Printing professional in the business for 30+ years

CV Resume of Robert Vella

North Olmsted, OH

Robert Vella
5573 Barton Road • North Olmsted, OH 44070
(440) 779-4893 (home) or (440) 667-3092 (cell)

OBJECTIVE – To take my typesetting and graphic skills, electronic pre-press, and all the other
facets of knowledge that I have obtained in this field, and work them as a unit. By applying them to the changing times of the printing industry trade, along with keeping up with the updates in technology by continuing to learn other programs and software that may be beneficial in the future. Mostly, I would like to be a production manager or supervise a department, as I can offer great support for department, co-workers, and clients. I can also work well as an operator within a pre-press department or even anything on the front end, such as CSR or Preflighting.

SPECIALTIES – Working on jobs that require positioning, trouble-shooting and determining
problems within supplied customer or in-house files. By seeing finished film from various clients has given me a better understanding of the concepts in design and layout, and seems to have become my forte.

April 16, 2007 - May 15, 2009 – Large company layoff
Dorn Color – Preflight / Prep Files / Layout & Design / MacPro / Epson 4880 / GMG software / Xitron Rip Working closely with client and project managers to produce projects with quick deadlines.

August 2006 – April 11, 2007
KSK Color Lab – Preflight / Layout & Design / Large Format Imaging

May 1998 – March 2006 (company closed)
Davies Wing – Total Pre-Press Operator / Layout & some Design

• Complete pre-press. Work from Mac OSX file server, G3s, G4, G5 macs to a Scitex workflow.
Presently learning CS applications. Consulting with clients on how to prepare files. Layout and
design; Trapping at Brisque; Imposition through Preps; Kodak Approvals; Improofs of preps
files and then backup them up; Imaging on Dolev 800 and transferring film to stripping
department to prepare for our 4, 2 and 1 color presses.
• Up to date in the newest versions of all programs that generate files.
• Incorporating PDF workflow gradually to its potential within the industry.
• Flatbed scanning and light color corrections when necessary.
• Loading/ordering software updates and installing.
• Backing up files from OSX file server and burning them to CD’s for us and client if requested.
August 1996-May 1998 – Freelanced.

September 1994 – August 1996 (company closed)
Elite Publishing & Imaging Center – Total Pre-Press Operator/Manager.

• Increased all-around experience in Color Technology, and its’ place in the industry.
• Among other duties, basic outputs, color separations (4- and 5-color), some manual
trapping and precise placement of images are an essential part of my regular day.
• Acted as CSR and involved in some direct sales communications. Determine deadlines of
work and distribute to proper department for completion of projects.
• In charge of production flow throughout entire shop of 4 people, sometimes 7. Production
includes everything from design, typesetting, scanning and imaging. Loading new
software/updates. Then, informing workers of glitches and improvements of them.
Communication was essential to work flow. Pick up and delivery of jobs to clients.
Quoting of jobs and also responsible for, and contribute in the production of such.
• Troubleshooting files – notifying clients of problem files; missing fonts, art files,
colors, or any one of the numerous problems that occur within the file.
• Equipment – AGFA AccuSet 800, AGFA 9600, Power PC’s, Pentium PC File Server,
Quad 950, Zip Drive, AGFA Arcus Flatbed Scanner, Microtek Flatbed Scanner, and modem.
• Programs/Software – System 7.5 Mac/Windows NT (Intro), Quark 3.32, Photoshop 3.0,
Illustrator 5.5, Freehand 5.5, PageMaker 6.0, Corel Draw 5.0, Taipan Rip, TrapWise (Intro),
Color Central, Pagemill - for creation of WEB pages (Intro). First Class, AOL.

March 1993 – September 1994 (company closed)
LithoKraft Studio 48 – Digital Pre-Press Department.

• Basic versatility on the Mac IIfx and IIci and PC (Gateway 2000 — 486DX)
Familiar with programs such as Quark Xpress 3.2, PageMaker 5.0, Illustrator 5.0,
Freehand 4.0 and some Photoshop 2.5 are required for working in the department.
• Duties included basic outputs, color separations (4- and 5-color), some trapping and
precise placement of images were essential.
• Calibrations on the Linotype 330, 530 and AGFA SelectSet 5000 were necessary in
maintaining proper screening and density of film for outputs.
• Understanding of the Network, which was running Color Central (file server manager),
and Sampler (a program that allows one to create and place Low-res images in a file where
swapping of High-res takes place at the file server.)
• Scitex Computer Station runs Iris VIP, 300 dpi color proofing and Scitex Gateway Tools.
Pulling Scans – High and Low-Res to desired Syquest or Bernoulli Discs for clients.
June 1972 – March 1993 (company closed)
Bohme Typographic Arts – Journeyman typesetter

