Manager Sales Representative
Resume:
Mark W. Caudle
Winston-Salem,NC 27106 *********@*****.***
SUMMARY
An exacting Manager and Technical Sales Representative with over 28 years experience with
printing ink technologies. Recognized for excellent color matching skills and fully trained in using
QA Master and X-Rite and Digital Cloud PMS. Served as printing ink room supervisor for MCC
Label and East Coast Manager / Technical service representative for world’s largest ink company
specializing in UV Flexographic and Flexo printing and overseeing UV Screen and multiple UV
and conventional sheet fed applications. Performed numerous UV narrow and wide web
combination press start-ups for multi-million dollar accounts. Single, willing to relocate.
Accomplishments
Managed multiple press trial applications for P@G utilizing “low amine inks” systems
Reduced ink room inventory utilizing “lean manufacturing” process and Seigwerk’s “Fast
Matching Software”
Sun Chemical reduced dormant UV inventories by 50%.
Attended flexographic, screen, water, offset and solvent seminars.
Guest speaker at UV Flexographic seminars.
Manned Sun Chemical’s Label Expo of America’s booth in Chicago, IL numerous years.
GMP Certified
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MCC LABEL, York, PA 4-2-2012 /11-14-2014
Printing Ink (Specialty cosmetic label producer for L’Oreal, P&G, Noxell and Colgate utilizing
pressure sensitive, cold and hot foil applications)
• Implemented minimal / maximum ink room inventory levels based on weekly production
planning and also implemented low cost color matching utilizing pigment combinations
(EBIT)
• Managed 4 ink room technicians on multiple shifts
• Worked with R&D, prepress on color rotations to ensure high quality and correct color
pertaining to customer specifications
• QC for Gallus, Webtron, Arpeco, Arsoma and Mark Andy press platforms
• Responsible for customer color matching proofs to ensure X-rite readings below 1.0 DE
• Coordinated and develop nickel screen, squeegee durometer printing to insure correct
color matching from lab to press
• Updated production work instruction’s for correct ink formula number’s and anilox
information
• Worked with R&D and prepress to develop specialty color matches utilizing color shifting
pigments and various cold and hot foil applications.
SONOCO CORRFLEX, Winston-Salem, NC 2009/2012
Press Supervisor and Safety Coordinator
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• Operated Bobst 200 6 color & die cut press.
• Operated Bobst Master flex 203A 6 color flexo and UV printing press.
• Producing water-based flexographic Corrugated Displays for P&G and Glaxo Smith Kline.
Primary responsible for exact color matching, color rotations, print registrations and die
cutting to meet customer’s specifications.
WATKINS & SHEPARD TRUCKING, Missoula, MT 2008/2009
ORT CDL Class A Truck Driver
• Received CDL Class A license from Sage Truck Training School.
TRUE CUT LANDSCAPING Winston-Salem, N.C. 2006/2008
• Owner and operator
• Operated various lawn equipment and tractor’s pertaining to landscaping designs and
residential lawn maintenance
SUN CHEMICAL, Winston-Salem, NC 1995/2006
UV Flexographic Manager and Technical Sales Representative for Label and Manufacturing
• Managed UV flexographic / Screen printing.
• Formulated color and provided color matching for customer’s specifications.
• Provided technical services for: UV Flexo, UV Screen, UV Coatings, UV Letterpress, UV
Offset, Heat set, Conventional Sheet fed, Rotogravure, Solvent Flexographic and water-
based corrugated ink systems.
• Provided technical support to multiple multi-million dollar plants.
• Performed UV liquid ink technical sales service for 3 additional branch locations.
• Performed numerous narrow and wide web UV combination press start-ups. Including
fingerprint testing at Comco headquarters in Cincinnati, OH and BHS headquarters in
Hamburg, Germany.
• Served as liaison between field sales and R&D laboratories.
• Qualified forklift operator assisting in shipping and receiving when needed.
Specific Job Details:
• Various In plant assistance: RR Donnelley Richmond, A. (offset, heat set applications),
• International Paper Raleigh, NC. (UV flexographic,Rotogravure,UV/EB offset applications)
• Graphic Packaging Lumberton, NC. (UV, conventional sheet fed applications).
UV Flexographic In plant and customer assistance:
• CCL Charlotte, NC.
• (pharmaceutical, blister pkg. and folding carton applications), New Frontier Pkg./
Charlotte, NC (various pressure sensitive wine labels, various film lamination applications
for PET vitamin water bottles, cold, hot foil applications)
• Plastic Packaging / Hickory, NC. ( Coke-Cola Pressure sensitive PET film labels for
various applications utilizing UV cationic chemistry inhibiting migration’s to consumer
products ) QA Label / Asheville, NC (P&G old spice, red zone and degree deodorant label
applications).
• Mebane Pkg./ Mebane,NC (folding carton applications), Rock Tenn/ Monroe, NC
• (Folding carton applications), International Paper / Raleigh, NC (miscellaneous juice
labels, folding cartons applications).
Rotogravure: RJ Reynolds Tobacco / W-S, NC (various cigarette labels and folding
cartons
Applications).
Various Corrugated Printers: International Paper, Chesapeake Pkg. PCA, Stronghaven,
Smurfit-Stone, Highland Container, Georgia Pacific and Exopack.
Press experience: (technical operation, application including anilox and print rotations for
trial runs, color matching and troubleshooting
Bobst (wide web), CSI (wide web) Comco, Mark Andy (UV narrow, wide web) BHS (wide web)
Komori (UV / EB), Heidelberg, Neilpeter
(sheetfed, conventional presses and UV).
AMERICAN INKS & COATINGS, Winston-Salem, NC 1985/1995
Production Manager / Ink Technologies
• Production Supervisor managed 7 employees (2 years) rotogravure and water-based ink
production insuring batch consistencies and reduce work off inks.
• Promoted into lab after serving as production supervisor.
• Inspected incoming production inks and color matching for multiple ink systems assuring
quality.
• Provided technical service for RJR Tobacco Co.
EDUCATION / TRAINING
1986 GED Graduate
Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston-Salem, NC
Hobbies/Special Interest: Mechanically inclined. Enjoy, restoring vintage motorcycles (restored
to date 1971 Yamaha DT250, 1981 Yamaha XS1100) assisted brother in law building racing
engines in NC and also carpentry. Spending time with my dog and nature walks in regards to
archeological and historic locations.
References
Ken Browning 336-***-****
Steve Mithchell 630=681-7138
Terry Best 201-***-****
Greg Faircloth 336-***-****
Mike Gunther 336-***-****
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