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Denis Mackenzie, COO of an international marketing firm, is based in New York City. He divides his time between his job in the city and his small winery on the shores of Lake Erie in western New York state. Denis got his start in marketing right after college, when he was hired by a small firm that promoted local businesses. He started in an entry-level job and later worked his way up to a high-ranking position within the company. He was able to help several small companies enhance their branding and reach new markets. He was hired as a senior marketing director for an international marketing firm a few years later. Denis Mackenzie spent several years traveling in Europe, marketing wineries in Greece, Italy, and France. He learned to speak French and Italian to help him in his professional career. He enjoyed traveling through Europe, learning about the wine industry and enjoying the local food culture. He dreamed of someday opening his winery back in the United States...

Caroline Thompson is one of the leading business executives in Australia who has spent a large amount of her career working in various executive positions. Thompson recently embarked on her first entrepreneurial venture of Ask Bongo , an SMS information service based in her home nation of Australia. Her role as the Business Development Manager at Ask Bongo has given the surfing enthusiast the opportunity to play a part in every aspect of the deals and projects the information service has developed since its launch. As a resident of Bondi Beach, Sydney, Caroline Thompson remains a fan of a range of outdoor activities involving both the beach and Ocean. A graduate of the University of New South Wales, Miss Thompson has developed some skills over the course of her short career which have been put to good use through the launch of her information service which includes many marketing and sales areas. How did you get started in the technology industry? I have been a big fan...

From an early age, D. Scott Carruthers seemed destined for a career in the visual arts. His parents and teachers identified Carruthers as showing a great flair for drawing and painting prompting his parents to encourage this creative flair for the future. To continue to encourage an all-around education in the arts, the photographer's mother bought him his first camera to assist in developing his framing and sense of perspective. As he attended art school, D. Scott saw his interest in photography grow to include both landscape and portrait images being captured on a regular basis. Knowing his future lay in the development of his photography skills, D. Scott Carruthers decided to move to the West Coast of the U.S. where he felt he could better explore talents. By the age of 20, Carruthers was already a much sought after photographer who decided to begin his career with the establishment of his studio. Since the launch of his studio, the photographer has gone from strength to s...

The growth of the photography industry over the last few years has been nothing short of remarkable with new studios opening up across the U.S. on a regular basis. The Tana & Rose Photography studio is a boutique brand based around providing intimate family portraits of groups who are hoping to record their life and special memories. Established in Los Angeles by Rose Hamilton and Tana Ava Taylor, Tana & Rose Photography has become popular for the various packages offered by the boutique studio over the last few years. One of the most popular packages available is the Tana Taylor adoption shoot which sees families brought together in a non-traditional way celebrated by Tana Ava Taylor who has adopted children of her own. Ava Taylor adoption packages are a popular option, but the creativity of the founder and her whimsical photos should not be seen as a sign of a businesswoman who is not at the top of her game. Through her work, Tana Ava Taylor shows off the fun she likes t...

The key to art lies within its subjective nature. Take the age old saying, for instance, that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. A single image has the power to invoke entirely different emotions from any number of individuals. For this reason, art will never please everyone and for an artist like Jamie Maunder, this has been a career-long challenge. A challenge, however, that he has embraced with an open mind and a will to address wherever possible. He has an unprecedented resilience and in the field of design, this ability could not be rarer. It is with this resilience that he manages to take himself outside of his work and his own personal biases in order to craft designs that please his clients and keep them coming back for more. “The main challenge in my design career has been trying to please everyone. There are always going to be people who love your designs, but there will also always be people who don’t. It took me a long time to accept that reality. If we all li...

Billy Ma is a painter, sculptor, designer and illustrator. He was born in Taiwan but raised in Canada. 2009 saw Billy growing restless with his job as an art director in innovation and so he began to flex his artistic skills via digital illustrations during his spare time. With the popularity of the first images on social media and enquiries from interested buyers, Booda Brand - the limited-edition print company - was conceived. Drawing from contemporary themes, Billy seamlessly and naturally combines eastern and western aesthetics into his artwork. Many influences come from spirituality, socio-political issues and a sardonic sense of humour. Billy now stands by a set of principles to guide Booda Brand artwork: • The art must be beautifully crafted. Too often we see artists who can barely draw a stick figure. • The art must have an inspirational idea and/or soul. Do we need another variation on a portrait of Marilyn Monroe? • The printing and the materials must be museum quality...

Aida King is more than simply an actress, she is a storyteller. She makes sure to research every character she is going to portray, knowing that it is not enough to simply read the lines of a script; she has to become someone else, just for a moment, and turn someone who simply exists on the pages of a script into a real person. If she doesn’t know their backstory, she creates one, discovering similarities between herself and her character and key differences. “While I would not describe myself as a method actor, I can say that I truly immerse myself into the character at that moment while filming. Since I have a music background, I apply my method of how I used to prepare for playing music towards acting. I have a part in storytelling, so I ask myself, how do I want to say my part? What do I want the audience to feel?” King described. Such an approach has garnered King a distinguished reputation as an actress in Canada’s film and television scene. She has worked on celebr...