front-end RIP and print server
• Scitex Spontane Digital color printer ( XEROX ) w / (DFE) Digital front-end RIP and print server
• Iris 3000 series & Realist inkjet proofers and Scitex ImProof 750c – Maintenance & troubleshooting
plus Scitex or desktop workflows with Brisque (DFE), I/Q Pro , PS/2 , FEP , PSLink and ColorBase Server
• Scitex Trans/4x training plus trouble shooting ICC Color calb. setups and Fine Art Calibration
• Scitex Calibration Software for Color and Gradation
( CreateLUT, ResoLut PS, DCB, ColorShop ICC Pro )
• Scitex CCD Scanners
( EverSmart Pro, 320, 340L, 342L, 720, Monoscan XLS )
• Scitex Data Management- SciNet Span Pro, Gateway Tools, etc.
• Winner Circle Award recipient for customer service. Scitex Best Performing PDR “1995 – 1997
Scanner Dept Supervisor
Ultra Scan Inc
November 1980 – January 1992 (11 years 3 months)Hudson NH
Supervised press runs, developed business relationships and provided Technical support and Quality control color for clients, operators and sales staff. Successfully developing workflow strategies for electronic jobs in the Prepress Environment going from Disk to Press
• Supervised and trained new operators to work with prepress system and scanners
• Trouble shooting technical problems with scanners and system
• Setup Standards and Configuration for installation of Scitex system
• Develop various set ups to meet the needs of different press, paper, color standard profiles
• Scan / evaluate color & gradation of original refl. artwork and various transparencies
• Macintosh Computer system knowledge in the Prepress Production Environment
• Scitex Prisma workstation ( color manipulation, creative retouching, gradation changes )
• Eikonix Designmaster 8000 ( color manipulation, creative retouching, gradation changes )
• Scitex Softproof workstation ( global color gradation, retouch copy brushing )
• Output : Scitex Dolev 800 &200 High-volume,
internal drum film imagesetter interfaced to Scitex I/O
• Scanners: Dupont Crosfield 646 Drum scanner , ECRM Autokon 1030-BW interfaced
to Macintosh & Scitex I/O
• Scanners: Dainippon Screen SG – 757 , Lino-Hell Chromgraph 300B Drum Scanners
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