DAVID A. BURRELL
With my extensive experience, education, and training, I believe that
I would be an asset to your program and staff. I am a highly motivated
self starter and have excellent support, computer, written, technical and
communication skills, in addition to maintenance and cleaning skills. I am
detail-oriented and have the ability to speed along new learning curves.
I am enclosing a copy of my resume to give you a better idea of my
work history and knowledge and would appreciate the opportunity to discuss
it further with you.
Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to hearing from
you at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
David A. Burrell
219-***-**** Cell
219-***-**** Home
********@***.***
DAVID A. BURRELL
EDUCATION
. Kodak Training Institute, Rochester, New York
Attended many seminars and training courses between 1994-2004
Major Study: All Kodak Digital hardware, KPIS & DP2 software
training, color management
. Digital Connectivity, Inc. Service and Training Institute Digital
Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Attended 1992-1993
Major Study: Digital Photographic and Pre-Press Operations
Certificate of Completion; Roland Throneberry, Instructor
. Highland Institute of Data Processing, Highland, Indiana
Attended 1978-1979
Major Study: COBOL Programming
Certificate of Completion; Graduated Top of Class; Joseph Pluta,
Instructor
. Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana
Attended 1976-1978
Major Study: Industrial Engineering, Computer Technology
. Andrean High School, Merrillville, Indiana
Attended 1971-1975 Graduated
Major Study: General Studies / Math / College Prep
**Between the years of 1994-2004 I gave seminars nationwide in educating
Professional Photographers into the Digital Age. Sponsored by the PMA
(International Photo Marketing Association) and also by Burrell Colour,
Inc.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Stover & Sons Lawn & Landscape Service, Griffith, Indiana
Maintenance Technician, August 2011-August 2013.
Worked part-time doing all phases of lawn care and maintenance, including
landscape removal and replacement, general cleanup and removal of unwanted
items. Also installed various types of boarder edging, paver bricks, rocks
and mulch.
U.S. Federal Credit Union, Merrillville, Indiana
Cleaned weekly with my wife, 02/11/2011-06/05/2013.
Did all phases of commercial building cleaning and maintenance, including
floor sweeping, polishing, carpet vacuuming, main lobby, teller stations,
lunch room and restrooms. Also cleaned all glass entry ways and cubicle
areas.
IMCO, Industrial Machining, Inc., Crown Point, Indiana
Millwright and Industrial Safety Inspector, 2010-Present.
Rebuilt and repaired line shafts and bearing boxes for steel industry,
inspected shop equipment and overhead cranes for wear and damage. Also
monitored employee practices and made sure shop is in OSHA compliance
for hazard and safety.
D& M Imaging, Inc., Crown Point, Indiana
Vice-President, Digital Systems Manager, Systems Support, 2004-2010.
Opened D& M Imaging with my cousin (Digital and Traditional Photo
Lab).
Setup entire digital department including server room and all internet
connections. Configured all equipment and software, created on-line
customer ordering and automated billing system, trained employee's,
developed production workflow, managed and supported staff. (15
workstations, 3 servers, 1 NAS system, 2 Digital Printers).
Converted Great Lakes Naval Base (Photography Division) from Traditional to
Digital.
Member of transition team along with Express Digital, Inc., Nov. 2008.
Setup server, workstations, router and switch and digital wireless
cameras. Installed software and trained staff on use. Recruits now get
their portraits on the same day they are photographed instead of two
weeks later, as it was with the old system. I Supported staff off-site
for six months.
Burrell Colour Lab, Inc., Crown Point, Indiana
Digital Manager, User Support 1980-2004.
COBOL Programmer 1980-1990. Opened and managed Burrell Colour's first
Digital Imaging Center in 1994. I also named the center "Rainbow
Digital Imaging". This allowed many new revenue streams that Burrell
Colour could not service before the imaging center opened. I selected
all equipment (Hardware and Software), created production workflow and
customer on-line ordering and automated billing system. Trained and
supported all staff (50 workstations, 8 servers, 2 NAS systems, 6
Digital Printers, FDDI fiber optic network). Employed for (24) years
until change of ownership.
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE
. Network Knowledge: All high-speed wiring including Fiber Optic. All
network switching devices, Cisco Full Ethernet Gigabit Network
Switching. High Speed Connection to Internet. Router and Firewall
configuration, security and intrusion detection. FTP server set-up
and configuration. Wireless 802.11 configuration, TCP/IP
configuration, DHCP configuration, NAT configuration, IIS and Web
Services.
. Main Frame Knowledge: Cobol Programmer on Unisys Main Frame's
(B900,A4). Wrote many custom applications for business keeping and
data storage/retrieval. Extensive knowledge of data backup and tape
devices; backup and restore software.
. Hardware Knowledge: Dell 2850 Dual Processor Power Edge Servers.
Quantum Snap Servers (NAS Devices). Network Area Storage. KVM
Server Switches. UPS Power Supplies. All types of PC's and MAC's.
IBM AIX PC's, SGI IRIX PC's. Unisys B900, A4 & UNIX Computers. IRIS
Color Inkjet Press Proofers. Prepress Color Trapping and
Registration knowledge. Kodak Dye-Sub Prepress Proofers. Kodak
Digital Photographic Paper Writers (L.E.D.20" and RP30 Laser mini-
labs). MGI Electronics Film Recorders. Cisco Routers and Switches.
Cisco 515 Firewall Devices. All computer devices attached by SCSI,
USB, Firewire, SATA, SAS, Ethernet, etc. Noritsu Roll to Roll Laser
Photographic Printers. All types of Flatbed scanners. Kodak HR500
Film Scanners with multiple input gate options. Large Format C.S.I.
Light Jet 5900 photographic laser printers (up to 50" x 100") with
System Manager Software.
Software Knowledge: Microsoft Windows 286 to Windows 7. Microsoft Server
Enterprise. Microsoft SQL Server. Microsoft Active Directory and Security
methods. Mac OSX. Silicon Graphics IRIX. IBM AIX UNIX. FileMaker Pro
Database. Microsoft Access, Office, Excel, etc. Express Digital Darkroom
Software. DP2 Software by Kodak. CMYK Color Prepress Operations, Adobe
Postscript, Photoshop, etc. Barco Creator Expert software running on SGI
IRIX platform.
*** PC hardware and software trouble shooting and problem resolution.
*** PC software and hardware installation, configuration, patches and
all upgrades.
*** Virus removal and adware removal and prevention.
*** PC hardware repair and modification, including CPU's, monitors,
printers, scanners, servers, routers, firewalls, switches and all
Ethernet cable installation.
***Expert Color Profile Management (creating profiles with Spectral
Photometer, tuning profiles with Kodak Color Flow Profiling Software, color
matching technology, calibration of photographic devices using X-Rite
Densitometers, daily color consistency among all input and output devices,
monitor calibration using Pantone Color Vision Spyder Device).
***Expert at Digital Photo Restoration, Retouching and Artwork.
Also skilled in: plumbing, electrical, carpentry, HVAC, flooring, painting
and wallpapering and all other inside and outside building maintenance and
repair.
Professional and personal references are available upon request.
Please keep all contact
confidential. Thank you for your consideration.
David A. Burrell
219-***-**** Cell
219-***-**** Home
********@***.***