Manager Quality

Kenneth Hill

Chapel Hill, Tennessee

addudc@r.postjobfree.com • 931-***-****

Print Specialist &

Quality Assurance Manager

Diligently process driven, customer centric, and detail-oriented Ink Room Technician, Lead Pressman, and G7 Professional-certified Printing Production Specialist with over two decades’ meticulous color management expertise in defining expectations, calibrating third-party (OEM) applications, and profiling color systems in alignment with client requirements and timing. Expediently cut costs by ensuring lower levels of ink, press “down time,” and substrate waste.

Professional operator of narrow web flexo presses including Mark Andy, Webtron, Comco and Aquaflex, and in schemes of 2-8 colors.

•Lead Pressman/Quality Assurance

•Flexo Presses/Sheetfed Litho Presses

•Color Management & Processing

•Magnus VLF Quality Control

•Print Facility Supervision

•Prinergy Reprint/Virtual Proofing

•Mitsubishi 40-inch/56-inch

•Inventory Control Standards

•Man Roland 63-inch/73-inch

Professional Qualifications

Various Courses

Mitsubishi & Man Roland

Fundamentals of Color & Reproduction

ICC Profiles & Color Management

X-Rite, Grand Rapids, MI

Certified G7 Expert/Professional

ISO 9001 Lead Auditor

[Qualified to perform a Quality Management System (QMS) audit]

Career Experience

LEWISBURG PRINTING CO., Lewisburg, TN

"With over 100 years of experience, printing is in our blood." – Thomas Hale Hawkins, IV, CEO

Ink Room Technician 08/2015 to Present

Mix inks, coatings, and adhesives in alignment with customer requirements and to produce quality material adjusting colors on press. Provide customers with color proofs. Monitor and maintain inventory. Evaluate job orders to establish colors, quantities, stock specification, and/or printing instructions. Ensure that substrate and ink meet each job’s specs. Utilize a variety of industry-specific color measurement tools. Analyze and interpret technical information and procedures.

Established operational procedures that mitigated downtimes even during a companywide change management initiative.

Quality Assurance Manager / G7 Expert 05/2014 to 08/2015

Functioned as resident G7 Expert; highly skilled in the field of color management and process/quality control for proofing and printing equipment. Managed tech support staff in monitoring daily systems and processes, ensuring compliance with established methods/techniques, and specifications to ensure consistent standards of service delivery. Delivered periodic staff training initiatives, evaluated performance, and contributed to ongoing professional development. Collaborated closely with clients, sales staff, and Customer Service to coordinate provision of quality products within short turnaround times.

Reduced recorded incidents of nonconformance by 40%.

COURIER PRINTING (an RRD Company), Smyrna, TN

“Our expansive network of technologically advanced facilities help bring your vision to life. We utilize a variety of sheet-fed, web, digital, and large format presses to create communications in any format.”

Quality Manager 10/2013 to 05/2014

Promoted best practices and fostered a customer-first, service-based environment grounded continuous improvement. Evaluated designs, liaised with the clients, as well as printer and tooling suppliers to verify artwork changes or separation approaches dependent on the chosen print processes. Conducted activities in compliance with standard working practices (SWP)/standard operating procedures (SOPs). Supplied post-print analyses (measured and visual).

Successfully mitigated company wastage to a miniscule 2%.

ABnote NORTH AMERICA, Boston, MA

“Our expertise and solutions span credentialing & authentication, logistics & inventory management, payment transactions, fraud prevention and document management. The type of programs we touch include secure access, affinity, identification, health & benefit, transit and bespoke direct marketing campaigns, just to name a few.”

Quality Assurance Manager 03/2013 to 10/2013

Oversaw press crew attainment of key performance indicators (KPIs), emphasizing workflow and QC procedures, to optimize production value and turnaround times and deliver products that adhered to strict client requirements. Oversaw production batch quality assessments. Make ready, operate, troubleshoot and maintain web offset printing press. Established and maintained accurate and comprehensive quality records. Investigated and evaluated non-conforming batches (internal/external). Documented and reported any non-conforming products.

Recorded 100% on a quality control audit that accounted for checks and bonds.

Additional Experience

Quality Assurance Manager, Lewisburg Printing Company, Lewisburg, TN: Reduced make ready waste by 50%.

Pressman, Midsouth Digitizing & Graphics, Nashville, TN

Contact this candidate