Manager Sales
Resume:
Jordan London
Johns Creek, GA, 30022
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Summary of Qualifications:
• Extensive management experience in prepress graphics
• Track record of superior performance through above-quota results
• Produce results in fast paced environments by adapting and implementing new strategies
• Management experience in the graphic communication software development industry Accomplishments:
Ø Product Development
• Took Kodak's Pandora Step-And-Repeat software from a beta product with less than 40 users and limited functionality to a full production release with thousands of bug fixes and new robust functionality to support the graphics industry, resulting in over 1,000 copies in use while adding 2+ Million to Kodak’s annual revenues.
• Kodak’s Pandora software had an issue reading certain types of template files, I worked with one of our software developers to create CAD Correct, with no official budget and only one developer in Israel and myself we completed all the coding and bug testing for the CAD Correct beta launch in 3 months and in under 12 months CAD Correct was added to the Kodak price book and is sold today with virtually every copy of Pandora.
• In 2005 Kodak needed to create the online help module for Prinergy Powerpack. I worked with the documentation team to ensure proper terminology was used in the help screens; we completed the online help module in less than 4 months resulting in a user friendly and informative module used by Kodak packaging customers around the world. Ø Management
• Assigned to manage a team of 20+ employees with a revenue contribution greater than $6 million a year. In 2016 I started as a contract employee focusing on setting up a QC program at Schawk Atlanta and in 2019 I took over the role as production manager and in 2020 was named the operational site lead for SGK/Schawk Atlanta.
• I started my own company in 2011 as a management consultant and a workflow strategist for the packaging industry, in 2016 I left the consulting side of the business but continue to manufacture and sell quality control equipment in the printing business.
• In 1993 London Graphics had a small photopolymer department producing 5,000 Sq. In. per month of plates, I took on the role of building up the department’s production capacity, and I hired additional team members to facilitate the ramp-up of plate production. The result was a department that by 1998 was producing 1.8 million Sq. In. per month of flexographic printing plates and was the largest volume user of DuPont Cyrel Material in Canada. Employment:
SGK/Schawk Atlanta GA
Operational Site Lead – Atlanta August 2016 to Present
• Responsible for a team of 20+ production employees involved in prepress and color activities
• Work with clients and their national printers and plate vendors to ensure continuity on their new design launches
• Ensure that what the designers send us will match the capabilities of the national printers
• Manage our color team to ensure success with our services press side Single Source Consultants Atlanta GA
Owner May 2011 to Present
• Consulted with press and prepress companies to recommend workflow efficiencies
• Attended press approvals for clients to approve color and content before full production runs
• Trained companies such as Sandylion, Triad and Imaginex to improve operator knowledge and efficiencies
• Manufactured and marketed quality control equipment to the Flexographic print and prepress industry
Kodak Atlanta, GA
Field Applications Specialist Aug 2007 to April 2011
• Trained new Kodak workflow customers and achieved significant improvements in their productivity after their digital transformation
• Supported our organization to present customers with sales proposals for equipment and consumables.
• Ensured that direct-to-plate installs exceeded our customers expectations
• Installed and configured software applications to meet our customers workflow demand Creo/Kodak Canada Burnaby, BC
Packaging Subject Matter Expert Mar 2004 to Aug 2007
• Drove a team of software developers to add functionality to Kodak's Powerpack, Pandora and CAD Correct software
• Created training videos for Pandora and CAD Correct to aid our sales team, technical support and product developers as well as Kodak's clients
• Conducted web based training for internal and external audiences Labelad Markham, ON
Prepress & Printing Subject Matter Expert Sept 1999 to Feb 2004
• Led Flexo press runs to ensure proper usage of inks, stickyback, plate type and anilox rolls
• Conducted workshops to educate sales, production and QC on new software and its advanced functionality
• Led prepress team to properly support Labelad's press operations London Graphics Toronto, ON
Prepress Manager June 1991 to Aug 1999
• Drove our transition from analog to digital prepress
• Led quality control initiatives to decrease reworks by 86% over a 2 year period
• Started a Photopolymer plating department from new to the largest single plant plate usage facility in Canada, using 1.8 million SQ. IN. per month
Education:
Ryerson University Toronto, ON
Bachelor of Technology - Graphic Communication Management
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