• Experienced in all phases of typesetting, layout and some design.
• Served four-year apprenticeship program and started in hot metal, working with
California job type cases, composing sticks, Linotype and Monotype.
• For the 16 years that followed, worked with cold type and all it’s newest processes
on Alphatype and Work Stations IV for input, CRS 8900 and CRS 9900 printers as
the output devices.
• Postscript inputting, creating and construction of files, outputting to film and paper to
the imagesetter.
• Familiar with application programs such as PageMaker 4.0 and 4.2, Quark Xpress 3.0, 3.1,
Freehand and Illustrator.
By being the night shift foreman, along with the ability to operate all departments, such as discussing instructions of jobs with clients, directly and over the phone, markup, proofreading, producing and distribution of jobs, organizing the flow of work and determining what was needed to meet specific deadlines. Estimating time and the hiring of overtime to meet these deadlines were an important aspect of this position. Quality control and carefully inspecting jobs before they were to be shipped to clients, packaging, wrapping, arranging couriers and/or delivering, were some of my other responsibilities.

EDUCATION – Graduated from West Technical High School in 1970. Majored in Printing for
3 years. Became composition foreman in my senior year. Represented my class and school, and was presented an award for the top Graphic Arts Student in 1970.

COLLEGE – CCC Western Campus
1972 for Platemaking and Presswork that was required at that time in order to
complete my apprenticeship.

Special Training –1990 for Macintosh desktop publishing course in PageMaker 3.0v.

1999 Photoshop 5.0 Class Seminar
2000 InDesign 2 day seminar
2000 (3 Day training at Xpedix) Introduction to Brisque, Preps Imposition and
Dolev 800 Imagesetter, Kodak Approvals and Improofs
2001 (1 Day seminar at Holiday Inn) on working with PDFs
2006 (1 Day seminar InDesign 2.0 – Level 2) Certificate of Completion
2007-8 (Training on Xitron Rip and GMG software for color calibration)

Salary – Negotiable (Commensurate with Experience)
References – Available upon request

To whom it may concern:

Bob Vella and I worked together for almost 5 years [1992-1998]
during which time he developed an acute understanding of the postcript
environment and offset printing in general.

A competent worker, Bob was always eager to take on difficult projects with a smile, and dig through tough troubleshooting scenarios with patience and persistence. His work ethic is one of punctuality, promptness and dependability.

His early tutelage under Cecil James at LithoKraft puts Bob into an elite group of early digital adopters who have each in their own right gone on to become respected leaders in the field.

Bob has consistently proven his ability to adopt and embrace new technologies and implement them in the best possible way. I cannot think that Bob would be anything less than a senior voice of reason and asset to any team he would become a part of.

Jonathan White
Prepress Specialist
Doner Advertising
Cleveland, Ohio

May 18, 2009

To Whom It May Concern:

It is with great pleasure that I write you a letter of recommendation for Robert (Bob) Vella.

Bob and I have been associated for the past ten years. He was under my supervision at Davies Wing Inc. We worked together for six years until I moved on. Bob always went above and beyond and was and still is a diligent and hard working person.

Bob has exceptional organizational skills and is very responsible as well as reliable. He demonstrated a high degree of loyalty and trustworthiness to his work and to his associates and carried out his obligations with vigor and resolve. He will certainly be an asset to any group
with which he associates and works. I would recommend him without reservations.

If there is any more information that I can give to you, please do not hesitate to call. I can be reached at home 216-642-7682 for any further questions.

Sincerely,
Greg Mason (Oliver Printing)

Color correction / Prepress / Layout and Design
Graphic Design / PDF workflow / GMG software and
Eye-One Experience

Misc. courses at Tri-C and Horizons
for InDesign and PDF workflows, Photoshop
Seminars and various other programs that
are needed in my trade.

Acceptable locations:	Near North Olmsted withing 1/2 hr to 45 minute drive
Desired salary:	20.00 to 23.00/hr
Total experience:	30 years
Year of birth:	1952, male
Currently employed:	No
Name & Surname:	Robert Vella
Phone Number:	440 779-4893
City & State:	North Olmsted, Ohio
Zip / Postal Code:	44070
Street Address:	5573 Barton Road