BURGAD IMAGING
S T A F F
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Keith Burgad - President
1987-Present
Experience with various companies in the photography profession centered around
school services. Trained as school photographer beginning with senior portraits
and underclass portraits. Self trained for wedding and family portraits. Self employed
photographer maintained successful wedding business and began expansion into the
arena of school photography. Certified member of Professional Photographers of America
(PPA), and is a member in good standing since 1999. Founded the corporation Burgad
Imaging Inc. specializing in school photography. Member and speaker for Professional
School Photographer of America (PSPA) Member and speaker for Photo Marketing Association
(PMA). Member Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce since 2000. Member Lodi Chamber
of Commerce. Member in good standing Better Business Bureau.
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Michelle Burgad - Vice President
1996-Present
Michelle has extensive experience in business ownership, photography and excellent
customer service. As co-owner, her jobs have varied throughout the years. In the
early stages of the business Michelle, managed customer service, photographed school
pictures, senior portraits and families. From there, due to the growth of the business,
she moved to outside service and support for schools and employee management. Currently
she specializes in overall staff support, management and training as well as office
administration. She takes great pride and enjoys working with her husband and co-owner
on creatively finding ways to better serve their staff and clientele.
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Kelly Lair - Account Executive
Experienced in Outside Client introductions and relations. Responsibilities include establishing new relationships
with Schools, Sports Leagues, and any area that has a need for professional photography.
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Heather Arlin - Production Manager
Trained with Fuji for operation of Frontier professional photographic processing
equipment. Trained with Noritsu for operation of our QSS32-Pro Series Photographic
processor. Currently operates and maintains our in house professional lab equipment
with a processing speed of 400 8x10 units per hour virtually unattended. She can
print packages, for a typical school of 600 kids, in under 1/2 day. Maintains production
workflow, has primary say for quality control including image quality, content quality
and delivery timing.
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Elizabeth Avila -
Account Manager
Responsible for outside service and support for all school accounts. Works directly
with the Principals and Secretaries at each site to provide all service items, to
schedule all shoot dates, and provides all information needed to schedule the photographers.
Produces all literature needed prior to each shoot. Assists within studio where
needed.
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Larissa Amboy - Graphic Artist
She is also known as our “Creative Genius”.
Responsible for designing dance backgrounds, informational pamphlets, flyers and
developing and implementing market strategies for new and existing school districts.
Retouching and digital editing of all images including senior portraits. Her knowledge
also extends to printing and production. Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art
from University of California Santa Barbara.
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