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Welcome to my site.
My name is John Vaughan
This is The Communication Studio.

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Being Professional: My Resume

I created this website to get work. In many ways, it is - shamelessly - "my resume on steroids". The tabfolders across the top of the page are a fast track to this info:

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Who I Am
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As the infomercials say, "But wait - There's MORE!"
Getting Personal

Who I Am is more than just my career bullets and professional philosophy. Maybe it'll get into the site at some point. In the meantime:

Military Brat, speaks many languages (metaphorically and literally), Family Guy, lived in Europe, pioneered a loft in NYC, community activist, ex video freak, animator, Cub Scout leader, Navy ROTC, cat-man, new media adventurer, alien anthropologist ...

 
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Click on the Experience tab to see examples of my professional work.

My Professional career spans several decades, from community cable, arts and documentary video through early pre-Web interactive ventures. Take a look: 

Each Case Study features:

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A brief Project Description

Challenges & Solutions

Skills & Technologies used

Professional Recommendations from clients & colleagues

 the 70's The Web Gets Real  
Transactional services, personalization, portals, social networking 
the 70's Transistional Surge 
Looking for standards and process, "information architecture" 
the 70's Before We Called it the Web 
The first wave of interactive online, the "gooey" interface
the 70's The New Media Emerges
Video, animation, cable TV, community work  
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Click on the Services tab for my approach to these basic tools of the profession:
Your site Architecture must be intuitive, natural, simple - "easy to use". Express the workflow with appropriate behaviors, graceful navigation and a helpful attitude.
You want to see Design results - and fast. Visual storyboarding and quick turnaround on a wireframe model or prototypes with flexible design stylesheets.
Focus your site and support it with an efficient Process. Implement best practices, standards, templates, clip art and stylesheets. Create a structure that works.
The plan works when you communicate effectively. Shared Documentation and guidelines keep everyone on track. Advocate. Evangelize. Accomplish.
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Click on the Understanding tab for some thoughts on UxP:
  The User Experience Practice champions usability and embodies the full scope of skills and disciplines.  
 

The emergence of Interaction Design as a skilled position marks the coming of age of the new media. It's the cutting edge of usability.

  
 

True "customer-centricity" requires an organizational Vision that anticipates the future and changes the way we work.

  
 

Our Desire for usability has led to a New Synthesis in the interactive arena - and across the board.

 
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Click on the Skills & Tools tab at the top of the page for the "dirt under the fingernails" particulars.

Tools of the Trade

Dreamweaver   Contribute   Fireworks   Photoshop   Flash   MS Word  
Sharepoint   Robohelp   W3C   JavaScript   Lotus Notes   Powerpoint

Entrepreneurship

Productivity Tools: CMS, Page Presenter, POS Interactive, Clip Art Library

 
Education

1981

 New York University Master's in Interactive Telecommunications

1977

 M.I.T. Technical courses in animation and video

1974

 Boston University Master's in Educational Media / Instructional TV

1972

 Tufts University BA in History, Self-Directed Studies

Speaks: Norwegian, German, Spanish, Dutch
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Click on the Ideas & Opinions tab for my approach to these basic tools of the profession:
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Seasoned Senior Interactive Architect and Lead of User Experience Design, usability, and documentation teams at Fortune 500 companies. Very strong financial. Point man and the competitive edge for transformation of legacy software and interactive services. Extensive background in all aspects of multimedia development and high level integration. Creative and insightful, with excellent analytical and communication skills. Experienced and technically astute. Able to integrate, articulate and motivate across disciplines.

With more than 25 years experience crafting the customer experience of interactive systems, I offer a unique combination of business understanding, technical acumen, creative talent and strategic insight. Adaptable, innovative and insightful, I "hit the ground running" and excel in a challenging environment.

CP Cohen Art & Design (Oct - Nov 2008)
Brochureware site for print-oriented design shop.

[ Major Automotive Retailer ] (Sep 2008)
Usability assessment & recommendations for a
"point of sale" touchscreen presentation system.

Sealed Air (Jul - Aug 2008)
Functional assessment & design recommendations
for an international corporate portal.

SMALL PUBLIC WEBSITES

MID-RANGE MARKETING-ORIENTED SITES

COMPLEX WORKFLOW APPLICATIONS

HUGE PORTALS





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Peter's Ride

November 1, 2008 - Peter Bodtke began his VistA Tour, traveling throughout Central America on a motorcycle in order to promote the awareness of the WorldVistA health care information system.

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The goals:

Meet with key stakeholders in each country
Demo what VistA can do
Advocate for the infrastructure benefits of VistA

Phase #2 of World VistA Tour, promoting VistA awareness in South America, is slated for 2009 ...

More about the VistA Tour


Peter Bodtke

Peter Bodtke is a colleague I met at a project at Ernst & Young back in 2001. We bumped chests at first (two IA's from different internal groups), then hit it off - and have remained friends ever since. A few years back Peter turned me on to his work with WorldVistA.

Given the obvious need for decent healthcare infrastructure, this is important stuff. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally...

 

We Salute You: WorldVistA

WorldVistA's mission is to improve healthcare worldwide by making medical information technology better and universally affordable.

Any doctor, nurse, or other healthcare provider caring for a patient anywhere in the world should have access to all relevant medical information about that patient and software support to help provide the best care possible. WorldVistA works to make that happen with a powerful, open-source, free medical software system called VistA (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture).

The VistA health care information system manages the health records of almost 10 million veterans and Native Americans at nearly 2000 facilities throughout the US. VistA technology currently supports the delivery of healthcare to more patients than any other system in the world.

As VistA was developed with taxpayer dollars, its licensing cost to users is ZERO, i.e. the system can be deployed without incurring expensive licensing fees.

 
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