BMG Music Group, MoMa, Lane Bry- ant, Lincoln Properties, Justice, Tory Burch, Vineyard Vine, Omni Finan- cial, Lane Bryant, Ally Bank, Orvis, Michigan State Parks, Super Bowl, Jacksonville Jaguars, and more. Towards the end of my engineering ca - reer, my dad told me to learn about the Holocaust. This quest turned into multi - ple trips to Poland and my first book, The Horse Adjutant . The book is about Leon Schagrin, a survivor of Auschwitz. Leon is 96 as of this writing, and his memory is still sharp. This book taught me how to write a book and prepare the layout for publish - ing. These tools have become invaluable to me.
I did. I built the call center from scratch, writing software and wiring switches. In doing so, I earned a patent in software engineering, discovering a critical process in modern call centers. Today, this is the de facto standard of the industry. By the time we sold the company, I had a team of 35 engineers reporting to me. And at night and on weekends, I made art. By then, my wife and I also had four kids. They all turned out to be artists: three musicians and one comic-book artist. Our company became highly respected in the industry. The client list speaks for itself: Toyota, Zara, Crate and Barrel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Kentucky Derby, Wolford, Lacoste, Hermès, The Wall Street Journal,
14 SHOOSTER AND SCHAGRIN SPEAKING AT THE DEERFIELD BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, JAN. 27TH, 2023, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE THE DAY AUSCHWITZ WAS LIBERATED. BACKGROUND PAINTING, THE PARTY FAVOR, OIL ON CANVAS, 6’ X 5’, SHOOSTY. PHOTO BY BEAU BRECKENRIDGE 12
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