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A trusted creative partner since 2006. AdGumbo provides smart, powerful, on-brand creative
and is a highly regarded creative resource for global non-profits, major corporations,
advertising agencies, local and federal government and select small businesses. AdGumbo
has completed countless projects for a who’s who of corporate clientele.

 

HeadShot Station has been hired by over 100 major corporations and nonprofits
to take headshots at meetings and conventions. Over 5,000 People photographed.

Impersonation Station, Matt's unique, open-air take on the classic photo booth specializing in
Pirate, Old West, Gangster and Roaring 20’s Dapper themes has supplied entertainment for
over 150 non-profit, corporate and trade events. Over 10,000 people photographed.

 

Matt published the captivating novelette, Rivers to Cross and Hills to Climb.

Rivers to Cross and Hills to Climb is available on Amazon: Click Here

 

Matt created the beautiful short film Sixty-Five Days,
which was a finalist at the Atlanta Film Festival.

 

A beautiful short film set to John Orr‘s rendition of "Muzzle" by Smashing Pumpkins. A healing
via-art piece that traverses the vulnerable spectrum of hopeless to hopeful that I experienced as
I drifted through sixty-five days, fearing the loss of my soul mate. (mechanical license owned)

Tool Chest

Mac computers, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, iMovie, Premier Pro, Word, Excel,
Power Point, Canon SLR and Canon video systems, natural and studio lighting.

 

Delicacies

Graphic design, photography and video used to create content and advertising. Impersonation Station
photo booth entertainment for fundraising events. Portrait photography and who’s who and what’s what photography at events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minutiae

 

Skills: Art director, graphic designer, photographer, filmmaker, writer.

 

Honors: AAF Awards, Eastern Region: Gold. District 4: Best of Bay, 10 Gold and 7 Silver.

 

Veteran: US Army, Honorable. SATCOM, 38th Signal Battalion, 56th Field Artillery Command, Pershing.

 

Security Clearance at Time of Discharge: Cosmic/ATOMAL Top Secret.

 

Federal Certified Veteran Owned Small Business:

UEI: YZ6AZNLVE1M7 | CAGE: 9H2A0 | NAICS: 541850, 541430, 541921, 541922

 

State of Florida Certified Veteran Owned Small Business:

Commodity Codes: 82131604, 82101500, 82101502, 82101503, 82101501

 

Brand Experience

 

Nonprofits and Government:

American Red Cross, Audubon Society, Feeding America, Florida Aquarium, Habitat for Humanity,

Hillsborough Community College, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Marine Resources Council,
Social Security Administration, United States Air Force.

 

Creative:
Applied Ecology, Auritas, Circle K, Cointreau, Great American RV, Lazydays, Louis XIII Cognac,
Outback Steak House, John Paul Mitchell Systems, Piper-Heidsieck, Rémy Martin, Sembler,
Tampa City Center, The Macallan.

 

Corporate Photography:

ACUHO-I, Ceridian, Cherry Bekaert, Cobham, Mastec, Morgan & Morgan, PPG Industries,
Roger West Creative, Stantec, SunTrust, Tampa Bay Technology Forum, Tribridge, USAmeriBank,
VHB Environmental.

 

Ad Partners: Ad Agency. Role: Art Director, Graphic Designer, Photographer

Accounts: AMSCOT, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, Ferman Automotive Group, Harley Davidson, Sonny’s Bar-B-Q,
Subaru, World of Beer.

 

&Barr: Ad Agency. Role: Art Director, Graphic Designer

Accounts: Bright House Networks, Moffitt Cancer Center.

 

Schifino Lee: Ad Agency. Role: Art Director, Graphic Designer, Photographer

Accounts: AT&T, Bay Pointe Preserve, DeBartolo Development.

 

22squared: Ad Agency. Role: Production Studio Manager for Tampa and Atlanta

Accounts: Atlanta Falcons, Kforce, Marriott, Pollo Tropical, Publix, Visit Orlando.

• Born in Niagara Falls, never lived there.

• Fell in love with nature at an early age.

• Lived in Canada and Germany.

• Ran five marathons with my Dad.

• Discovered photography in the Army.

• Walked into a real bank robbery.

• Spent a few days with Depp and Burton.

• Traveled with a rock and roll band.

• Shared Dom Pérignon without a glass.

• Run over by polo horses.

• Won First Place in a national photo contest.

• One of my films won Best of Show.

• Followed by a curious bull shark.

• Met the great love of my life.

• Married her on Paradise Island.

• Won 19 American Advertising Awards.

• Attacked by a diamondback rattlesnake.

• Made friends with a white-tailed deer.
• Alone on the Outer Banks in a Nor’easter.
• There's Rivers to Cross and Hills to Climb.