Iowa State University

Contracting Officer

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Micro-PurchasingPurchasing supplies and services for all 7 field offices in the Great Plains Region in Eastern Colorado. Evaluate and issue Request for Quote. Develop evaluations criteria for complex simplified acquisitions. Have the ability to prepare announcements for Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps). Constant communication with Eastern Colorado Area Office (ECAO) employees, Regional office, other government agencies, GSA vendors, local, national and world wide merchants and manufacturers. Responsible for maintaining stock room with office supplies. Reconcile bank statements. Responsible for all monthly, quarterly and yearly bills. Receiving official for item purchased.Contract PreparationRegularly use Interior Department’s Electronic Acquisition System (IDEAS) to create contract purchase orders to send to Supervisor for award. I also conduct market research on products and services before purchasing for customers. Regularly work on assisting the regional contract specialist on pre and post award Simplified Acquisition Procedure (SAP) contracts. I have completed over 22 hours of the mandatory training towards a Level IA certificate of appointment for my warranted authorization on future purchases over $100,000. Primary back-up to 6 charge card holders who have micro-purchasing authority every month. Have a purchase card with a $100,000 limit for every month. Managed annual contracts, Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) and leases.

Bureau of Reclamation

Purchasing Agent

Specialized in branding and visual production.

Mike in the Box Graphic Design LLC

Owner/Graphic Artist

Created Graphic Designs from scratch, Catalogs, Printing Films, Customizing Fonts, Quality Control, Creating Layouts for Sales, and updated Websites using SharePoint. Responsible for the accuracy of the graphic messages and promotions needed for city communications, produced on a daily basis, and requiring rapid turnaround.  All conducted without management supervision.  Managed and organized all advertising responsibilities for all City of Greeley activities, updated every month displayed through newspaper & magazine ads, UCCC show programs, posters, flyers, and brochures. Maintained the city's websites. Received recognition for vastly exceeding the requirements of my assigned job duties and for consistently representing the City of Greeley as a vital and comprehensive governmental service provider.   This position involved close cooperation with the advertising team to implement new approaches and promotions for the city advertising leisure activities, within a limited budget. Also emphasized was meeting deadlines.

City of Greeley

Graphic/Web Designer

This company is a leader in its field of graphic design appliqués’.  Its culture stressed open-ended creativity, which led to substantial personal growth in my graphic design skills.  Created Graphic Designs from scratch, Catalogs, Printing Films, Customizing Fonts, Quality Control, Layouts for Sales.  Solely responsible for designs used by this t-shirt provider.  Apprenticed under two senior graphic designers. Was recognized for my collaborative and communication skills which led to product development that responded to customer needs and which produced significant growth in sales.   Developed an organized project tracking system enabling smooth operations and efficient use of time and money.

E.M.I. Sportswear

Graphic Designer

Customer Service, Document Creation, Oversize Printing, Auxiliary Printing, Supervised up to 3 employees. Promotion: Was offered Assistant Production Manager position, with opportunities to expand pre-existing job duties, but I moved to another company before accepting this offer. I worked for this company at two locations, in Iowa and in Colorado, over the indicated time period. Under the leadership and mentorship of the Iowa store manager, I developed team building skills, consistent attention to detail, organizational skills, and as a result, the Iowa store was ranked in the top 10 in the nation for customer service and getting the job done on time.Customer service was the number one priority. Utilized my graphic and printing expertise and communication skills to effectuate customer ideas, expand their options, and provide them the freedom to easily develop high quality presentations and promotions for their business.My seven year experience with Kinko's provided extensive experience with printing and production, including high run printers and copiers such as Xerox Docutech, DocuColor and Canon. Worked with oversize BW and Color HP printers and Vinyl cutter machines. Applied vinyl on vinyl on any material.

Michael Hirsch