Frank C. Irby tel: 678-320-8002 eml: fourpaws3@yahoo.com
MAC/PC TECHNICAL EXPERT / PREPRESS SPECIALIST /
LOGO DESIGN / WEB DESIGN
SYSTEM RECOVERY / MAINTENANCE / NETWORK DATABASE / DATA VISUALIZATION
Profile: Mac Systems Expert and Graphic Design Specialist with
advanced training in troubleshooting,
system maintenance and disaster
recovery. Visual consultant for graphics, film, web development,
and printing industries.
Nature photographer, digital artist, animator, programer.
Apple Developer since 1982. Currently learning: PHP, Python,
Javascript.
Artistic-Photographic Portfolio http://mandelscape.deviantart.com
§ Illustrator/Photoshop work, ad-signage creation, logo
design. fractal art, macro photography,
data visualization, Blender 3D
animation, molecular modeling.
DreamScape Digital Studios http://dreamscape.myartsonline.com
§ Website design, logo design, network design, database
design, data visualization.
§
Movie special effects, ads -promos for
film & film production, film crew documentary,
product ads & information, ad
flyers, news & mag ads, web pages.
Work Experience
Printing Skills:
§ Newspaper web, offset press, blueprint, flexographic,
die-Stamp and direct mail.
§ Image & strip film, strip 4C proofs, burn plates,
die-sub and quick copy.
§ Electrostatic large format printing, mounting and
laminating for prototypes, exhibits and trade shows.
Production Skills:
§ Full production printing in the offset, large format,
direct mail and quick copy fields.
§ Drum scanning, logo editing, file conversion, color
correction, gradients, spot/CMYK,
color matching and image
correction.
§ Graphic/logo design from concept to finished product,
static or animated for any output, print, web, video,
§ Design and production of product catalogs, brochures,
banners, corporate reports, direct mail ads.
§ Develop and maintain relational database with job
tracking and cost management.
Technical Skills:
§ Custom design computers for extreme usage: render farm, web server, gaming, scientific visualization.
§
Workflow analysis and optimization for
cross-platform networks.
§ Mac/PC
troubleshooting, system diagnostics, disaster recovery, software
integration,
Tear-down/rebuild, component
diagnostics, troubleshooting, Windows optimization.
§ Custom Mac lab development, Mac hardware-software
installation, network dev-maintenance.
§
Install and maintain large file servers
for offset film production, network relational databases.
§ Dedicated production using the Onyx Graphics raster
image processing workstation
and server with Agfa imagesetters and Scitex dept.
§ Operation and maintenance of the Xerox 8954 large
format color plotter, and the Xikon DCP-1.
Work History
Georgia Mountain
Press Cornelia, GA / June 2006 - Dec 2006
Regency
Thermographics Baldwin, GA / June
2004 - Oct 2004
DreamScape digital
studios Lawrenceville, GA / since June 2001
Contract Experience since Jan 1999
Retail Marketing Group
Inc, Alpharetta, GA / March 1996 -
September 1998
Mac Temps Inc,
Atlanta,
GA / November 1994 - September 1995
Contract Graphic Design, Atlanta, Ga /
September 1995 - March 1996
Digicolor Express, (a division of National Color Graphics) Atlanta, GA / August
1993 - July 1994
Education
Art
Institute of Atlanta, Fall Quarter 1995 - Spring Quarter
1996
Emphasis:
Computer Animation and Vector Modeling
Data-Tech
Institute Advanced Troubleshooting for the
Macintosh
Atlanta,
GA / November 18-19 1994
§ Specialized training focusing on hardware component
failure, data recovery, hard drive
diagnostics, system optimization,
cross-platform network configuration, and software debugging.
Southern
College of Technology Marietta, GA /
September 1991 - June 1992
Emphasis:
Computer Science and Computer-Aided Design.