David Rapp
David Rapp, Operations Manager - Print Media at Brown Printing Company.
David Rapp has 20 years of experience in technical operations and manufacturing in the graphic arts industry. David has tackled pressroom management, bindery management, quality and process improvement, workflow processes, and color management. In this role David Rapp has successfully supported America's premier publishers, catalogers and retailers. David is earning Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and holds IDEAlliance certification as a G7 Process Control Expert. He completed various professional programs including the McHenry County College Lean Manufacturing and Zenger-Miller FrontLine Leadership series. Prior to his career in manufacturing, Captain David Rapp, USAF (United States Air Force), served for ten years leading technological development and improvement projects in avionics, communications and computer systems. He specialized in areas of failure analysis, improvement of systems reliability and maintainability, and high-speed integrated circuits. David Rapp earned the Bachelor of Science in Elecrical Engineering (BSEE) from Lehigh University and the Master of Science in Electrical Enginering (MSEE) from the Air Force Instute of Technology, Dayton OH. David Rapp published his research in the Semiconductor-Insulator-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (SISFET) in 1988.
David Rapp's Background
David Rapp's Experience
Operations Manager - Print Media at Brown Printing Company
July 2010 - Present | Woodstock, IL
Oversight of Pre-Press (Premedia) production process in support of seven high-speed web offset press lines. Production area includes 18 Premedia operators working 24x7 to receive, process, and impose publisher content (files). Plate files are created, proofed, and imaged to produce press-ready offset plates for color printing.
Areas of specialization include color management, color profiling, proofing, industry and international standards, press testing, plate curves, and manufacturing support for all Brown Printing print facilities.
Process/Quality Control Manager at Brown Printing Company
July 1998 - July 2010
Pressroom Process Control Manager at Brown Printing Company
August 1995 - July 1998
David Rapp's Education
U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology
1987 – 1988
MSEE
Lehigh University
1980 – 1984
BSEE
Concentration: Engineering, Military Science
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