Printing & Publishing Management Professional with exceptional technical and

operations leadership talents eager to contribute seasoned industry expertise toward supporting a dynamic company in optimizing productivity and  bottom-line performance.

 

 

        Adept at building, troubleshooting, overhauling and automating prepress departments to drastically boost output, quality levels, precision, and competitive positioning.  

        Excel throughout full spectrum of printing and publishing industry encompassing newspapers, inserts, circulars, web offset printing, digital photography, and Web development.

        Substantial computer and networking experience; installed numerous high-performance LANs with both CAT4 and fiber optics to heighten daily productivity, increase workflow, and reduce unnecessary staff.

        Highly versatile and able to quickly adapt to new roles, responsibilities, technical challenges, and environments.

        Reputation for hands-on management style, establishing a cooperative climate across multiple departments, and identifying opportunities which will result in long-term benefits for the employer or client.

 

 

Byrd Grafx, Houston & Austin, TX, 1995 to Present
Consultant / Owner & Operator

• Provide consultative expertise to multiple printing and publishing companies, specializing in workflow automation, technology upgrades,  and quality control.
• Produce real estate listing magazines for Houston and San Antonio Keller Williams offices.
• Completed comprehensive projects for Wetmore Printing in Houston, Texas and affiliates in Mexico, New Orleans, Orlando, Austin and Dallas.
• Updated prepress operations for Wetmore, replacing manual processes with cutting-edge automated technology; also remodeled floor plan to optimize workflow, and installed Macintosh desktop systems and associated network technology.
• Enhanced efficiency for Wetmore by installing automated direct-to-plate laser plate-making systems and wide-format printing systems to use as paginated layout proofs.
• Trained personnel in use of new systems and successfully reduced staff from 100 operators to 35 while improving throughput, accuracy and quality.

• Managed prepress operations for Wetmore during transition to ISO 9001:2000 printer.

 

Continued

 

 

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Professional Experience continued

 

• Proficiently built complete prepress system from the ground up for Harvey Press Inc.
• Requested by President of Lithoprint of Austin, Texas to remain with company as VP of Operations (1999 to 2002) after successful project focused on entirely rebuilding prepress system.

• Served as prepress/workflow consultant to Tristar Web Graphics in Houston for five years, completing numerous state-of-the-art technology installations; subsequently invited to serve as Director of Technology overseeing full-scope production (prepress, photography, web design and development, IT, etc.)

 

Haywood Graphics, Houston, Texas, 1981 to 1995

Plant Production Manager

• Spearheaded production operations for $20M plant specializing in packaging/folding cartons for food industry clients such as Coca Cola Foods, Minute Maid Coffee, and Uncle Ben s Rice.
• Advanced through progressively responsible roles (Dot Etcher, Dot Etcher Department Head, Prepress Department Manager) based on exceptional performance and technical acumen.

         Applied dynamic leadership capabilities toward mentoring, training, coaching and supervising 70 employees.

• Planned, coordinated and completed new Scitex printing system installation.
• Orchestrated daily system operations by scheduling projects, delegating tasks to technicians, and enforcing consistent quality control and assurance.
• Championed implementation of original desktop publishing system and introduced digital file development to decrease prepress staff by 50% translating to significant labor savings; initiated step-and-repeat plate process to further reduce prepress staff.
• Grew sales for Uncle Ben s account from $1M to $2.5M as primary point of contact; only account vendor to ever receive key and security pass to facility.
• Partnered with Uncle Ben s packaging engineers and ink manufacturers to develop inks with low VOCs and zero taste migration to products.

 

Prior Background:

 

Apprentice Color Separator / Camera Operator, The Color House, Los Angeles, CA

 

Apprentice, Lithochrome Press, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Scitex; UNIX; Macintosh; Avanti Time-Keeping, Quark Xpress;  Rampage automated pagination; DOS; Windows; Adobe Design; computer network installation and configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear__________________:

 

I am currently seeking a challenging career opportunity in a <insert job title/position> capacity and am submitting my resume for your review.  In advance, thank you for your time and consideration.

 

I bring to you a strong background in expertly steering complete printing operations, proven talents in staff training and supervision, proficiency in overhauling, installing and updating technology systems, and the flexibility to skillfully handle competing priorities with an unwavering commitment to efficiency, budget parameters, and quality assurance. To complement these qualifications, I offer keen organizational, forecasting, client relations, problem solving, critical thinking, and planning skills. 

 

As a proactive contributor to your organization, you will find me to be a highly motivated professional committed to supporting you in achieving your objectives through superior self-initiative, unparalleled resourcefulness, and well-honed leadership attributes. I am confident that I could be a valuable asset to <insert name of organization>, and look forward to interviewing with you in the near future.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

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