I was born in Cuba, and came to the United States in 1965 when I was nine. I grew up in Miami, and at a very early age (12) got into a band as their drummer. I remained there until I was nineteen. One of my responsibilities was promotions, and when I left, I threw all that stuff into a book and got my first job as a production artist at an envelope company (my job was to design the return-addresses for bank deposit envelopes). My first real break was at an agency in New Orleans, and after a few more job changes, I moved to Chicago (always wanting to move here because I liked the way the name sounded) in 1980. I'm glad I did because that's where I met my wonderful wife. I worked for advertising agencies, such as Marsteller, Foote Cone & Belding, Young & Rubicam, Ketchum, DDB Needham and more, both here and in Pittsburgh for eleven years until coming to the realization that I was not happy creatively, so I quit and started Segura Inc. in 1991 to pursue design, with the goal of trying to blend as much "fine art" into "commercial art" as I could. In 2000 we split Segura Inc. into two dedicated companies and formed Segura Interactive. In 1994, the [T-26] digital type foundry was born to explore the typographical side of the business, and that too has been received with open arms. [T-26] Is now distributed throughout the world. In 1996 we started the independent record label, "THICKFACE" with our first release entitled "Mobile" by Deep, followed by "EVL", Aquagirl by "Everplastic", "Micronaut", "Ecohed", "Jive Council", (fusion jazz), Sister Machine Gun and a second effort by Micronaut. In February of 2000, we founded "5inch.com", which launched September 2001. I have been very fortunate. I've done some very interesting work, met some fine people, and have had the opportunity to do something for a living that I really enjoy.