Michael Pelkey References:

George Sher-World Wide Ticket 954-***-****

**** **. **********. *** *** Kevin Held-KPG Corp. 802-***-****)

Deerfield Beach, Fl. Tim Posnic-KPG Corp. 802-***-****)

Home Phone: 954-***-**** Dan Plash-Telstar Engineering- (952-***-*****)

Cell Phone: 954-***-**** Cell (612-669-

1307)

Boca Systems Jan 2007-present

Boca Raton, FL

Shift Pressroom Supervisor

I review all printed product during make ready process and final samples before

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QC is called to give approval. We are running 24/7 on 5 Webtron model 1000’s. Each

press is capable of printing 9 colors with hot foil and magnetic stripe application. Each

machine is capable of variable imaging in-line as well.

I train all pressmen to operate presses, ink jet numbering machine and DMS foil

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saver unit for applying holograms as well as the six stream B.Bunch ticket folder.

Troubleshoot press problems.

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Review all work orders and PDF’s before staging.

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Stage all work to appropriate presses with mounted plates, inks, tools, and

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materials.

In addition to training personnel on the equipment it is also my responsibility to

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teach them company SOP’s, make appropriate changes to the prepared schedule to meet

delivery requirements set by the GM.

I evaluate employee performances for yearly evaluations.

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Recommend reprimands and or even terminations when needed.

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I prepare work load for following shift by retrieving material, mounting plates and

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reviewing all PDF’s to verify accuracy and verifying material availability before the work

is staged at the press areas.

World Wide TicketCraft 20003-2007

Boynton Beach Fl.

worldwideticket craft.com

Pressroom Production Manager

• Ordered all tooling and specialized equipment needed to produce new jobs

• I reviewed all jobs from prepress to finished production.

• Created an organized ink room with an ink room manager to match inks before work

order went to press.

• I created a prep department to mount plates, retrieve tooling, review PDF’s and work

orders before staging at the press.

Reviewed all new graphic files and guided prepress during the preflight process what

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modifications would be needed to make files more flexo friendly.(curve adj., trapping,

converting some cmyk to spot colors, or spot to cmyk etc.)

Reviewed all film and layout of art before they went to platemaking process.

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Scheduled all work for presses in accordance to press capability and delivery

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requirements.

I was responsible for troubleshooting all press problems to keep production downtime at

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a minimum.

Reviewed all finished product from start to finish with intermittent press checks during

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run.

I QC all work for acceptance or rejection from sign off to end of run.

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Created and implemented standard QC SOP’s to adhere to which included testing product

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in various printers which the end user would be using. These SOP’s also implemented

GMP guidelines which I am familiar with from previous job positions held at other label

manufacturers.

Responsible for training all press personnel including pressmen on how minimize make

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ready time.

Federal Label LLC 2001-2003 Sold to Sandy Alexander in

NJ

Queens, New York

Production Manager

Federal Label was a producer of various promotional printed products. They included

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folded (expandable content) labels, IRC (dry peel) coupons on PS base. Various scratch-

off cards for promotional events. Prime labels for the cosmetic industry printed on 8

color and 12 color Mark Andy’s.

Reviewed all new jobs and determined best process to manufacture products.

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Worked closely with graphics dept. and sales to make necessary adjustments to art files

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for best reproduction on press.

Ordered all material and tooling for all jobs in the flexo dept.

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Worked closely with sales dept. on scheduling and new product development.

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I managed press operations as well as finishing/rewinding.

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I was involved in new product development for multi-web constructions and specialized

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pieces.

Researched and purchased Kelleigh 310 plate processor and created new plate making

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department so plates could be made in house at a substantial savings for the company. At

my time of hire I had researched all company receipts payable to their existing trade

house and presented a proposal that the company could dramatically cut plate costs and

recapture lost downtime very quickly due to having in house platemaking capabilities. I

then trained employees on plate making equipment (Kelliegh 310 system)

Helped create and implement SOP’s for the plate-making, pressroom, and finishing depts.

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In addition, SOP’s were created to guide QC for consistent production procedures and

results to insure consistent manufacturing practices. None were in place or even practiced

until then. It was standard GMP practices but it created stricter traceability where there

was once none.

Created a safety committee and headed it. We meet every month.

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Federal Label catered to the promotional business and was very successful at securing

large accounts. Some of which were Castrol oil, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Elizabeth Arden,

Calvin Klein.

Fort Dearborn Flexible Packaging 1998-2001

Elk Grove Village, IL.

Shift Manager- Flexo Dept.

Responsibilities included:

• Trained press personnel on Comco pro-Glide MSP presses.\ and Webtrons

Equipment list:

• (5) 10 color Comco Commander pro glides(22”), (2) 10 color Webtron 1618’s, (3) 8

color Webtron 750’s, (3) Rotoflex slitter rewind inspection machines

• I delegated job placement to presses in accordance with schedule changes and

operator capabilities.

• Assigned work duties to employees on the shift to accommodate production demands.

