1963
Illustrator
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
“I Have a Dream” speech
March on Washington
Recruited by congressman Adam Clayton Powell to illustrate Dr. King’s landmark speech. Dr. King was magnificently dressed. My introduction to Brioni.

1964
Art Director
Motown Record Corp.
Detroit, MI
Ran away from school at the tender age of 19 to create the look of the Motown Sound. Earned 12 gold records and my name on the back of some very cool album covers. The rest, as they say, is history.

1968
Art Director / Copywriter
Campbell-Ewald
Detroit, MI
Left Motown for the second-best job in Detroit. Worked in the Corvette Performance Group during the day and drag raced factory-tuned Corvettes and Camaros on Woodward Blvd. at night.

1970
Creative Supervisor
Young & Rubicam
New York, NY
Having too much fun for my own good, moved back to New York for a job as an Assistant Art Director and the biggest pay cut in recorded history. Got a bigger title and a window after winning awards for my work on Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Pepper, United Negro College Fund, P&G, Chrysler, Sanka, and Manufacturers Hanover Bank. My campaigns included "I'm Stuck On Band-Aid," "Sanka: Third Largest Coffee In America," "UNCF: A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" and "Dr. Pepper: America's Most Misunderstood Soft Drink."

1972
Clio Award
“A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste”
United Negro College Fund

1976
Clio Award
“I’m Stuck on Band-Aid”Band-Aid Brand by Johnson & Johnson
Mike Becker and I wrote the song. Barry Manilow got the residuals. John Travolta and Terri Garr both launched careers.

1978
Associate Creative Director
Leo Burnett
Chicago , IL
Nobody told me how cold it was in Chicago. Moved two blocks from the office and lived at work (literally), cranking out campaigns for Taster's Choice, RCA Consumer Electronics, and United Airlines. Got Burnett’s standard perk, advertising’s greatest bonus.

1980
Associate Creative Director
Compton Advertising
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Two Chicago winters was enough for anybody. Off for a lesson in Hispanic Advertising at the source.

1981
Creative Group Head
Case & Krone
New York, NY
Money isn't everything. So when America's greatest Art Director, Helmut Krone, offered me a job for less money and longer hours, I slapped myself and said, "Thanks, I Needed That." The next thing I know, the line is being parodied on SNL, making Skin Bracer a household word. Who knew?

1983
Creative Supervisor
Wells, Rich, Greene
New York, NY
O.K. money IS everything. But that's not why I went to WRG.I thought that having worked for two famous women named Mary Wells would look cool on my resume. They thought that since I knew my way around Detroit I'd be perfect for the Ford account. After " Ford: Quality Is Job 1" and "There's a Ford In America's Future," I was rewarded with CitiCorp, Chase Manhattan Bank and Ralston/Purina. So much for cool.

1985
Creative Director
Smart Communications
Los Angeles, CA
After getting an offer I couldn't refuse for my condo in New York, I said farewell to winter and moved to Los Angeles. Couldn't find an agency job, so I opened my own with clients like The California Lottery, AT&T, Pepsico USA, Household Bank, First Interstate Bank, BankOne, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, KFC, Hardee's, Denny's, eTrade Group, Athearn, Turner Home Entertainment, The Walt Disney Co., Summit Healthcare, Tenet HealthCorp, and California Dept. of Health Services.

1995
Clio Hall of Fame
“I’m Stuck on Band-Aid”
Band-Aid Brand by Johnson & Johnson
19 years after winning the original Clio, the Hall of Fame induction. Pretty damn cool.

1998
Author
“Divide & Conquer: Targeting Your Customers Through Market Segmentation"
John Wiley & Sons, Publishers
Became a best-seller in 6 months. Sold out in a year. Pick up a used one at Amazon.

2000
Director of Development
Opus Communicea
Los Angeles, CA
Worked for Dan Cracchiolo, Producer of ”The Matrix” and “Lethal Weapon,” developing feature films, web properties and the next generation of sponsor-produced programming. A fist-full of dollars, but not nearly as much fun as advertising.

2002
Consulting Creative Director
Sun Microsystems
Los Angeles, CA
Got to peer into the future. My clients were the smartest people on the planet. Their products helped to change the way the world works.

2003
Author
“Fantazzzmia: Where Dreams come From" Four Dolphins Press, Publishers

2004
Advertising Walk of Fame
“A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste”
United Negro College Fund

2004
Vice Chairman
Institute for Advanced Practices In Advertising
Los Angeles, CA
Currently creating new business models for a 200-year-old industry in radical need of change.

2005
Managing Partner
The Gasp Company
Long Beach, CA
Newest venture. Established with Angela Glenn. The Nation’s first Post-Advertising consultancy to develop new methodologies for stretching the boundaries of traditional advertising and new media to create a more meaningful way of engaging consumers.