He was raised in Indiana, idyllically. Degreed at The University of Michigan, cum laudely. Employed in Chicago, creatively. Traversed corporate waters, quite cautiously. Then things settled down, eventually. He found a corporate ladder worth climbing, finally. Went from Art Director to Senior Art Director to Associate Creative Director, pole-vaultingly.

Then in 1997, he set out on a mission. Not to follow a dream so much as to toy with the notion of finding something new to upset an otherwise normal life. He succeeded, quite swimmingly–creating the "one man wearing many hats entrepreneurial juggernaut" that would come to be known as Z Factory. And he would be its Creative Czar.

This jump, cannon-ballingly–off the corporate ladder and into the pool of self-employment and a career as a hired gun–has afforded a great many opportunities to work on exciting accounts, both large and small–illustriously. E&J Gallo Winery. Pork: The Other White Meat. NutraSweet. And Weber Grills–to name but a few quite briefly. The Chicago Tribune even anointed him an Idea Man... interestingly.

Ten-plus years later, he's still at it. And in no small way. Beyond the day-to-day machinations of running Z Factory, Cary is also a partner in the internet business Out of the Ballpark, LLC with Faron Greenfield, his trusty creative writing arm for the Z Factory business. It’s another hat that he wears, quite proudly.

MISSION

Z Factory is a creative studio that challenges and inspires businesses to be inventive in their design and marketing solutions.

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CAPABILITIES

Design, advertising, and creative consulting from a tested and trusted resource. Cary serves as the primary creative and contact–so clients can expect to remain in direct communication throughout the entire process. When projects necessitate it, an expanded staff of professionals–writers, producers, programmers, etc.–is assembled easily to ensure that deadlines and expectations are met successfully. This business model allows Z Factory to remain nimble in servicing the varying needs of its clients and in offering an attractively-priced product.