Experience

The EGC Group

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Apr 2013 - Present

  Executive Director of EGC Group's Craft Beverage Marketing Division, leading a team of experts to offer strategic planning, visual ID and branding, package design, marketing, product development, promotions, and public relations to the beverage industry. EGC Group is a full-service integrated advertising agency headquartered in Melville, NY and New York City. Ranked as one of the top 100 fastest growing agencies in the nation by Agency Post and Advertising Age and Inc. 500 honoree. EGC Group’s work has been honored with the industry’s top awards and retains clientele across all industries. Founded 1985. egcgroup.com craftbeveragebranders.com pinterest.com/egcgroup/craft-beverage-branding ––– Show less



Craft Beer Marketing Awards

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  The CBMAS were developed to recognize and award the very best marketing in the brewing industry across the world. Breweries, their agencies, artists and marketing partners are invited to enter their top work. The CBMAS include over 30 categories recognizing all aspects of beer-related marketing. TheCrushies.com The CBMAS were developed to recognize and award the very best marketing in the brewing industry across the world. Breweries, their agencies, artists and marketing partners are invited to enter their top work. The CBMAS include over 30 categories recognizing all aspects of beer-related marketing. TheCrushies.com



Farmingdale State College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Board of Directors

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2021

  The board provides strategic leadership to the College by employing our expertise in advertising and visual arts. We are dedicated to advancing the mission of the Farmingdale State College College Board.

• Professor of Visual Arts

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2015

  Teach Level III Design Communications for the prestigious Art & Graphic Design (A+GD) Department.farmingdale.edu/arts-sciences–––



Blue Point Brewing Company

• United States
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Brand Designer

  • Jun 1997 - Jun 2014

  If you count sketching their logo on a cocktail napkin a year before they opened, I was Blue Point Brewing Company's brand designer from 1997 to 2014 [when purchased by AB-InBev]. Brewers of handcrafted, award-winning microbrews available across the globe. Proof of our incredible success came in the form of a powerful national statistic from the Brewers Association that Blue Point Brewing Company ranked #34 of all 2,700 craft brewers (at the time). bluepointbrewing.com ––– If you count sketching their logo on a cocktail napkin a year before they opened, I was Blue Point Brewing Company's brand designer from 1997 to 2014 [when purchased by AB-InBev]. Brewers of handcrafted, award-winning microbrews available across the globe. Proof of our incredible success came in the form of a powerful national statistic from the Brewers Association that Blue Point Brewing Company ranked #34 of all 2,700 craft brewers (at the time). bluepointbrewing.com –––



TEAM Services

• Long Island, New York

• Executive Director

  • Aug 1996 - Apr 2013

  TEAM Services is a unique, multi-faceted communications agency in Woodbury, NY that provides innovative, award-winning marketing services to high-profile sports, sports-entertainment, and entertainment clientele. Coordinate a team of specialists in research, concept, design and production of detailed B2B and B2C campaigns. Utilized cutting-edge print, digital, interactive, television, radio, direct mail, national sweepstakes and social media. team-services.net ––– TEAM Services is a unique, multi-faceted communications agency in Woodbury, NY that provides innovative, award-winning marketing services to high-profile sports, sports-entertainment, and entertainment clientele. Coordinate a team of specialists in research, concept, design and production of detailed B2B and B2C campaigns. Utilized cutting-edge print, digital, interactive, television, radio, direct mail, national sweepstakes and social media. team-services.net –––



New York Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor of Visual Arts

  • Sep 1995 - Aug 1999

  I taught matriculated Arts & Science courses: QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Advanced Photoshop (Summer) to 125 students a year. Ranked in the top percentile of all Professors in the country, based on SIR student feedback reports and recognized as New York State’s Youngest College Educator in 1997. nyit.edu/arts_and_sciences ––– I taught matriculated Arts & Science courses: QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Advanced Photoshop (Summer) to 125 students a year. Ranked in the top percentile of all Professors in the country, based on SIR student feedback reports and recognized as New York State’s Youngest College Educator in 1997. nyit.edu/arts_and_sciences –––



TNT

• Netherlands
• Freight and Package Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Art Director

  • 1992 - 1996

  TNT of Bohemia, a modern design firm with built-in, hi-tech graphics service bureau and printshop. TNT is where I transformed from a graphic artist into a professional multimedia designer. It was exhilarating as a young artist to know we could literally produce anything in that studio (and we just about did). Collaborated under the direction of UK Master Lithographer Terence Hewitt in an extremely frenetic, high-pressure environment. Research, design, presentation, production, pre-press, printing and the finishing of extravagantly-detailed promotional materials for Fortune 500, private sector and luxury real estate clients. ––– Show less



Pressworks

• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Artist

  • 1990 - 1992

  My first graphic designer position at a brand new, boutique print shop. After a very expensive state-of-the-art Macintosh system purchase, we turned this small shop into a flourishing, well-known local business offering turn-key design, print and copy services. Responsible for producing custom artwork, logos and layout designs. I worked 3 days a week and rather then receive a paycheck, I earned printing credit that I converted into solid income by selling print projects through my own business. ––– Show less



McCune Productions

• Long Island, New York

• Graphic Artist & Owner

  • 1989 - 1992

  McCune Productions was my first design and service experience. It turned out to be the best type, because it was 100% "real life". I walked door-to-door offering my design and printing services to businesses. I carried a small, ringed-portfolio with select design and stationary samples. The business became lucrative after collaborating with a new print shop. ––– McCune Productions was my first design and service experience. It turned out to be the best type, because it was 100% "real life". I walked door-to-door offering my design and printing services to businesses. I carried a small, ringed-portfolio with select design and stationary samples. The business became lucrative after collaborating with a new print shop. –––



FMC Associates

• New York City

• Draftsman

  • 1987 - 1990

  Feldner-McCune Associates (FMC), the family business where I spent my high school summers as an intern working with my uncle, cousins and dad in Manhattan. I was already trained in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Blueprint Drafting and got to help-out on some exciting NYC landmarks. This unique opportunity and experience set me ahead at a very early age. It's also where I realized that I needed something more creative, and eventually deviated from a long and arduous path. fmcassociates.com ––– Show less