Key Personnel.
Gary Schlosser, Principal/Creative Director
Gary Schlosser is the founder/creative director of GS+A. In this role, Gary is responsible for leading and managing the creative direction of GS+A, as well as for integrating and evolving the strategy and service capabilities of the company. Prior to founding GS+A, Gary spent 15 years working at advertising agencies in New York City, Boston, Providence, Rhode Island, and Stamford, Connecticut, developing a wide range of creative for an even broader spectrum of clients.
Gary's account experience includes Altria, Allied Signal, Avaya, Bank of America, Dualite, Duracell, Kraft, Liant Software, Minolta, Panasonic, Perdue Pharma, Pharmacia, United Healthcare Group, and Zurich US.
When he is not developing creative ideas for GS+A, Gary enjoys spending time with his two-year-old son Bora, golfing, and skiing.
Neil Needleman, Partner/Senior Copywriter
Neil began his advertising career on the art side at McCann-Erickson, New York, in 1980. It wasn't long before his superiors recognized that Neil was better with words than he was with images. Neil made the switch to copywriter and has been much happier since.
In his 25+ years in the industry, Neil has worked for the broadest spectrum of clients, including Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, Nestle, Hewlett-Packard, Avaya, Texaco, The Travelers, BIC, Sony, Aer Lingus, United Healthcare Group, and—for GS+A—Performance Pathways, Drum Capital Management, Good Directions, and OrthoLite. His work encompasses TV and radio commercials, print ads, sales promotions, brochures, press releases, websites, POP, and sales kits.
In addition to his advertising/marketing work, Neil is an award-winning video artist whose work has been screened in film festivals and galleries around the world.
Tim Brennan, Partner/Senior Technical Writer
Tim Brennan is a GS+A partner and technical writer with more than 15 years
of experience writing for software and the Web. For GS+A, Tim regularly
contributes his valuable expertise to clients such as GoECart, MachroTech,
and MachInteractive. Most recently, Tim founded WriteInteractive, Inc.,
a professional writing services firm. Previously, Tim was employed as
senior technical writer at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he
wrote documentation and filled the role of webmaster for the
department's 3000-page website. During the late '90s, Tim served as
chief technology officer of LookTrade Corporation, where he consulted
with dot-com clients and led the company's efforts in developing
Web-based, e-commerce applications. Tim served as a principal technical writer for OpenSite Technologies, Inc., the ground-breaking online auction software vendor that was acquired by Siebel Systems. In addition, Tim has also worked as a writer and editor for General Electric, Raytheon, Liberty Mutual, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Dunn & Bradstreet.
Outside the office, Tim enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, and he is an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox.
Fadime Cankaya, Client Relations
Sandra Carney, Client Relations
