Technician Specialist

JOEY SOTO

VARIABLE DATA & PRINT / PREPRESS / DIGITAL IMAGING SPECIALIST

Reseda, CA. 91335

Tele: 818-***-****

E-mail: abgr7o@r.postjobfree.com

Web link: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joey-soto/16/b97/511

To whom it may concern:

I am a Multi-Skilled Technician seeking for new opportunities. Of my 16+

years of experiences, my knowledge based has adapted to multiple positions

such as: Digital On Demand Small/Large Format Printing, Reprographics,

Prepress, Graphics, Variable Data Programming & Print, Bar-coding, Help

Desk MAC/PC, and Filemaker Pro job tracking solutions. I have ran

departments independently with no supervision and I've got the drive, plus

determination to get projects done precisely and completed on schedule.

What I would bring to your company is someone who wants to grow and stay

with a longevity position, reliability, multi-task, computer applications

knowledge skills, and help desk services if needed. If you have questions

or would like to schedule an interview, please contact me 818-***-**** or

by email at abgr7o@r.postjobfree.com. I have enclosed my resume below for

your review, and I hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you for your time!

Sincerely,

JOEY SOTO

RECOMMENDATIONS

Marni Hills, Sr. Director of Product Development & Creative Services,

Creativity Inc./Blue Moon Beads managed Joey indirectly at CREATIVITY INC.

"Joey was a strong, integral part of our creative services team. Always

ready with a solution or workaround to any issue, and completely dedicated

to achieving the best outcome possible. A valued colleague with a great

attitude."

Irina Fedorova, Graphic/Packaging Designer, Creativity Inc worked directly

with Joey at CREATIVITY INC. "Joey is an extremely knowledgeable,

experienced and effective professional. While working with him at

Creativity, Inc. I always found his expertise in the printing industry to

be indispensable. He is a top-notch digital imaging specialist. In addition

to his superior skills in color correction, manipulation of high resolution

images, troubleshooting, preflighting files, upgrading, configuring and

maintaining work stations and various computer components, Joey has great

work ethics and inter-personal communication skills. Whenever I needed help

or experienced difficulties handling the files or equipment he was always

there to help, support and provide useful advise. Joey would be an

invaluable asset to any organization seeking a results oriented

professional that requires minimal supervision. I would highly recommend

him for any digital imaging and pre-press operator position or project."

Susan Smith, Director of Product Development-Crafts & Home Decor',

Creativity Inc.

managed Joey indirectly at CREATIVITY INC. "Joey's expertise in color

management was always precise. He was a true champion of getting the right

color matches and being able to transmit those files to our Asian partners.

His ability to work on tight and critical deadlines, while maintaining the

integrity of the projects was AMAZING. Should you choose to hire Joey, you

will be getting a highly trained professional. I would welcome the

opportunity to work with Joey again!"

Grace Kono-Wells, hired Joey as a Printer in 2006, and hired Joey more than

once. "I have always had a great experience working with Joey. He listens

to our needs and carefully crafts a way to work around any problem, whether

it's technical or cost-related. And in the end, we always get a high

quality product. Joey even came by the office to help organize a few things

to get the ball rolling at no extra charge--who does that these days?! If

you're looking for all around quality--Joey's your guy!"

COMPUTER SKILLS / APPLICATIONS / HARDWARE

SOFTWARE - MAC OS X, WINDOWS 7, VISTA, XP, Adobe CS 3&4, Illustrator,

Indesign, Photoshop, Postscript, PDF Workflow, Microsoft Office, Word,

Excel, Publisher, QuarkXpress, Verabase, Wiredrive, Profilemaker, EFI

Colorproof, Bestcolor, Flightcheck Designer, Toast, Filemaker Pro,

Colorchoice, Barcode Toolbox, Printshop Mail, Suitcase Fusion, Font

Reserve, Font Book, INTERNET, Yahoo, Firefox, Thunderbird, MONACO OPTIX,

Roland Versaworks, Xante IQueue, Fiery Command Workstation 5 and etc.

LARGE FORMAT INKJET PRINTERS - Epson 9880, 4880, 4800, 7800, 7600, 7000,

3000.

Roland Hi-Fi PROJET 500 & 600, Encad Novajet III & Pro 50, Canon 2436

Bubblejet Copier, HP 5500, Roland S300V.

SMALL FORMAT DIGITAL PRINTERS - Xerox 6060, 2060, 240, 12, short time

involvement with XEROX IGEN, Ricoh C900, Xante Illumina Digital envelope

printer, Sharp Color printer, Canon CLC1000, CLC800, and Risograph Spot

Color GR9750.

SCANNERS - Action Imaging 50", Epson Professional 10000 XL

SPECTROPHOTOMETER - GretagMacbeth SpectroScan.

