The first thing I ever sold was paper airplanes at the age of five.
I folded and painted them myself and went door to door, charging 25 cents a pop. They didn't fly, they just looked sleek and colorful.

My parents moved to Hagerstown when I was seven and I got my first gig in advertising. I was interviewed for a live radio commercial selling my apartment complex. I stepped up and told everyone listening that we were moving because it was too expensive.

Even though I started without much polish, I've always believed that advertising is truth well told.

Prior to advertising, I've had jobs selling lemonade, pets, seeds, office furniture, music, clothes, plants, boats, computers, antiques, videos, education materials and donuts.

In 1985 I attended Towson State University where an advertising professor held up "You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's!"
I knew then that advertising could be far more fun than being an accountant. Though I'm secretly jealous of my c.p.a. cousin's clients, who never try to change the paper color or font of his tax returns.

After college, I attended The Portfolio Center in Atlanta. It was there I learned I was too nice for the business and that I'll never be as famous as art director Jelly Helm. Though I am considering career advancement by changing my name to Marmalade Steeringwheel.

Since then I've worked in New York, Baltimore, Dallas and Louisville on just about every brand imaginable. And have consumed roughly 13,496 cups of coffee.

For fun I play tennis, collect consumer electronic devices and enjoy long summer night drives in my TT.