The People Who Work Here: Sherry Valentine, Pre-Press Manager

She makes it all look so easy. But when you are experienced and have seen the sea change in the printing industry as Sherry Valentine has seen it, then you know how to adapt and change.

 “The process known as ‘prepress” has changed significantly since I first started in the printing industry in the 1980s,” Sherry said. “But having something that not only saves me time, but saves the environment, that’s a real plus,” she said.

The something Sherry is talking about is the newest piece of equipment in Executive Press’ printing process, a Heidelberg Suprasetter. Executive Press is a full-service printing company based in Richardson, Texas, and has been in business these past 30 years.

Sherry is also the operator of the Canon digital press. So, she not only understands the traditional printing process, she gets the digital systems as well.

“A real plus to having me on the digital press,” Sherry said,” is that I can identify color and quality pretty readily because of my offset experience.”

Sherry has been a part of Executive Press since 2000 and in the printing industry since the mid 1980s. Married to a pressman, Sherry grew up in the industry. But her expertise is in prepress and the process.

 “From capturing or creating a file to proofing to making plates, I’ve done it all,” Sherry said. “I started out stripping negatives but that process is now not only easier and faster, it’s cleaner, too.”

Sherry is mom to two sons and attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

You can reach Sherry and the rest of the Executive Press team at 214-217-7000 or at their website.