
Director-Partner at ACME International
Greater Los Angeles Area

Director-Partner at ACME International
Greater Los Angeles Area
I am a specialist in sourcing. locating, authenticating and purchasing/selling high value collectibles. These can range from automobiles, to rare books, to any Playboy item, to consumer electronics, to music, to tv, to movies, to exotic travel locales, to great and obscure restaurants, to great wine (at any price).....to anything you want or need! I like to think that I am a specialist in helping people reach and obtain their dreams and as a result, I have made many good friends along the way. My background includes stints at Paramount Studios, Rolling Stone Magazine, Associate Publisher of the L.A.Weekly, Publisher of Soundwave Magazine, Director of Sponsored Programs at CBS Radio and a Director at Superfriends Marketing. I have written for Rolling Stone, Playboy, Esquire and the L. A. Weekly. My endeavors have resulted in helping people find and do their Dream. I have been fortunate to be named to this year's Who's Who, been made a Kentucky Colonel, am an Eagle Scout and member of the Order of the Arrow, a winner of a Cine Golden Eagle and an Emmy for my TV work. I do enjoy life to the fullest!
Knowledge of all areas of Collecting with ties to collectors, dealers & auction houses, worldwide. I know how to source out unique and rare items and purchase them for a fraction of their true value. Example: I recently purchased at a public library bookstore, a pristine copy of Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" for $5.00. It was a First Edition with the rare bluish tint back cover on the dust jacket, making it worth over $1500!!
(Investment Management industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
We are a network of Collectors, Appraisers, Money Managers, Experts, Craftspeople and Sellers that will help you source and locate any Collectible item and get you a guarantee of authenticity and best price.
(Investment Management industry)
December 2008 — Present (8 months)
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2000 — May 2008 (8 years 3 months)
We are a Virtual Marketing Network made up of over a dozen different Specialists nationwide, working in all areas of Marketing, Advertising and Promotion. Check us out at www.superfriendsmarketing.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CBS; Broadcast Media industry)
January 1998 — December 2002 (5 years)
Developed and Produced Longform Radio Programs that aired locally in Los Angeles and Nationally on CBS Stations.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
A network of up to 10 Radio Stations that played "hit" inspirational messages instead of music.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1989 — 1996 (7 years)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PAR/VIACOM; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 1993 — July 1996 (3 years 7 months)
Involved in all areas of Promoting Paramount product. Ranges from Motion Picture Production, Television Production (including Star Trek--The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager), Video and on-the-lot Events and Film Screenings.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1978 — 1980 (2 years)
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1975 — 1977 (2 years)
Ongoing , Radio and Television, Cinema , 1965 — 2005
I am still taking College level and beyond courses. To Date I have taken courses at Kendall College, Eastern Illinois University, University of Illinois, Northwestern University, Georgia State University, Clairmont College, UCLA, USC, Oxford University.
Marketing, Advertising, Collectibles, Art, domestic & international Travel, fine Food & Wine, Outdoor Grilling, Auto Racing (all forms), Beautiful Girl Art, Autographs & 1st Editions, Magazines, Books, Motion Pictures & TV, Writing, Photography, Mentoring.
Order of the Arrow, Lions Club Guest Speaker Program, Friends of Boy Scouting, Digital Producers Guild, Microsoft Corp. beta tester, Member Beverly Hills (CA) General Plan Committee.
Northbrook (IL) Days Hot Dog Eating Champ, Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow, Ad Altare Dei Award, Kentucky Colonel, Emmy Award, Cine Golden Eagle, Oxford University (GB) Discovery at Sea Programme Certification, Cambridge Who's Who of Executives & Professionals.