For 13 years he held the coveted position of Creative Director at the international cosmetics giant, Shiseido, which provided him the opportunity to not only hone his skills in the graphic, product and package design, store design and web design, but in all phases of production and marketing. He is now president of Saga Creative Corp., a design consultancy based in New York City, for new cosmetics brands being introduced to both mass and prestige markets.
1999 Good Design Award/1999 ADC Award/2003 London International Award/2003 JPC ; Package Design Award/2003 Nikkei BP Design Excellence Award/2004 JPC : Japan Marketing Association Award