Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.
Providing expertise in commercial printing, printing paper manufacturing, graphic packaging, printing production coordination, printing supervision, print shop management,
expert witness testimony, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.
Print Specialist, manufacturer of specialty and premium paper products, printing and converting papers
Duties included product development / improvement, trouble shooting / claims evaluation for the paper mills (all locations), training (both internal and customer), sales and marketing support, printing trials, expert consultant in all areas of printing involving paper development, quality / performance claims and sales / marketing.
GP Printing, Kalamazoo, MI
Ran a 50” Hamilton Board 8 color web press with a 4-man crew.
Department Manager (Die Cutting / Finishing / Shipping), Graphic Packaging, Garden Grove, CA
Managed 50+ employees in all aspects of flex-packaging finishing operations. Duties included scheduling, planning, quality control, employee training and development, union grievance resolution, inventory control and customer / sales interaction.
Web Pressroom Manager, Bert-Co Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
Managed all web pressroom operations and the pre-press department responsible for production of $20,000,000 annually in gross sales to Bert-Co Graphics. Duties included managing 3 Harris M-110 web presses (1 – 5 color / 1 – 8 color / 1 – 10 color all double webs), 40+ employees, scheduling, planning, ordering, employee training / development, hiring, vendor management / evaluations, warehouse management, new product development, customer / sales interfacing, total quality control, hazardous waste control / disposal.
Production Coordinator
Duties included customer service, planning, layouts, ordering raw materials for printing, estimating, scheduling and customer / sales interfacing for 2 M-110 Harris web presses. Was in charge of production of Bert-Co’s largest customer “The Hollywood Reporter”, a daily magazine publication.
Production Manager, West Coast Printing, Hawthorne, CA
Was responsible for scheduling, ordering, printing and converting, training, troubleshooting, product development, and customer service.
Offset Pressman, Schuldt Printing, El Segundo, CA
Set up and ran offset Heidelberg sheet fed presses and some customer service.
Silk Screen Print Operator/Helper, Tri-Craft Silk Screen Printing, Gardena, CA
Press Operator Trainee / Pre-Press Technician, Centinela Valley Union High School District Print Shop, Hawthorne, CA
