I have been drawing since I was able to pick up a writing implement. My drawing talents excelled in school where I won many awards at art shows. In my days at Baldwin High School, I took up Graphic Arts to expand my talents. In parallel to my interest in art, I began acting in summer theater and would later appear in TV commercials and land extra rolls in feature films. Being inspired early on by TV shows like The Monkees and The Partridge Family, I took up learning the drums at the age of 5 and later bass guitar at 15. Music soon took over as my main passion as I got a taste for playing in local bands and began to compose original songs. By the time I was 19, I was playing in front of large crowds and opening for national acts.

As a young adult, I decided to put my acting to use by combining my improvisational skills with my natural ability to mimic famous voices, such as Bullwinkle, and began making regular appearances on the Scott Paulsen Radio Show on Pittsburgh's WDVE. I also got my first taste at producing music as I entered the studio to co-produce a charity song to which I penned the lyrics. Dream Makers was a local "We Are The World" type effort where I gathered musicians of all types from around the Pittsburgh area to take part in singing and playing on the song that would get notable air play as well as a Rockumentary that would air on TV; thus, I came to discover yet another talent of mine - team building. I believed in the "We are the Dream Project" and got others to see my vision for it, and talked every one of the artists into donating their time and efforts to make the project successful. Five years later, I was at it again - only this time, I decided to produce a full-length CD of local bands performing classic rock hits. The Power-hitters Tribute to Classic Rock was recorded and released to raise money for the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation.

A year later, I fell in love with the Internet and the abilities that the home computer could deliver. I started teaching myself how to build Web sites. My vision was to start building sites for the bands that I would produce and incorporate this talent into my music production company. To further my advancement on my design capabilities, I decided to attend Duquesne University in Pittsburgh to obtain a degree in Multimedia Technologies. It was here that I gravitated towards everything related to Multimedia Design - including computer animation.

Atlas Design Group was formed in December of 2001, and by 2005 I had built the division up with two other employees, four freelancers and a book of business. I was then offered the opportunity to buy the company for no more than work-on-trade. I and my new business partner, Tim Gerwing, would look to take Atlas Design Group to the next level as our own company in 2006.

In 2009, I formed the division that was to become Zoetifex Entertainment to focus more on visual effects and animation for TV and Film. A few years later, an opportunity arose for me to put together a demonstration of Zoetifex' animation capabilities, for a gentleman in New York who was looking for a company to produce a new animated TV Series based on vintage radio and TV audio. I came up with the idea of taking the audio from Alfred Hitchcock's five-minute long trailer for his movie "The Birds." I edited the audio down to a minute and began coming up with unique visuals that put a twist on the actual audio. I then had to put my team-building skills to use to round up some of the most talented animators that were available for work. Zoetifex was coming to life, and my vision was to build the studio from the ground up - with the key ingredient being the talent. The team I was able to build had experience working with such companies as Disney, Blue Sky, Digital Domain, Imagi, Electronic Arts and more. The end result was even better than I had hoped for. The client instantly fell in love with the piece - and so have tens of thousands of viewers on the Internet.

I have been leading, creating and entertaining for most of my life. From my background in music, to acting and voice-overs, to my artistic skills and award-winning designs. I have unique, creative ideas and possess an ability to round up the most talented people available on a moments notice. I believe, and what's more - I have been able to get others to believe in what I'm doing.