This picture was taken at the "1988 New York Film and TV Awards” in New York City. I won a gold award for the creative direction of a live production for IBM that was performed in North and South America for the Circle of Excellence Achievers at IBM. The piece actually featured my voice teacher Louis Quilico, his wife Lena and their son (also a world-renowned singer) Gino Quilico.  I chose them as they were true examples of obtaining excellence in their lives.                      Below is the complete 42 minute audio of this media piece.  It was performed live by the Quilico family accompanied by a multi-media extravaganza consisting of both video and still images. The sound is not good as it was mixed  during the actual performance so that all the live and pre-recorded pieces could be on one track.

I later became Vice President, Senior Creative Director at a large production company and then ironically I ended up at the first company I started with as Senior Vice President, Creative Director.  I don't think I was the best Creative Director  but I used whatever ability I had to the fullest and took the necessary risks to get ahead. 

Eventually,  I began to get disillusioned by the ethics of the enterprise and just plain tired of playing the corporate game.
 
So it was an important 15 years of my life in terms of offering a decent living, but clearly not  my favorite part in terms of enjoyment.