Tom Avitabile, Founder of the Online Academy of Creative Skills, recalls landing a job at NBC at the age of 14.

Born and raised in the Bronx, Tom Avitabile was intrigued by the power of computers at a young age. One day, while skipping school at the ripe age of 14, Tom visited a Manhattan office high rise in search of customers for a computer program he had designed. As he exited the elevator on the 5th floor of the building, Tom saw famed crooner Dean Martin, hunched over a monitor, editing a video with the actor Frank Gorshin. Before being asked to leave, Tom stumbled into the NBC news studio where he was inadvertently put to work running ticker tape news copy to the radio and tv anchors. What followed was a career in news, advertising, writing, and directing that has spanned five decades.

TOM AVITABILE, former Senior V.P./Creative Director at a New York advertising firm, is a writer, director, and producer with numerous film and television credits. He has an extensive background in engineering and computers, including work on projects for the House Committee on Science and Technology, which helped lay the foundation for “The Eighth Day,” his first novel. The subsequent series had two #1 best sellers including his latest number one, “Give Us This Day” which hit #1 twice, is being released in audio by Podium. And the 5th installment featuring his kick ass, female agent, Brooke Burrell, “Forgive Us Our Trespasses” is ready for fall 2021 release by The Story Plant. His dark psycho-sexual thriller, “The Devil’s Quota,” also achieved # 1. His current 2022 release, “Forgive Us Our Trespasses” has already garnered critical acclaim and many 5-star ratings Tom recently became 2021 SOVAS finalist best “Voice Over – Thriller” as the narrator and producer of the audio book, “Ultimate Betrayal” by Joe Badal, released through Blackstone Audio. Tom is the Founder of the Academy of Creative Skills • Instructor of the on-line course: From Writer to Author. In his spare time, Tom is a professional musician and an amateur woodworker.

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