• I managed all aspects of shift operations. All the Comcos and 1618’s were equipped

with lamination stations because the bulk was for the flexible packaging industry.

Most products were laminated with clear poly by UV adhesives. We were a producer

of polypropylene and shrinkable PVC labels for the food and beverage industry.

I was responsible for all approvals on press. Approvals had to meet strict criteria.

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Exact matching of customer proofs or previous runs were required. Color matching

with a spectrophotometer was also required. Calibrated proofs were used at that time

to match 4c process standards. All spot colors were to match the PMS color exactly.

All matching standards were strict and monitored closely.

Coordinated all production runs with finishing/rewinding and sleeve departments so

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that printed product could be shipped in a timely fashion.

Ran Comco presses when we were short handed due to absences or vacations.

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Fort Dearborn was AIB certified and under monthly audits. GMP standards were also

in place and adhered to daily.

Product lines produced: Clear and white polypropylene laminated wrap labels for the

beverage industry. (Soft drinks, water, and juices) on 50 micron shrink PVC sleeves

for the beverage industry.

Laminated foil and poly bags for the gourmet coffee industry and similar bagged and

pouched products.

Glassine lined packages for the bakery industry for cookie bags for major supermarket

chains were also a large piece of business.

Sancoa International 1997-mid 1998 (family member health forced a

relocation)

Mount Laural, N.J.

Order Engineering Dept.(Pressroom)

I was hired by Sancoa exclusively because of my experience with folded coupons and

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muliti web constructions. Although Sancoa catered to primarily pharmaceutical and

health and beauty aids, Joe Sanski explained That their customers required promotional

items and there was a lack of experience there on how to engineer these pieces.

Order engineering worked with the art department on modifications to be made to files

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for print friendly and reproduction quality at press. Determination of printing process

were also assessed in order engineering. Sancoa utilized gravure, offset, rotary letterpress,

and rotary silk screen, and flexo. All the presses were capable of combination processes.

Engineering department utilized these combinations to obtain the highest quality product.

In line hot foil stamping was also used for value added and for holographic purposes.

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I ran several of the Gallus R200 combination presses (8 to 12 color) - we were short

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handed on the production floor for several months as we had an operator leave during

that time period and I was the only one in Order Engineering with experience to keep

production going on those particular presses.

Sancoa is a manufacturer of prime labels and shrink sleeves for the pharmaceutical and

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cosmetic/health and beauty aids.

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KoPack International 1993-1997

Milton,VT

Now kpg-corp.com.

Production Manager

Job duties included creating and assigning work to appropriate presses to meet

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scheduling needs. Ordered all tooling required based on product to be printed and

coordinated such requirements with the Technical Director and the company

President.

KoPack had (5) 004 model (all in one) 13 color combination presses which were

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configured with slight variations to accommodate a multitude of various web

constructions and configurations. There were four 14 “ models with CID(6color) and

6 stack units with 1 varnish unit totaling 13 colors which ran two web constructions

for folded(expanded text) coupons to two layer promotion pieces bonded with hot

melt applied and patterned release areas which could be die cut and releasable or

frozen in different configurations. One of the 5 machines was a 16” model also with

CI/stack combination 13 colors to produce same type of products with a wider web.

All presses were equipped with variable imaging ion deposition printers and 2 were

equipped with screen hot melt stations(for pattern adhesive application in-line) in

addition to slot coating adhesive applications.

KoPack worked closely with Moore Business forms. We did a lot of R&D work for

them which some were later patented by Moore. We had a ten year contract to

produce everything from specialized business forms to high quality prime labels

The products we produced ranged from high quality prime labels to scratch off

game pieces to POP or POS pre-paid phone cards. Some unique two web

business forms were also produced there for various airline and international

customs brokers. We operated under GMP guidelines as well as Pharmaceutical

guidelines. The presses were engineered to be an All in One Pass operation to

eliminate the need for off line bindery work

I created press drawings to include inside each work order because the KoPacks had

many web paths unique for every application. They were drawn by me through a

CAD program and reduced Make Ready times substantially. I also drew up retrofits

for other unique applications and were made at local machine shops

Bertek Inc. 1983-1993 Recruited by KoPack

Swanton Vt.

berteksystems.com

Production Manager of Rotary Letterpress Dept.

I had worked for Bertek for 10 years and while there I worked up to production

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supervisor from the 2nd shift supervisor position and ultimately production manager.

Operated 12 color KoPack rotary letterpress. Bertek currently maintains (4) KoPack

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12 color presses as well as a Webtron 1600, 8 color flexo.

Duties included job planning and scheduling.

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Coordinated rewind/inspection schedules and operations.

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Responsible for ordering all materials and tooling.

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Involved in new product development.

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Monitored procedures were being followed and quality remained at the highest

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standards.

Monitored any safety concerns and made recommendations for creating a safer work

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environment,’

Made yearly evaluations on each employee and recommended increases or transfers

where employees wanted to pursue other areas of manufacturing there.

Specialized Equipment Capable of Operating:

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