1. Dave Baggenstoss
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Work Experience
Head of Desktop Publishing Evercore, New York, NY 1/2006 to Present
 Built the Evercore Presentations Group. Created a smooth‐running presentation department from scratch in a short time for a leading
boutique investment bank with over 1,400 employees, several lines of business, and numerous offices worldwide
 The Group’s service includes: presentations, graphics, mapping, animation, occasional audio/video, software support (the “other IT”)
 Build relationships and work with heads of various business groups and departments
 Hire staff and provide creative direction and mentoring to the group
 Collaborate with senior management to establish policies for the department concerning: HR, Compliance, billing, best practices, etc.
 Design a look and feel of materials unique to several lines of business. Improve and standardize quality and consistency
 Construct technically sound templates that are utilized daily. Create the Company’s FactSet (DealMaven/PresLink) templates
 Establish mapping capabilities for the Company. Arrange MapInfo training for staff. Sole MapInfo contact. SNL Power mapping contact
 Streamline the system for allocation to improve accuracy and efficiency, including calculating dollar amounts to avoid Accounting mistakes
 Increase utilization to 100%, effectively reduce cost, improve productivity
 Design templates for in‐house typesetting of Annual Reports. Develop a “better, faster, cheaper” process for Investor Relations
 Create processes and production tools that maximize efficiency, quality, accuracy and speed: chart‐building macros and add‐ins built in‐
house at no cost to the Company
 Responsible for photographing and retouching all employee headshots. Created and maintain an employee headshot archive used for
presentations, Company websites and Evercore’s Intranet
 Strengthen the department’s infrastructure by assigning down‐time tasks to staff which cultivate their abilities and experience, e.g., building
an extensive logo library, graphic work on employee headshots, design/layout, VBA/macros writing
 Interact with national and global offices including the London presentation group
 A “player/coach”, work as a presentation operator during peak workflow, often handling the high‐priority, difficult projects
 Organize and conduct presentation training for bankers. Arrange FactSet training for bankers. One of the Company contacts of FactSet
Manager of Presentations & Graphics Rockefeller & Co., New York, NY 8/2005 to 11/2005
 Managed the Presentations Group which designed and produced corporate materials for clients and marketing prospects. The group also
provided office services: printing, binding and mailings of client materials
 Materials included: flip books, fact sheets, white papers, investment briefs, sponsor ads for conferences, event giveaways, booklets
 Edited and proofed content for accuracy, Compliance and quality. Collected data for quarterly updates and refreshed standard books
 Ensured accurate, timely mailing and distribution of deliverables to clients
 Provided consultation on design, formatting and layout of marketing materials, the Company website, etc.
 Handled the relationship with the out‐sourced printer and vendor of printing/binding supplies
Graphic Coordinator JPMorgan Partners, New York, NY 6/2002 to 8/2005
 Worked for the Investor Relations (IR)/Marketing Group of a large private equity organization within JPMorgan Chase
 Made presentations for: the Advisory Committee, annual meetings, ad hoc conferences/events, internal meetings. Typeset quarterly reports
 Built user‐friendly templates that had a consistent style and feel
 Performed some Analyst duties with an understanding of content, e.g., created and updated first drafts for review by VPs/MDs
 Teamed up with A/V technicians to ensure on‐screen slide shows ran smoothly during major investor meetings
 Took the lead role in coordinating and overseeing production of publications for investors. Managed relationships with external print
vendors, graphic designers, and typesetters. Enhanced the production process making it better and faster while reducing cost
 Assisted in planning, organizing general workflow and mailing deliverables. Created and maintained an organized archive of IR materials
 Solved difficult technical problems with IT to ensure completion of production materials and help the Company with software problems
Professor of Art Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 1/1998 to 6/2002
 Taught design, color theory, drawing and painting part time for the School of Continuing & Professional Studies
 Reviewed portfolios and helped students focus on career paths. Taught how to build and present a professional art and design portfolio
Skills
 Advanced in: PowerPoint, Word and Excel. Strong working knowledge of: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, QuarkXPress, OmniPage,
FactSet (DealMaven/PresLink), Outlook, Office 2010 and Windows 7
 Knowledge of: Visio, MapInfo, SNL (power mapping), Access, Pinnacle Studio (video editing), Windows Movie Maker, ASAP Utilities, VBA,
ImageReady, HTML, Corel Draw, Flash, Dreamweaver, 3‐D Studio Max, Magic, Notepad, Microsoft Project, EZDetach
 Other: illustration, animation, cartooning, typography, scanning, retouching, sign painting, lettering, painting, drawing, printmaking
Education
 Certificate Program: Computer Graphics Pratt Institute, New York, NY 2002
 MFA: Painting; Minor: Printmaking Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 1998
 BFA: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking; Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1993
Minors: Psychology, Spanish