I am an award-winning Art/Creative/Marketing Director with a portfolio of internationally recognized print, digital and broadcast work for some of the world’s most iconic brands, including GE, NBC Universal, The Olympic Games and Walt Disney World. While Creative Director at lynda.com, I was the driving force behind all brand creative work (90% Web and mobile), which was directly linked to sales cresting $100 million, membership reaching nearly three million, and the sale of lynda.com to LinkedIn for $1.5 billion. As VP/Creative Director and Global Creative Chairman of the 800-person experiential marketing agency GEM Group for nine years, I partnered with NBC Universal on the development of promotional content and media for four Olympics Games, which culminated in the Beijing Games becoming the most-watched U.S. television event of all time with 211 million viewers. Additionally, many of the successful materials that I designed for the launches of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Disney Cruise Line still endure today. Marketing teams that I have been a part of have been honored with over 50 industry awards, including a Cannes Lion. In my free time, I am honored to be a Mentor, Intercultural Leaders at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, an exclusive skills and knowledge-sharing platform in partnership with the BMW Group. I am a Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign expert and have taught them, as well as Branding, Concept Development and Typography, at Kendall College of Art and Design. Lastly, I have an M.F.A. in Computer Graphics and Interactive Media from the prestigious Pratt Institute – the highest academic degree given in this field of study. Read Less