Ivan Rios
91 Mountain Ave, Haledon, New Jersey 07508
973.980.5104  •  pro@ivanrios.com

Qualifications Profile
Multi-talented individual with broad creative and technical experience. Highly skilled in all aspects of graphic design, web, print, prepress and photography. Well spoken, confident and positive. Not afraid of taking on any project. Comfortable consulting with vendors and assisting clients at any level. Enjoy directing teams to develop strategies, establish goals and meet tight deadlines. 

Career Objective
Looking to fill a position in a company that will challenge my creativity and help take my career and experience to the next level.

Professional Experience
Gator Communications Group, LLC  |  175 US Hwy 46 - W, Fairfield, NJ 
Prepress Manager
February - 2009  - To Present
Printing and Publishing 

Migrated the department to a full PDF workflow.  Trained operators in all aspects of PDF editing, trapping, color  management, file and image editing. Introduced variable data concepts and workflow to the production and prepress staff. Reduced job preparation time by eliminating bottlenecks and outdated procedures. 

Premium Color Group  |  95-B Industrial East, Clifton, NJ 
Prepress Manager
January 1998 - 2009 
Printing and Publishing 

Supervised and directed 5 operators in all aspects of color, retouching, file management and application use.  Planned the transition from a proprietary prepress workflow to a Mac based workflow. Implemented an electronic asset management and job tracking system.  Provided photographic and creative services when requested.

Technical Proficiency
Platforms
Mac OS X, Windows XP/Vista/7/Server2003

Applications
Adobe CS4/5 - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Professional, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, MS Office, Open Office, Esko-Artworks Neo, Quark Xpress, Pitstop, Profilemaker, FusionPro, Filemaker Pro

Technologies
Javascript, PHP/MySQL, HTML

Education
Passaic County Tech | Wayne, NJ 
High School - September 1979 - June 1983 
Major - Commercial Art

Certifications
FusionPro Certification - January 2005 
Printable - San Diego, CA

Four51 Designer Certified - June 2007 
Four51 - Minneapolis, MN

Kodak NexPrert Training - February 2006 
Kodak - Rochester, NY

Interests
Electronics, Photography, Fine Art, Airbrushing, Illustration, Motorcycles, Home Life

References
John Bongiovanni - 973-214-1765

Lou Vizzi - 973-632-3733

Peter Lagomarsino - 973-238-1565

Other references available upon request.