355 Solon Road
Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
(440) 247-5382
webmaster@macthrasher.com
http://www.macthrasher.com
SUMMARY
Desire a challenging position with a quality company whose future and growth will utilize my experience and ability in the technology arena. I have extensive experience in Digital Media, Photo Retouching, Print Production, Cross Platform Conversions, and Web Publishing. A position with expansions to the Internet using HTML, QuickTime, Adobe Acrobat, Audio (RealAudio and Sound Machine), and other cross platform multimedia technologies.
December 1998 to February 2002
Director of M.I.S.
Administrator of Prepress, Accounting, Telecommunications, and Electronic Commerce for a high volume wholesale print shop. Supporting Unix, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Novell environments. Maintaining direct to plate imaging systems and associated RIP engines. Coordinating E-commerce solutions, automation, and WAN integration between production facilities. Heavy use of Quark, Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, HyperCard, Apple script, and numerous conversion and graphic software¹s. Duties include 24 support of prepress department. Coordinate outside programming, project work, machine repairs and preventative maintenance schedules. Troubleshooting of networks (WAN, LAN using numerous protocols) and other electronic communications (PBX Phone Systems, Fax Servers)
Swagelok Marketing Co.
June 1994 to September 1998
Communications Department.
Technology Administrator. Systems Administrator and Literature Production. Administrator of a multiple site AppleShareIP network through the Corporate Wide Area Network using TCP/IP. Supporting a Macintosh 8.1 network with Novell 4.1 PC and MS Windows NT networks. Cross platform support for conversions between Windows NT/95/3.x, Mac, and Unix systems. Heavy use of Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, Go Live Cyber Studio, and numerous conversion and presentation software¹s such as MacLink Plus and Microsoft PowerPoint. Well versed in scanning, color correction, image manipulation, layout, typesetting, and digital prepress. Additional responsibilities include researching new technologies including digital high resolution photography and storage. Also involved as a purchasing agent for the company for literature, displays, film work, and other graphic material. Involved with numerous development groups corporation wide on Desktop Integration, CD ROM Multimedia publishing, and Internet technologies.
May 1992 to June 1994
Training Services Group
Video Production Intern and Desktop Publishing
Experience in digital video editing (offline) with 3/4 inch tape and Pinnacle DVE. Graphic production using Crystal Topaz and Avid Videoshop. Desktop publishing using Mac and PC Adobe PageMaker and Microsoft Word. Slide presentations using PowerPoint and Word Perfect Presentation.
Sept 1991 to June 1994
Technology Stores - College of Technology
Assisting students in projects and purchasing and selling supplies to students. Additional responsibilities included PC work in Lotus 123 and inventory from an IBM 3580 emulation.
Kenston High School 88.3 FM
Three years of on-air experience. Two years as Production Director. One year as Program Director.
Supervised live broadcasts including football games, live election coverage,
Macintosh computers, with vast experience in Windows 3.x, 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT and Unix (SCO, AIX, BSD, Linux)
Expertise in networking systems (Novell, Win NT Server, Ethernet, TCPIP, AppleTalk, NFS)
Experience with Digital Imaging and Image setters (direct to plate)
Experience with remote access technology, TCP/IP and NFS
Extensive use of Quark XPress, Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat, PageMaker, and Photoshop. Macromedia Freehand
Bachelor of Arts in Communications, 1994
Telecommunications (Radio/TC/Film)
Bowling Green State University -
Minors in Visual Computer Science and Visual Communication Technology