Greg Midura

Career Objective
An experienced assistant editor and photographer with a background in computer science and programming.  My goal is to be a valued member of an innovative team that shares ideas to produce outstanding marketing and communications solutions for a diverse clientele.  I am dedicated to developing marketing initiatives that are strategically planned and precisely executed to further the business objectives of clients.

Summary
I am a versatile, highly motivated graphic designer and project manage with four years of experience in product photography preceded with more than 10 years experience in computer programming.  I am adapt at creating and directing communications projects for businesses, government, and nonprofit.  Strengths include exceptional interpersonal skills and experience incorporating the desires of clients into superior design solutions.  Developing engaging and visually pleasing web and multimedia user experiences has been a focus of my career.

Summary of Qualifications
          Studio/set 
Photographer: Studio table top imaging
Lighting set: initial placement of strobe/tungsten lights,
     lighting stands, gobos per photographer?s requirement:
     Set break/down and safe storage of equipment
Styling of studio setup
Digital archiving: Scanning of film, slides,
     photographs for archive (31,000 done)

Education
AAS Commercial Digital Photography
          Harrington College of Design, Chicago, Illinois
AA   Computer          College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
BA    History              LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas

Employment History
2008 to Present Photography Retouch - Digitize photo & Neg
2008 to Present Photography Assistant - Location lighting
2007 to 2008   Photographer - Studio table-top imaging
2007 to 2008   Photography Assistant - Editorial/Event Portrait
2006 to 2006   Photography Assistant - Aerial
2006 to 2007   Photography Assistant - Location lighting
2000 to Present Photographer's Assistant; Computer Tech; Handyman
xxxx  to 2000     Computer Programmer/Analyst & Consultant

Skills
* Adobe: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator & Bridge; Lightroom
* PC software: Quicken; Photo Byte
* MAC hardware
* Photography hardware:Mamiya 645AFd; Canon 20D, 5D, EOS Mark III;
     Holga; DigitalCapture Station for Leaf digital back;
     Sekonic L-558 Master Light Meter  w/ digital radio transmitter;
     Mole Richardson Tungsten Light series (Baby,  Tweenie, Mini);
     Matthew Black Flag series and snoots;  many type of diffusion panels;
     Road Rag kits;
     (P-22, ZipDisc); MAC; PC; ProFoto Acute two &
     three head power pack Strobe kits;
     Calumet Travel Lite strobes;
     Speedotron 2403c four-head power pack kit;
     Dyna-lite 1000Wi two-head power pack kit;
* more photo hardware: PocketWizard Kit; Nikon SuperCoolscan 9000;
     Film Scanners: Nikon 5000 ED; Epson scan expression 1600;
     Epson Perfection4870 scanner;
     Printer - Epson 2200 & R1800
* Other:  IBM PC-DOS/Windows & MAC; FTP Languages:
     SQL Server (trained), Microsoft Office;
     Visio; Data Junction engine

General: 20 years plus in providing client information services to enhance company's profitability using IBM midrange technology (AS/400, iSeries); interfacing with manufacturing, financial, accounting; Information migration to different platforms & software database; recently with Client/Server technology.

** Recent Experience: Initiated & implemented conversion of AS/400 data warehouse to new SAP UNIX WAN Platform in record seven months as the technical team member; Initiated & implemented data migration/conversion from legacy proprietary RPG data warehouse to Windows NT SQL ACCESS platform. Completed information transfer, with accuracy verification, in record time & below budget. Digital imaging, file/table transfer and file/table storage.  Setup of Website business-card.  E-Mail information extraction & searches inserted into a database for order entry, product inquiry & security.  PC Creation of complience labels with barcode. 

** Application Software packages: MARCAM (MAPICS); BPCS; Geac (JBA); Software2000; ORACLE (PeopleSoft,J.D.Edwards); Custom design & programming; Sales Tracker

** Software Tools: AS/400 RPG IV ILE; CLP; Data Junction; Microsoft Office 2000 & XP: ACCESS, WORD, EXCEL; basic Visual Basic; Client Access; NetSoft;

** Functional: Analysis: Documentation, Development & Testing (unit & systems); Troubleshooting; Support & training; AS/400 – Batch & Interactive programming, Sub-program calls w/ parameter passing, general file (table) control (clearing, override – program internal & external), File structure –  Data: physical, logical. Print: internal & external.  Display: internal & external; and Subfiles;

** Recent education: AS/400 Client/Server Workshop;AS/400 JAVA Workshop;RPG IV ILE Workshop;Data Junction trainer seminar;APICS manufacturing @ DuPaul Unv.; Websphere/Lansa; eCommerce; XML,HTML; 

** Formal education:
  AAS @ Harrington College of Design, Chicago, IL- Commerial Digital Photography (graduated with honors);
  AA  @ College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, IL - Computers;
  BA @ LeTourneau University, Longview, TX -  History, Engineering Technology;
    Morraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL - Computer networking & eCommerce (continued education);

Technical summary:

Application areas: Manufacturing, Distribution, Financial, Accounting, Construction, Marketing, Law.

Hardware - IBM iSeries (AS/400), S/38, S/34, IBM S/145, & IBM PC; Windows Vista, XP, ME, 98, 95.

Software - RPG III, IV, ILE; COBOL; CLP; SQL; PDM; Sub-Files; MS ACCESS, Word & Excel; Adobe: Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash;

Database - AS/400 DB2; MS ACCESS.

Software Packages - PeopleSoft (J.D. Edwards);  Geac (JBA); BPCS; MAPICS; MACPAC; PRMS; MS Office 2007; NetSoft; Client Access; Hawkeye; ACS; AS/SET training; ProGen Plus; general EDI; Abstract/Probe; Adobe: Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, After Effects; Data Junction engine: Information mapping, transfer to other platforms.