-Abraham Lincoln
I currently work full time as the Creative Director for the AICPA, leading the internal brand and creative services team. Prior, I led the brand and creative work at Aledade, Inc., a value-based healthcare organization.
Before Aledade, I served as the Brand Creative Director at Anthem, Inc., overseeing creative branding for 45 go-to-market brands visual identity.
I held positions as Photography Director for Sears Holdings and served as Creative Production Director for Jim Beam Brands. Before this corporate career, I ran his own creative agency (AGA Digital Studios, Inc.) for 18 years, as well as a full time portrait studio (Ablan Gallery) building branded marketing content, 3D animation and video, for Fortune 500 companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Laboratories, Edelman, Keurig, Wrigley, the American Dental Association, NASA, United Airlines and many others. I'm a certified professional photographer, and hav published 17 books on creative software, 3D imaging, and photography. I've taught 3D graphics and digital imaging for 20 years, in person as well as LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com), Class on Demand, and my own former brand, 3DGarage.com. For the past 10 years, I teach a yearly summer workshop on digital imaging at the University of Notre Dame.
