Gordon W Stewart

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GRAND LEDGE, MI 48837

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OBJECTIVE

Secure a position that will utilize my acquired skills.

EXPERIENCE

Special Transportation Driver - 2010 to Present

Dean Transportation, Lansing, Michigan

To drive a special transportation van. Provide a service for people that have special needs and to drive them to any destination that they need to go in the Lansing area.

Salesperson - 2009 to 2009

Aldinger, Inc., Lansing, Michigan

Outside customer sales to sell printing and bulk mailings. Created solid customer base and several accounts to help in the growth of the company.

Salesperson - 2007 to 2009

A & E Printers and Mailers, Lansing, MI

Outside customer sales to sell printing and bulk mailings. Created solid customer base and several accounts to help in the growth of the company.

Route Driver - 2006 to 2007

Frito Lay Company, Lansing, MI

Drove a 24 foot truck. Have a chauffeur license and passed the D.O.T. and Smith training tests. Was an associate on two routes with all the responsibility of the leads on the routes in terms of delivering the product, checking in the product, filling the shelves, maintaining the back stock, ordering the product and increasing sales in the stores.

Manager Prepress - 1994 to 2005

John Henry Company, Lansing, Michigan

Hired in as lead of the Prepress department on second shift. Responsibilities were to oversee the work of nine employees and to make sure camera work, stripping, proofing and plating go through the department on or ahead of schedule as well as filling in at all of those stations when needed. If something broke down I had to fix it or know who to get a hold of to fix it so valuable press time would not be lost. Communicated with customers, planners, coordinators, pressman, other leads and managers to make sure things ran smoothly through the department. Supervised employees.

Became the manager of the entire Prepress Department. The responsibilities became what a lead was times three shifts. Eventually the department was downsized so small that there was not really a reason to have lead or manager.

Went over to Electronic Prepress for about a year. Learned the basics of several computer programs. Returned back to plating. Learned how to run computer to plate "CTP" plate maker in both the sheet fed plate room and also in the flexo plate room. Responsible for taking care of calibrations of the film processors, densitometers and making sure that all calibrations of equipment were kept up-to-date.

Manager of the Prepress Department - 1978 to 1994

Lansing Printing Company, Lansing, Michigan

Hired in as a pressman. Ran several small to medium size presses. Printed letterhead, envelopes, business cards, small publications. Also made plates and proofs for many years. Had some mechanical ability so I maintained film processors, plate processors and did some maintenance on presses. I did quite a bit of scheduling for the pressroom. When a salesperson went on vacation or was on leave of some sort I filled in for them and was able to hold on to a couple of accounts because the customers liked the way I was handling their business. Was taught how to run both a horizontal and vertical camera. Learned how to shoot line copy as well as how to shoot many different kinds of specialized halftones.

I became interested in prepress stripping. Started out with simple one and two color jobs and progressed into four color and multi color stripping. Know all about why "this should be knocked out of the background and why this should overprint, etc."

Became the manager of the Prepress Department. My job was to make sure the jobs went through camera, stripping, proofs, corrections and plates in a timely fashion as well as keeping up on my stripping responsibilities.

I became interested in prepress stripping. Started out with simple one and two color jobs and progressed into four color and multi color stripping. Know all about why "this should be knocked out of the background and why this should overprint, etc."

Became the manager of the Prepress Department. My job was to make sure the jobs went through camera, stripping, proofs, corrections and plates in a timely fashion as well as keeping up on my stripping responsibilities.

Printing - 1976 to 1978

American College of Emergency Physicians, Lansing, Michigan

Ran an A.B. Dick 360 press. Ran a lot of in house publications, business cards, forms etc. Started learning how to set type and learned the concept of how to lay up artwork by using galleys, cutting and pasting, and using wax to secure columns and artwork to the page.

EDUCATION

Associate, Liberal Arts - 1975

Lansing Community College

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