John Havel Email & Phone Number

Salvo, Nc, Us

Salvo, North Carolina

Contractor for the U.S. EPA as a member of the National Health Effects and Environmental Research Laboratory (NHEERL) Graphics Lab based in Research Triangle Park, NC. Responsibilities include scientific illustration, scientific poster creation and production, public relations graphics and design including publications and other print media, and general graphic and imaging support services for NHEERL and ORD (Office of Research and Development) on-site scientists and administration. Additional responsibilities include occasional graphics support in inter- and intranet web design and graphics.(NOTE: In September of 2000, I began this position under a federal contract with OAO Corporation. In April of 2001, OAO lost this contract to CSC (Computer Sciences Corp.). Then, in April of 2008, the contract was reconfigured and re-bid by EPA, and SRA International won the new contract.)

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One of a four-person digital imaging and design team responsible for the acquisition and photo enhancement of over 63,000 china, crystal, and flatware patterns for the creation of full-color identification guides and an in-house computer image database. Responsibilities included a full-spectrum variety of computer imaging, design, and publication tasks for both in-house and consumer-oriented projects. Additionally responsible for overseeing a 6,000-piece china, crystal, and silver collection including care and display of selected pieces in a 1400 sq. ft. museum/showroom.

Responsible for management of the production unit of a national air pollution training project under an Assistance Agreement from the U.S. EPA. Management responsibilities included administration, creative direction, development of graphic standards, hiring and supervision of four computer graphic artists. Primary production consisted of instructional materials for the inspection of pollution control equipment mandated by the 1990 Clean Air Act. Materials included training manuals for students and instructors, videos for classroom and self-instructional courses, and digital slides for live courses and workshops taught monthly via satellite. Graphics production was primarily on Windows-based PCs with additional support from Macintosh platforms.

Responsible for coordinating the design, production and implementation of interactive video projects created for the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges for assisting rural people in starting their own businesses. Responsibilities included all phases of design, development, and production, especially instructional objectives, flowcharting, storyboarding, content development, script editing, screen designs, computer graphics and animation. Also responsible for supervision of all video production, and "authoring" for laserdisc production.HIGHLIGHT: Responsible for the production of a laser-disc interactive computer program entitled, “How To Start A Home-Based Business from Scratch” including 30 minutes of original video. This was delivered to three pilot college sites in 1990.

As a co-founder of this small computer applications company in Carrboro, NC, my primary responsibilities included computer-based training graphics, as well as instructional design and visual formats for computer software. This included computer image creation on a variety of hardware and software systems including Targa TIPS, MicroGrafx Designer, Mass11 Draw, Dr. Halo, Deluxe Paint, etc. Also responsible for PR and creative graphic and design needs for the company.HIGHLIGHT: In 1989, I designed and supervised the construction of an interactive kiosk, designed the video-graphic screens, and coordinated the production of a recruitment program for Northeastern University installed at Logan International Airport. In 1990, I designed the computer graphic screens and educational images for the “Capillary Racer” game for the BodyTech exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in Durham (this was still in use the last time I visited, although that was a few years ago).

Computer-Based Training Project Manager, Art Director - Sept 1985 to Jan 1988Responsible for management of Interactive CBT project teams for corporate clients. Duties included overall project management, employee supervision, client interface, program flowcharting and design, instructional design assistance, storyboarding, screen design and graphics, authoring, video and videodisc production coordination, and corporate graphics.HIGHLIGHT: In 1986, I played a primary role in the program design, screen graphics, “authoring,” and physical installation of Glaxo Pharmaceutical’s 20-system touchscreen interactive training program on anti-hypertensive drugs for sales reps, the company’s first multimedia training effort. Later that year, I became Project Manager and primary developer of an interactive radiation safety training program for Burroughs-Welcome employees in Research Triangle Park. In 1987, I was designated Project Manager and client liaison for LRI's largest corporate training project for Sandoz Pharmaceuticals of New Jersey. Although significant visual and instructional design on this project was completed, sadly, in 1988, corporate investors "pulled the plug" on LRI before the project reached final production.

Responsible for management, design, development, and production of interpretive exhibits for a 6,000 square-foot state historical museum. Curatorial duties included management of the seven-person exhibit staff, planning, budgeting, and scheduling of all exhibit and design work. Design and curatorial duties included close collaboration with the research and development and collections curators to visualize and create initial designs, conceptual drawings, scale models, engineering plans, blueprints, artifact handling and mounting, materials specifications, as well as collateral print and A/V media development, and finished designs and graphics for mounting each exhibition.HIGHLIGHTS: Designed and produced major state historical exhibits including “The Black Presence in North Carolina,” the first “Juried Exhibition of North Carolina Crafts,” and “Raleigh and Roanoke: The 400th Anniversary of the First English Settlement in America” (produced in cooperation with the British Library and the New York Public Library, this was the largest and most prestigious exhibit in the museum's history).

Ba, Fine Arts

[Note: At the time I attended, "Kean University" in Union, NJ was named "Newark State College." A few years after I graduated, it became.

Aa, Social Science & Humanities

Activities and Societies: Staff member on the college newspaper, staff member for the literary magazine "The Labyrinth," member.