John Ong

Experience

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  Kwik International / Unidigital

  Apr 1991 - Nov 1999

  Digital Pre-Press Operator

  Print Industry Journey man. Digital assets operator for high end commercial printing service in print advertising.Journeyman in analog printing.Data asset manager involving high resolution images and digital archiving.Film processing with high output color reproduction.Macintosh and scitex based operations involving digital type setting and page layout for analog printing and film output.Advertising services involving digital reproduction within a macintosh and scitex based environment.Scitex, Macintosh, Brisque,, echtachrome processing including LVT systems, Kodak Approval systems, isomat scanning Show less

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  Hound Dog/ ICP

  Nov 1999 - Sept 2001

  Pre press / IT Consultant

  Printing and Publishing Pre-Press operator involving Page layout and design. Managing IT involving industry technologies in addtion to office infrastructure.Technical knowledge of digital pre-press relating to print and publishing.Production/CSR agent between advertising client and publication based services.Managed network infrastucture within a Macintosh and PC based environment including Windows and Unix based platforms. Experience in photo manipulation and alteration. Systems administrator for deploying operating system upgrades and installations in a Macintosh environment. Performed rudimentary data recovery due to file corruption to data or physical damage to data. Adobe Creative Suite involving Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, and Flash, Quark, FileMaker, Graphic Designer - Print and Electronic, Computer Hardware Troubleshooting and Maintenance, desktop support and network in a Mac, Unix and Windows environment, Microsoft office for Mac and Windows.Pre; Printing and Publishing Freelance service provider involving digital layout and design. Consult management with industry technology involving high end printingFreelance production digital pre-press operator involving design page layout for print advertising services. Network maintenance within an Macintosh, Windows and Unix based environment. Technical and creative knowledge of Adobe based software and Quark.Macintosh, Windows, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Unix/Linux, desktop support and network, Digital pre Show less

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  BACKBONE nyc

  Oct 2001 - Oct 2009

  Pre-Press/ IT manager

  Pre-Press operator involving Page layout and design. Managing IT involving industry tecnologies in addtion to office infrastructure.Creative and Technical knowledge of digital pre-press relating to print advertising, page layout design and material submission publishing.Production/CSR agent between advertising client and publication based services.Hands on mangement of network infrastucture within a Macintosh and PC based environment including Windows and Unix based platforms.Adobe Creative Suite intergration (Indesign, Photoshop, illustrator, Acrobat), Quark XPress, Unix based systems involving SGI, Creo, Brisque, Xinet, Windows servers involvng print and infrastucture over samba Show less

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  Freelance

  Nov 2009 - Jul 2011

  Freelance IT/ Pre-Press

  Familiarity with Pre-Press technology involving Mac, Windows, and Unix based environment. This includes large format inkjet, Iris, Lamda, dye sublimation and Kodak Approval printing.Production and CSR experience involving production cordination with clients and publications. Technical background with the printing process, design layout and typesetting.Computer background involving matainence, configuring and managing complex systems including Mac, Windows and Unix based systems. Also familiarity to network administration and server based management. Show less

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  PXP

  Jul 2011 - now

  Quality Analyst

  Over see production quality within an in house Pre-Press printing / digital environment for major global advertising agencies. Ensure the standards of logistical branding concerning the agency's and IP's needs pertaining to print related materials as well as digital output.