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Presentation Resume for Leonard Pickel - With over 35 years experience across the United States and overseas in the scripting, design, working drawings and building of various building functions including hotels and strip centers; specializing in amusement attraction and theme design. A creative thinker, I am highly skilled in design techniques, sketch perspectives, marker renderings, study and finish models. Experienced AutoCAD drafter, Sketchup 3D Presentation, published creative writer, public speaker, Excel spreadsheets and database developer.
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LEONARD PICKEL
Innovator Builder Leader
Illustrator Speaker Creator
Inventor Writer Owner
Coordinator Designer Historian
Architectural
DesignerLeonard began his career with over 10 years of architectural detailing, design, site layout work as well as construction project management .
His design portfolio includes single and multi family residential, hotels, prisons, car dealerships, and urban design.
Hotel Concept
Experience:Job CaptainProject ManagerDesignerRendererModel Maker
Education:Architectural Design,Texas A&M University
Sketchup Model
AutoCAD Floor PlanResidential Design
CommercialInstitutionalResidentialLeisureUrban DesignHistoric Preservation
Cowan House, Dallas, TXDesign and Construction Documents for:
Unit Floor Plan
Residential Apartment Design
Site Plan
Evermore Park Design, Salt Lake City, UT
Evermore Park Façade Detail
Amusement Park Design
Trinity Lake Site Analysis, Dallas, TX
Urban Design
Attraction
Designer
“Nightscares” Portable Tent Attraction
A dark attraction industry icon, Leonard has designed and installed chilling attractions around the world.
From permanent installations to moveable tents and eye-catching facades to terrifying interiors, Leonard is unrivaled in his experience and execution of unforgettable attractions.
Portable Tent Attraction, Buck Hill, MN
AutoCAD Elevation
Walk Though Attraction Design
AutoCAD Floor Plan
Mirror Maze Design
Mirror Maze Design: Ocean Park, Hong Kong
“Dino Terror” Inflatable Walk-Through
Inflatable Design
Museum Design
“Pirates: Legends of the Gulf Coast” Exhibit
Queen Ann Facade
AutoCAD Elevation
3D Sketchup Model
Façade Design
Sketchup Model, “Bethlem Sanatorium” Australia
Façade Design
Completed Façade
Illustrator
and Artist
Marker Rendering - Downtown Lake Project, Dallas TX
With over 30 years of concept and construction documentation experience, Leonard possesses the vision and skills to bring your themed attraction to life.
An accomplished artist and draftsmen, Leonard offers a full range of sketching, rendering, and modeling through multiple mediums.
“Dino Terror” Inflatable Concepts
Concept Sketching
Concept Sketches
Marker Sketches
Facade Concept to Working Drawing
Hand Sketch and 2D CAD Drafting
Prop Assembly Drawings
2D CAD Drafting
Illusion
Designer
Endless Hallway – “Area 51: Scare Zone”
With new twists on classic illusions and creative concepts, Leonard continues to enhance and stretch the envelope of possibilities in visual design.
Among his many innovations are space saving museum exhibits and creepy, dark deceptions for haunted attractions.
Forced Perspective Façade
Forced Perspective
Pepper’s Ghost Illusion Blue Room Illusion
Reflection Illusions
Pit Illusion - Playboy Mansion, CA Mirror Illusion – Lizzie Borden Museum: Salem, MA
Blue Room Illusion – “Dr. Evil’s” Charlotte, NC
Mirror Illusions
Industry
ExpertLeonard has been shaping the haunted attraction industry for over three decades through innovative design and concepts.
He possesses the experience to take any attraction to the next level and his insights are in constant demand across the country for articles and as a featured public speaker.
“Frightmares” Detail
Renowned Speaker
o Themed Attraction Design
o Increasing Attraction Though-put
o Opening Your First Haunted Attraction
o Effective Scare Techniques
o Special Amusement Building Design Code Compliance
Leonard has spoken at every major industry convention including IAAPA.
Writer
o Creative Storylines
o Technical Writing
o Publication Editor
o Museum Research/Descriptions
Leonard was Founder and Editor of Haunted Attraction Magazine for 50 issues.
Leonard has written articles for industry and national publications. His insight into the amusement industry is sought out by reporters and clients alike.
o Travel Channel’s “Making Monsters”
o Chiller’s “The American Scream”
o Martha Stewart’s “Halloween Special”
o America’s Best Haunted Houses
o Travel Channel’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Special
Leonard was honored with a question using his name in the Millennium Edition of the game Trivial Pursuit, as well as a question on the television game show Jeopardy.
Television Consultant
Achievements:
o Founder and Editor in Chief of Haunted Attraction Magazine 1994 - 2009
o Founded the International Association of Haunted Attractions (IAHA)
o Created the Haunt Industry’s First Convention -Haunted Attraction National Tradeshow and Convention (HAuNTcon)
o 2009 Life Time Achievement award by the International Association of Haunted Attractions(IAHA)
Previous Clients
o Madison Square Garden
o Universal Studios Florida
o Ocean Park
o SCREAMS Terror Park
o Playboy Mansion Halloween Party
o Six Flags St Louis
o Six Flags Great America
o Six Flags Over Texas
o Six Flags Over Georgia
o Six Flags AstroWorld
o Kentucky Kingdom
CONTACT
Leonard Pickel972-951-5100
www.hauntrepreneurs.com
Winter Garden, Florida
Job History and References
Available on Request
