A Creative Director is like the conductor of a symphony, facilitating the perfect harmony of people, personalities and projects by being a motivator, problem solver, confessor, therapist, and of course, a creative guru. I have had the good fortune of leading and building creative departments for both global ad agencies and major corporate in-house organizations alike, providing intrusive, persuasive, and memorable creative solutions that make immediate sales impact while building brand value and awareness.Starting out as a baby art director, I came to mature as a creative professional and soon traveled the world producing national branding campaigns for a variety of Fortune 500 & 100 brands for many agencies and in many different product arenas. For the last decade, have been immersed in the new, digital transformation that is currently changing the marketing landscape in fresh and ever-evolving ways. While all this has been interesting, educational and rewarding, I'm most proud of the impact I have made on the people I have led and managed by enhancing their creative skills and seeing them grow and advance their careers forward to their full potentials.The fruits of my unique creative journey has been the acquisition of deep knowledge in the areas of strategic and conceptual thinking, project and budget management, broadcast and video production, and vendor management, complete with an extensive rolodex of creative professionals to draw on in any needed situation. The key learning for me is the understanding that the glue that holds everything together in the creative world is superb communication. I can trace nearly all problems I have encountered to issues of either faulty communication, misunderstood communication, or no communication. Essentially, this is a snapshot of who I am and what I believe is important in leading people and building successful creative environments that prosper organizations and also demonstrate high employee retentions rates, which is a critical and tangible metric of great leadership. I should probably include here another important "P" along with 'people', 'personalities' and 'projects' previously mentioned. Passion. It has been, and is integral to, everything I have done, or will ever do in my career. Without it, real success of any kind rarely comes.