Jen Reed

Current

Owner / Artist at Kristy Valshan, Inc.
Owner at Libracorn Corporation

Past

Owner / Designer at ScrapDish.com
Owner / Designer at DigiScrapZ.com
Owner at RTech Solutions, Inc.

Customer Support Manager at Computerized Fleet Analysis, Inc.

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Education

Lake Forest College

Recommended

7 people have recommended Jen

Connections

122 connections

Industry

Arts and Crafts

Websites

Jen Reed’s Summary

Jen Valshan (Love) Reed has been an entrepreneur for most of her professional life founding three different companies and several e-commerce websites along with helping hundreds of small businesses develop their own web presence.

Jen graduated from Lake Forest College in 1994 with a degree in Computer Science and a degree in Mathematics and is self taught in the field of web and graphics design.

* Co-Founder, Principal and Designer for Kristy Valshan, Inc. - art licensing and design studio
* Graphics Designer for over 11 years
* Web Designer for over 11 years
* Web Server Admin for over 5 years
* Scrapbook Designer / artist for 3 years
* Licensed Digital art to pcLayers.com
* Licensed Scrapbook Products for sale at Archiver's
* Internet Scrapbooking Retailer for over 3 years
* Digital Artist/Designer at Scrapbook.com
* Digital Designer at Scrapbook-bytes.com
* Featured Designer of the Month for ScrapperGuide.com
* Featured Designer of the Month for ScrapWOW.com
* Card Templates included with Sony Snaplab Printer

Jen Reed’s Specialties:

Graphics Design, Web Design, Web Hosting, Marketing, Product Concepting, E-business Consulting, E-Commerce, Scrapbook Products

Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver

Jen Reed’s Experience

Owner / Artist

Kristy Valshan, Inc.

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

January 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Co-owner and artist for Kristy Valshan, Inc., an art licensing and design studio.

Kristy Valshan combines traditional artistic media with the freedom of technology to create artwork that is both beautiful and unique. KV’s flair for color, pattern and style is captured in each exciting collection. With themes ranging from European elegance to whimsical fun, Kristy Valshan licensees have successfully incorporated our trend forward designs into a variety of product categories and industries.

We provide licensors with

* on-trend designs for art licensing
* distinguished brand identity for any product line
* project specific custom artwork based on licensor's needs
* digital product concepts for key account presentations
Owner

Libracorn Corporation

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

November 2004 — Present (4 years 1 month)

Founded Libracorn Corporation in November 2004 after the sale of my hosting business, RTech Solutions, Inc. All of my business dealings except for Kristy Valshan, Inc. are done under the umbrella of Libracorn.
Owner / Designer

ScrapDish.com

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

February 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 7 months)

Owner/Designer for ScrapDish.com, an online digital scrapbook store. Also handled most of the technical backend for the store including the web design, shopping cart configuration and server admin.
Owner / Designer

DigiScrapZ.com

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

August 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 1 month)

Owner/Designer for DigiScrapZ.com, an online digital scrapbook store. Also handled the technical backend for the store including the web design, shopping cart configuration and server admin.
Owner

RTech Solutions, Inc.

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

August 2000 — December 2004 (4 years 5 months)

Founded RTech in August 2000. Provided web design and web hosting solutions to small businesses. The hosting client base of RTech Solutions, Inc (RTSHosting.com) was sold in 2004 to Hosting Matters, Inc. The web design client base (RTSWeb.net) was also sold in 2004 to Interactive Design Company.
Customer Support Manager

Computerized Fleet Analysis, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 1997 — May 1999 (2 years 2 months)

Technical Support Manager
• Oversaw technical help desk and software training
• Hired, trained and evaluated support technicians and software trainers
• Re-engineered existing Technical Support Call Center.
• Created successful support team environment lowering employee turnover.
• Increased help desk performance improved response time and lowered resolution time
• Created help desk policies and call tracking procedures

Implemented software training program - Developed software training curriculum, authored training guide, initiated regional class scheduling

Help Desk Database - Developed all phases of product support database including call tracking/logging, software updates, new purchases, invoicing, accounting records, customer profiles and various analysis reporting.

Software Installation - Wrote the software install program.

Software Installation Guide - Authored technical software installation manual.

Corporate Website - Created corporate website.

Jen Reed’s Education

Lake Forest College

1990 — 1994

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Jen Reed’s Interests:

Basketball Camp Director Experience 1995: St. Issacs Jogues School 1994: St. Alexander School 1992-1993: Lake Forest Recreation Center 1990: Lake Forest College 1990: York High School Basket Coaching Experience 1994, 1995: St. Issac Jogues School 1994: Christ the King School