Mark Bryzinski:
CLASS OF 1972
North Tonawanda High SchoolClass of 1972
North tonawanda, NY
Bryant & Stratton Business InstituteClass of 1978
Buffalo, NY
SUNY Niagara County Community CollegeClass of 1974
Sanborn, NY
North Tonawanda High SchoolClass of 1971
North tonawanda, NY
Mark's Story
Life
Life is good! My family and I recently moved to Third Lake, Illinois, a boating community in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. A few years ago I made a career change after 25 plus years as a creative guy in the advertising and direct marketing industry. I began rehabbing Section 8 residences in one of the less than desirable areas of Chicago, then got hired as a handyman/remodeling technician by acompany that caters to one of the most upscale areas of the city. I now own my own home improvement company. See: HesSoHandy.
I've been married for over 27 years to Marie Sparkes (NTHS Class of '75). Two children, Frank and Katy, are both in college. Katy has been dancing with a touring hip-hop crew for a couple of years. She recently danced background for Janet Jackson on Oprah. Frank is a student at Northern Illinois Univ. and works for me in the Summer. Marie works full-time as an RN managing the Gastrointerology Office at a local hospital and part-time as a staff nurse in GI at another hospital.
If you care, you can view advertising career highlights at bryzinski.com or marketinghighway.com. But take a look if you might be in need of some copywriting or art direction. I still do a bit of freelance.
Growing up, I had two main idols: Darrin Stevens of Bewitched (which explains why I wanted to be a creative direct...Expand for more
or in advertising) and George Plimpton, the sports writer who tried several occupations (including getting his bell rung in a real fight in the ring with Archie Moore and as a quarterback for the Detroit Lions). So, I've dabbled part-time in other occupations-- a great way to get to know the people and operations of those I was marketing to. I spent several years moonlighting as a private investigator. I've worked as an accountant for ACNielsen, in construction and as a greenskeeper on a golf course, merchandiser for Wm. Wrigley and Kodak, lab assistant for a food testing lab, auto salesman in a Mercedes-Benz dealership, talent exec. for a modeling agency, and a host of other jobs just for fun.
All that and I've still had time to support my children at 98% of their soccer, basketball, baseball, school and extra-curricular activities, sit on the Boards of the Chicago Assn. of Direct. Marketing, the Creative Exchange and the Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce.
I joined a rock and roll band a few years back. That's my release to unload all the stress of the week. I sing leads and harmony, play blues harp and percussion. We've been gigging regularly. But we don't do weddings!
Other than that, I enjoy family time, woodworking, fishing, Chicago night life and great conversations/laughs with my buds.
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