Thomas
WiegandThomas
Wiegand
1. Custom Printing Co. Hollywood, FL - A full service commercial printing company
which I started in 1980 and sold in 1995.
Responsibilities and capabilities:
I have a thorough working knowledge of the entire graphic arts industry. I hired,
supervised and delegated responsibility to nine to twelve employees with a very good
overall retention rate. My sales abilities allowed me to build a 1MM+ sales following
of small, large and fortune 500 company’s. I am trusted and respected for my abilities
to complete a customers project on time. I have the ability to accurately estimate
the time most projects will take in any department, with over 15 years of estimating
experience I have a good understanding of production cost and what the market will
bear for most projects. My prepress abilities are state of the art, utilizing Macintosh
electronic design stations with QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Omni
Page, Digital Photography & Photo CD software I have supervised and created full
color product catalog sheets, brochures, newsletters and many others. Most recently
I have installed an ISDN system and I am mastering web server technology and web
page creation, using Adobe Pagemill and Symantecs Virtual Page. I am also familiar
with the Windows 3.1.1 operating system. I have a complete understanding of business
bookkeeping, Profit margins, cash flow, depreciation, payroll and taxes. I am and
have used Quicken, Quick Books and My Invoices. I also created custom software, it
creates job tickets, track projects, makes delivery receipts, invoices and has a
search engine to locate the project years later all from one data entry session.
2. Florida No Fault Insurance Co., Hollywood, FL. - An in house print shop
producing all of the necessary forms, rate books and advertising materials for there
insurance co. (1979-1980)
Position Held:
Hands on manager
Supervised two employees and operated all the print shop equipment
3. Graphic Press, Hollywood, FL. - A large multi-color print shop specializing
in full color magazine printing, (1977-1979)
Position Held:
Pressperson
Responsible for:
• The operation and maintenance of 36” single and two color offset printing presses.
• Assisted in the bindery dept.. running cutters, folders and a six pocket Macey
stitcher/trimmer.
• Assisted in prepress making separations on a Hell scanner, shooting film, film
assembly and platemaking.
4. US Navy, Norfolk, VA (1975-1977), Reserves (1977-1979)
Positions Held:
Aviation Jet Mechanic
Responsible for:
• The maintenance and repairs of the Sikorsky RH-53D mine sweeping helicopters two
jet engines as well as all the additional mechanical parts that enable it rotors
and flight controls.
Personal:
Health: Excellent
Birth date: November 6, 1957
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4
Personal and trade referances available on request