Adventures in Social Media Marketing: About Me

Widely varied experience and skills developed over a 30 year career that includes an MBA from a top ten business school (Duke, 1989), financial management at a Wall Street firm (Dreyfus) and decades of business experience as a highly successful self-employeed photographer and artist.

Specialties

A Renaissance man, truly. I am skilled at multivariable regression analysis, capturing stunning photographs and running a small business. I know Social Media Marketing inside and out, business and financial planning and the art of running an international arts business. I have the perfect background for a consultant. I have the experience to understand your business and the maturity of years to grasp the environment in which you operate.

Consultant

Self Employeed

Internet industry

2011 – Present (less than a year)

Social Media Marketing Consultant. Developing new marketing, sales and revenue generating models for my own businesses and bringing those models to other businesses.

Photographer - Artist

Self Employeed

Photography industry

1993 – Present (18 years)

I am a freelance photographer and artist. My first published photograph was in LIFE Magazine in 1966 when I was 8. Through syndications by Reuters, Getty and Sipa Press (of France) my work has been published in virtually every major magazine in the world. My work has also been widely used by corporations, governments and institutions. A short list of my credits includes LIFE, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Random House, Goldman Sachs, Harpo Productions, Le Figaro, Hasbro, Forbes, Paris Match, Microsoft, Dell, the Government of China, Hong Kong Times Playboy, THe Washington Post, GQ and many, many more.

Division Controller

Dreyfus

Public Company; BK; Financial Services industry

1989 – 1991 (2 years)

Controller for the Retail Services Division. Performed control and financial analysis functions for a 29 department, 500 person division located in 15 states. Divisions annual budget was in excess of $25 million.

Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

MBA, Business, Finance, International Finance

1989 – 1991

Masters in Business Administration, May 1989. Emphasis in Finance. Advanced coursework in Cost and Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Statistical Forecasting, Macroeconomics, Corporate and International Finance, Investments and Corporate Strategy.