RIPS - EFI, CREO, SPLASH, COLORCHOICE.

EDUCATION

LEARNING TREE UNIVERSITY (Chatsworth, CA.)

1997 Intro. To Macintosh and Adobe Pagemaker pt 1.

1995 Completed courses at LA RECORDING WORKSHOP. Recording Engineering

1982 Sylmar High School Graduate

EXPERIENCES

CREATIVITY INC. January 2006 - April 2011 (5 years 4 months)

Multiple Duties include: Variable Data Specialist - Data merge, barcode

setups and printing for packaging. Click on this website link to view any

PDF's my variable data runs. http://www.creativityinc.com/catalogs

Clients include Joann's, Michaels, Wal-Mart and many more!

Prepress Technician - Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and package electronic

files for FTP delivery and maintenance, email, color scanning.

Large Format Color / Proofing Specialist - Install, maintain and operate

printers.

EFI Color Management - Administrate the RIP systems. Create and manage SWOP

color system, color sync ICC profiles to our Asian partners. Monitor

display calibration.

Xerox Color Technician - maintain consumer services, place service calls,

and printed jobs.

Inventory Control - Manage supply orders.

MAC & PC Help desk - Troubleshoot minor workstation repairs, printing

troubleshooting, software installations. FTP storage managing, Job

management, Artwork File Archival, Retrieval, and Server Maintenance.

ALL VALLEY PRINTING (Temp Position) July 2005 - September 2005

MAC / PC file troubleshooting, prepare file layouts for the offset printers

such as the Adast press, and the AB Dick duplicators. Convert files to PDF

for emailing digital proofs, then proofed on the Epson 7000 24" w/

BestColor rip software. Prepare color separations for direct to plate

process using the Presstek rip and platemaker. Operated the Canon CLC1000

digital color printer. Send electronic files to the Xerox Docutech.

COLORTREND (Temp Position) May 2005 - July 2005

Responsible for opening the store. MAC / PC file preps, print poster jobs

on the Roland HiFi PROJET 600 large format printer w/ Colorchoice rip.

Calibrate/Operate the Xerox Docucolor 2060 / CSX2000 Spire/Creo rip.

UNIVERSAL REPROGRAPHICS INC. December 1994 - March 2005 (10 years 4

months)

Reproductions/Reprographics Color Specialist, Prepress Technician, Digital

Color Printer,

Filemaker Pro Job Tracking developer/maintenance. Responsible for opening

the first shift color department and ran it independently. As a Mac and PC

preflight operator, I was responsible for examining native applications for

both color and black & white files before they were outputted. Determined

if all the client's electronic files were presently linked, font managed,

and if files high resolution were properly saved with PDF workflow. Printed

to varies printers such as the Xerox Docucolor 6060, Docucolor 2060,

including brochures, flyers, booklets, covers, business cards, photo prints

and postcards. I operated the Roland HIFI PRO JET large format printer and

the Action Imaging 50" large format color scanner/color correcting.

Variable data

bar-coding programming and printing. Filemaker Pro Job-tracking solutions.

Assist with backup tape archives and restore client files from server.

Email and FTP workflows.

REFERENCES

[pic]

7/29/2011

To Whom It May Concern

Joey Soto worked for California State University, Northridge QuickCopies as

a Reprographics Specialist III for a short period of time. During the time

that he was employed he was an exemplary employee. Joey was reliable,

competent, and was able to learn his responsibilities immediately and start

to produce quality products from the very first day. Joey had to learn how

to do his job on his own as the person to train Joey was on vacation when

he started.

Joey is a self-starter who needs no supervision. Joey is also one of the

best communicators I have had the pleasure of working with. There was never

a need for me to follow up with Joey as he always communicated where he was

with this the job at every step of the way including when a job was

completed. Joey would research where to purchase supplies or if a job

needed to be outsourced, Joey would get the price, timeline, and vendor

information. Joey's approach to his job can be characterized as truly

professional.

I will miss Joey as he was a valuable part of the team here at QuickCopies.

Joey is welcome to come back to work here any time he wants. I wish him my

very best as he seeks new challenges.

Sincerely,

Massae Mary Hanson (Assistant Director, Logistical Services)

[pic]

4/5/2011

To Whom it May Concern:

Joey Soto had worked under my supervision at Westrim / Creativity Inc. for

over five years. Joey was a dedicated Pre-press Production Manager and

Color Specialist. Joey was my "right- hand " man that helped set up color

management and printing calibration. Workflow ran smoothly and on time with

the automation system Joey created. He was organized and able to managed

extreme heavy workflow. I depended on Joey to manage the tracking and

schedule in my absence. Joey's down-to earth personality and positive

leadership under the most stressful times has proven to be very valuable to

the company. He would be an asset to any company!

May Okazaki (Director of Graphic Services)

Contact this candidate