Stephen Newberry

Current

• Application Specialist/Systems Engineer/Technical Resources Manager at Adobe Systems Europe
• Technical Resources Manager at Adobe

Past

• Principal Engineer - Publishing Systems at Raytheon Aircraft Company
• Graphic Designer/Technical Communicator/Publishing Systems Engineer at Hawker-Siddeley/British Aerospace/Corporate Jets Limited

Education

• North Hertfordshire College

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Stephen Newberry’s Summary

Software and systems professional with 25+ years frontline experience in the deployment and support of publishing and related technologies.

Currently responsible for leading a team of Application Specialists and Systems Engineers driving the adoption of Adobe technologies into the Media, Publishing and Manufacturing and General Business sectors.

Stephen Newberry’s Specialties:

Design/Page Layout, PDF & Pre-Press workflow, Typography, Digital Imaging/Photography and workflow automation.

Stephen Newberry’s Experience

• Application Specialist/Systems Engineer/Technical Resources Manager

  Adobe Systems Europe

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

  January 1997 — Present (13 years )

  25+ years experience in publishing, design and technical communication.
  
  Manage a team of Application Specialists and Systems Engineers supporting pre-sales activity in the Media, Publishing and Manufacturing and General Business sectors (including AEC, Telco, Pharma, etc.)
  
  Played a leading role in the initial migration to, and the ongoing deployment of, Adobe InDesign into many of the UK's top magazine, newspaper and book publishers.
  
  Continue to drive the adoption of Adobe technologies into all sectors of the publishing, media and enterprise market.
  
  Presenting Adobe technologies to audiences small and large across the UK and Northern Europe.

• Technical Resources Manager

  Adobe

  (Computer Software industry)

  1997 — Present (12 years )

• Principal Engineer - Publishing Systems

  Raytheon Aircraft Company

  (Public Company; RTN; Defense & Space industry)

  1994 — December 1996 (2 years )

  Resposible for supporting a diverse team of publishing support and technical communications specialists across both Europe and North America.
  
  Defined and managed the deployment of SGML based publishing systems, built around Adobe FrameMaker for the production of aircraft maintenance and support documentation.
  
  Member of the GAMA (General Aviation Manufacturers Association) committee responsible for the definition of publishing standards, including the definition and development of SGML DTD's and related materials.
  
  Project managed the the relocation of Raytheon publishing activities from UK to USA.

• Graphic Designer/Technical Communicator/Publishing Systems Engineer

  Hawker-Siddeley/British Aerospace/Corporate Jets Limited

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  1978 — 1994 (16 years )

  Originally employed as a designer/illustrator working on marketing and technical publications materials.
  
  An early interest in computer technology led to involvement in the specification of one of British Aerospace's first electronic publishing systems... based on DEC WPS and running on a PDP11... ultimately leading to a position supporting all publishing activity company-wide.
  
  Evaluated one of the very first Apple Macintosh computers to enter the UK and have been a passionate advocate ever since... sad but true, I still have a Macintosh SE running PageMaker and Illustrator in my office... how did we work with those little 9" screens!
  
  Responsible for the evaluation, specification and subsequent deployment of early publishing systems... including Interleaf, PageMaker, (Quark Xpress!), FrameMaker, and graphics/technical illustration solutions from AutoTrol, AnaTech, Quantel, ITEDO and Adobe.

Stephen Newberry’s Education

• North Hertfordshire College

  EAC Design , Graphic & Technical Communication , 1974 — 1977

  Graphic and Technical communication studies completed at the North Hertfordshire College Stevenage campus.
  
  Specialist studies included typography, chromolithographic printing, retouching and technical illustration.