
Manager at CDS Global
Davenport, Iowa Area

Manager at CDS Global
Davenport, Iowa Area
(Privately Held; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)
1990 — Present (20 years )
Develops applications for printing variable data to high speed laser and digital printers.
(Printing industry)
January 1990 — Present (20 years 1 month)
known as Communications Data Services (2007 name change to CDS Global)
Department Manager Document Composition Group 2003-Present
· Department writes variable data for high speed hot lasers including iGen3 digital full color presses
· Built Department staff from 3 to 17 in three years with strong throughput and quality measurements
· Supports and coaches Theory of Constraints Buffer management in workflow
· Supports Printing at 4 or more sites daily depending on outsourcing needs
· Developed workflow for replacement of legacy mainframe AFP print application
· Instrumental part of project team that brought the new application and full color VDP to CDSG
· Key customers include Rodale Press, Reader's Digest, Publisher's Clearing House
· Created a billing process that is Sarbanes Oxley compliant
(Printing industry)
January 1998 — January 2003 (5 years 1 month)
· Staff of six included Network engineers, AS400 (e series) and general help desk PC support
· Staff installed a RF scanning system (158 nodes) used for an interactive WH management system
· Developed a helpdesk system to support 2 sites with a service level agreement that is in use today
(Printing industry)
January 1997 — January 1998 (1 year 1 month)
· Built and deployed servers in Novell and Windows 2000
· Supported internal and at home users with software, pc and printer needs
(Printing industry)
January 1994 — January 1996 (2 years 1 month)
· Liaison between CDS Global and the client(s)
· Maintained communications, coordination of work and operational contact with client(s)
(Printing industry)
January 1990 — January 1993 (3 years 1 month)
· Supervised work of production line employees to ensure production is completed
· Evaluated employees' performance/standards on a regular basis.
Goldratt's Theory of Constraints; no , 2001