Seminar 05 – Assuring Quality Digital Art: From Author to Print to the Web

Eric Pesanelli has worked in STM (Scientific, Technical and Medical) Publishing for more than 15 years. As Editorial Art Manager for The American Physiological Society publications department, Eric has seen figure preparation go from the paste-up table to the electronic desktop environment. As the electronic workflow evolves, the “paste-up” aspect has taken a backseat to balancing the needs of an electronic production environment with the abilities of the users/authors.

Greg Suprock is Vice President and General Manager of Cadmus’ Columbia, Maryland, facility. Cadmus is a Cenveo company offering full-service support to publishers in the Science, Technology and Medical (STM) market space. The Columbia office is responsible for Content Services activities, including copyediting, journal management, composition, and data conversion.

Prior to joining Cadmus, Greg worked for the Nature Publishing Group as emerging technology director. There he was responsible for teams working on the Nature Network, Nature Protocols, and other social software applications. Before joining NPG, Greg worked at The Sheridan Press in a variety of operational and technology roles, starting as composition manager and concluding as digital services director.

Mary Jane Gavenda has been in the design and print management business since the beginnings of the desktop publishing revolution and has seen the industry change from rubyliths and light tables to color-calibrated monitors and digital printers.

In 1992, she started her own business, Publications Management, which she still runs. She currently works as a print designer and advisor on production issues for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens which publishes a journal, Hesperia, as well as books on archaeology and related Greek studies.

Anne Lenehan has worked in medical publishing for over 20 years. She is currently the Publishing Director, Medical Education for Elsevier, based in Philadelphia, and responsible for some of the leading brands in medical education including Netter, Robbins Pathology, Gray’s Anatomy and Secrets. Prior to this role she was responsible for the Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations from 2005 to 2010. The Netter Anatomy Flashcards App (developed with Modality) was one of the first apps in the App Store and was featured in the WWDC in 2008 rocketing Netter back to fame. She has launched several other apps for other products in the Medical Education market. In her career she has worked in all aspects of medical publishing; sales, marketing and editorial for books, electronic products, and journals.