Experience

SeaChange Print Innovations

• CTO

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Plymouth, MN Chief Technology Officer for a great company that's finding new ways to transform print, structural design, packaging, kitting, mailing, fulfillment and digital media needs by offering refreshing solutions and new technology. The continued investment in new equipment, technology and people is a winning combination.



FRSecure LLC

• Customer Advisory Board

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2019

  Minnetonka, Minnesota Volunteer on FRSecure's Customer Advisory Board. Lending a hand, doing my part to help "Fix A Broken Industry".



Nahan

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Information Technology & Data Processing

  • Jul 2012 - Sep 2016

  St. Cloud, Minnesota Area Responsible for directing Information Technology and Data Processing departments; establishing road maps, budgets and future development as well as overseeing day to day IT operations across two facilities. This includes 24/7 end user support, system administration and information security/compliance (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS). Active member of the senior leadership team, assisting with setting direction for future technology growth and business development while minimizing organizational risk.

• IT Leader

  • May 2007 - Aug 2012

  St. Cloud, Minnesota Area IT Department Leader at Nahan Printing. Responsible for leading IT & Planning departments of the organization, including 24/7 end user support, system administration and Information Security functions of the company. Responsibilities include ongoing support and growth of IT systems including disaster recovery processes, vendor management, ongoing security requirements, compliance adherence and app development lifecycle process. Directed the annual department budget, set future direction of… Show more IT Department Leader at Nahan Printing. Responsible for leading IT & Planning departments of the organization, including 24/7 end user support, system administration and Information Security functions of the company. Responsibilities include ongoing support and growth of IT systems including disaster recovery processes, vendor management, ongoing security requirements, compliance adherence and app development lifecycle process. Directed the annual department budget, set future direction of technology and supported all business groups within the company. In 2010 played a directing role in the successful implementation of a new ERP system that impacted all areas of the business and included moving to virtualized environments for both servers & desktops. As part of this implementation, created and led a new functional department to bring new efficiencies to the workflow. Also led gap analysis and in house development to bridge gaps identified in new ERP system. Strong focus on continuous improvement and LEAN practices in attaining efficiencies. Experience directly managing 20 employees.

• IT - System Coordinator

  • Jan 2006 - May 2007

  St. Cloud, Minnesota Area Responsibilities include administration of several systems in 2 locations for personalization (GMC Printnet T solutions), postage calculation, Windows Server 2000 & 2003 file system management – both DLM and Backups, Enterprise RAID support, Windows 2003 Active Directory domain management including Servers, PCs, OUs, Users and Groups, Cisco network support in VLAN environment with multiple locations, also responsible for escalated help desk issues as well as 24/7 after hour support. In this… Show more Responsibilities include administration of several systems in 2 locations for personalization (GMC Printnet T solutions), postage calculation, Windows Server 2000 & 2003 file system management – both DLM and Backups, Enterprise RAID support, Windows 2003 Active Directory domain management including Servers, PCs, OUs, Users and Groups, Cisco network support in VLAN environment with multiple locations, also responsible for escalated help desk issues as well as 24/7 after hour support. In this role one of my larger responsibilities was administrating, maintaining and upgrading a FileMaker Pro database system that handled most of the internal job workflow and tracking. Played a key role in the launch and IT planning of a second facility in early 2007 that resulted in a promotion to IT Department Leader.

• Data Processing

  • Jun 2004 - Sep 2006

  St. Cloud, Minnesota Area Responsibilities include formatting and processing data files for mass mail lists, page layout, and design as well as setting up address blocks per US Postal Service specifications for Bulk Mail., file conversion, font conversion & setup. GMC Printnet, FirstLogic, WindowBook, and TSS programs are heavily used. In working with Inkjets I have used a variety of software from Scitex / Kodak Versamark including both DOS and WindowsXP based controllers. Responsibilities also include Job tracking via… Show more Responsibilities include formatting and processing data files for mass mail lists, page layout, and design as well as setting up address blocks per US Postal Service specifications for Bulk Mail., file conversion, font conversion & setup. GMC Printnet, FirstLogic, WindowBook, and TSS programs are heavily used. In working with Inkjets I have used a variety of software from Scitex / Kodak Versamark including both DOS and WindowsXP based controllers. Responsibilities also include Job tracking via a FileMaker Pro database system.

• InkJet Operator

  • Jan 2004 - Jun 2004



Japs-Olson Company

• United States
• Printing Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Data Processing

  • Sep 2005 - Jan 2006

  Responsibilities include formatting and processing data files for mass mail lists, page layout, and design as well as setting up address blocks per US Postal Service specifications for Bulk Mail., file conversion, Xerox signoffs as well as online PDFs. GMC Printnet T (including C/C++ scripting), FirstLogic, a collection of specialized VB apps, Prinergy worksop, photoshop, QuarkXpresss and TSS are heavily used. Used a Primac system for many aspects of job and payroll tracking.


CyCard Technologies, Inc.
• United States
• Printing Services
• Web Designer

  • 2003 - 2003


911 Emergency Products, Inc.

• Marketing Director

  • Nov 1999 - Mar 2000

  St. Cloud, Minnesota Designed, directed and published full-color print ads in various trade magazines. Maintained web sites, web servers, organized and led marketing department. Trained employees in web and graphic design production procedures. Assisted in network setup and maintenance. Responsible for purchasing and maintaining PC & Mac hardware for the marketing department.



Kühl Advertising & Design

• Interactive Development and Technical Support

  • Feb 1997 - Oct 1999

  St. Cloud, Minnesota Area Website, database and interactive design. Network and system backups.