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In the News
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| • | "The FTC Transfer rule now allows for electronic transfer of UFOC/Disclosure documents", Franchising in New England, 12/7/07 | | • | "Industry Change Spells Opportunity, Not Doom", indUS Business Journal, 3/13/07
| | • | "CDWorks, Duplicating Success", Boston Business Journal, 11/7/06
| | • | "Chips & Drivers: Carving a niche into CDs, one company gets ahead", Mass High Tech, 3/26/01
| | • | "Duplicating Efforts", Boston Business Journal, 3/16/01
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Jeff Starfield
Jeff launched CD Works in 1993 in the pioneer days of CD-R. He is a co-founder of the International Disc Duplicating Association and has been a regular speaker at industry conferences. Before that he started and ran Ruggles Restaurants, a chain of table service pizza restaurants, and Baby Watson, a sandwich and dessert chain.
Jeff's expertise is in finding creative solutions to customer problems and he supplements this with PDF authoring for our clients. He is the only known field hockey playing CD duplicator. With BA, BSc and MBA degrees behind his extensive experience with cheesecake, pizza and CDs, Jeff has a particularly well-rounded background. | | |
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Chris Coates
General Manager - CDWorks Atlanta.
Chris joined CD Works' Boston office in July 2005, bringing with him over six years of experience in the graphic design and commercial printing industry. As Production Manager he oversaw the production staff and worked closely with customers to ensure the timely and accurate completion of every order. He hopes to continue providing the same level of service at the new Atlanta branch.
Chris graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1997 with a degree in Film Scoring. A true entrepreneur, Chris and his wife Kimberly opened a flower shop in 2000 which has achieved great success. In his spare time Chris enjoys writing music, cooking and spending time with his family. | | |
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Jennifer Wagner
Production Manager - Boston
Jennifer came to CDWorks in July 2007 from Los Angeles where she was Project Manager for Worldwide Television DVD at Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Prior to her position at Warner Bros., she was Production Manager and Creative Director with TOKYOPOP Inc., a Graphic Novel and Anime Publisher in Los Angeles. With over 10 years of experience in Digital Media, Print and Animation Production, Jennifer brings with her a wealth of knowledge and superior attention to detail.
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|  | Elissa Dennis
Elissa has been applying her eagle eye to the company bookkeeping since 1997. Her attention to detail and highly honed English skills have prevented many an error and saved many a customer's typos from going to press. Before joining CD Works, Elissa worked in the Boston music and club industry. After graduating from Syracuse University with a BS degree, Elissa interned at a weekly arts and entertainment newspaper. Her son Zeke has taken early retirement from his unpaid internship at CD Works where he spent much of the first two years of his life. | | |
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Kerin Putnam
Kerin joined CD Works in July 2004, bringing with him over six years of experience in solution sales in the telecommunications industry. His experience ranged from small up and coming phone companies to massive enterprises like Qwest Communications where he was a star performer. As Business Development Manager, he is charged with new client acquisition, account management and devising custom media solutions.
Years ago, Kerin dropped out of a university that he still refuses to name, but brought along with some training in graphic arts from his High School days. His communications training includes DS-0, DS-1, DS-3, ISDN, Frame Relay, VPN and SONET systems. All of which are completely useless to him here, but he has a similar collection of CD and DVD acronyms for our customer's enjoyment. | | |
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Kyle Frenette
Kyle joined the production team at CD Works in March 2005 and puts his music and customer service experience to good use. He graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1998 with a BFA in Illustration. In 1999, he relocated from Connecticut to Boston, where he spent 5 and 1/2 years at Mark of the Unicorn Digital Recording Products as the company's international sales rep and customer service manager. He writes, sings, and plays guitar for Boston rock band Sometimes She Burns and, under the Rotting Musician Productions name, produces and writes for other musicians.
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Peter Sofronas
July 2001 marks the time that Peter joined CD Works as the Art Department. He doubles as in-house Video Engineer for DVD Authoring and assists with the production of CDs and DVDs. Prior to his tenure at CD Works, peter spent five years as a graphic designer for a couple of web companies before the dot com bubble burst. He graduated from Salem State College in 1997 with a B.F.A. in Theatre. When not at CD Works, peter works as a freelance comic book artist. | | |
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Jeff Farrar
Jeff joined the CDWorks crew in May of 2007. Known for his Renaissance man
qualities, he makes a perfect addition to the departments of Shipping &
Receiving, Production, Reception, Manufacturing.well, you get the idea.
Jeff is a 2001 graduate of Boston University and regrets leaving college
life! In his spare time, Jeff enjoys playing softball and attending Red Sox
games.
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