experience

Pantone, Inc., Carlstadt, NJ
June 2005 - January 2008
Color Scientist & Technical Program Coordinator

-Technical lead for Printer Licensing and ColorVANTAGE ink programs

Printer Licensing: handle all aspects of process from the time the contract comes in through delivery
-Perform both visual and computer-assisted color matching of printed colors
-Build look-up tables for various printer types of all major printer manufacturers
-Perform various analyses, including colorimetric and consistency tests, of laser and inkjet printers and report back to their manufacturers with my findings
-Perform dot image analysis of inkjet and laser printers

ColorVANTAGE inks: handle all technical aspects, such as profiling (for in-house use and customer delivery), research, and testing of inks, as well as technical support

Other Responsibilities include:
-Perform research-type projects for new product development, specifically, I had an instrumental part in the development of Pantone's new Goe Guide
-A group leader/auditor for internal ISO organization
-Company representative of the International Color Consortium
-Use my decision-making skills for various tasks, including pass/fail judgments of color
-Visual and colorimetric analysis of various materials, including vinyl, screen printing, & paint

Sun Chemical Corporation, Carlstadt, NJ
December 2004 - May 2005
Color Scientist

-Extensive creation and testing of ICC profiles for presses, printers, scanners, and monitors
-Acted as a representative of the ICC for the company
-Chemical laboratory responsibilites included mixing ink and dilution of colorants at various concentrations, as well as creating "draw-downs"
-Responsible for monthly instrument test, including long- and short-term drift tests, as well as testing for wavelength and reflectance shifts
-Used Netprofiler for profiling/calibration of spectrophotometers

Pantone, Inc., Carlstadt, NJ
May 2003 - December 2004
Color Analyst

-Responsible for both visual and computer-assisted color matching
-Build look-up tables for various printer types of all major printer manufacturers
-Use various software, especially MATLAB, for several small research projects
-Use my decision-making skills for various tasks, including pass/fail judgments of color

Hewlett Packard Company, Vancouver, WA
June 2001- August 2001 (internship)
Image Scientist

Key Systems, Inc., Victor, NY
March 2000- November 2000 (part-time)
November 1998- March 1999 (co-op)
Web Designer, Photographer, Literature Designer

-Used Dreamweaver software to design, layout, and manage company web site; Set up shopping cart system on web site
-Designed graphics for web site using Photoshop software
-Photographed company products using various camera formats
scanned and edited images for use in company literature
-Used Quark Express to produce company literature
-Used Adobe Pagemill to edit company web page

Allied Health Sciences Program College of Science, RIT Rochester, NY Environmental Science Program
Undeclared Science Program
October 1999- November 2000 (collectively)
Web Designer

-Used Dreamweaver and Photoshop to design, layout, and manage department web sites
-Assisted ES program secretary with web site
-Taught basics of Dreamweaver and Photoshop software