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David A. Mathews (born October 29th, 1959) (Founder of Artfinese Inc. & DAM-KEM Products) is a product innovator who is proficient at concept, design, development and marketing toward manufacturers and retail consumers.

Born and raised in Hollywood, California and currently residing in the greater Los Angeles County, David has an interesting business background that supports his continued passion to deliver extraordinary and creative innovation in today's marketplace.

Work History: Patents need to be included. Photos In a unique work environment and while attending Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, Califonia, David started his career early on Melrose Avenue at Vega Haircutting and Cosmetics. This is where David began to develop his multifaceted skillset with an on the job education that encompassed a variety of business fundamentals and opportunities.

Surrounded by progressive thinkers and high-energy individuals at Vega, David worked with the product development team to create and design the labeling and packaging for Vega Products, where he also formulated and packaged the complete line of products for the company. This was a very desirable line of high quality products which consisted of natural ingredients for hair and skin care items that were sold to the salon's clients and the local marketplace. Vons, Miss Gooch's, Erehwon, hair salons, doctors, health practitioners and a variety of grocery and health food stores from around Los Angeles and primarily the west coast carried Vega Products.

Vega Haircutting was a location that was popular with many "Hollywood" notables to include actors, musicians, industry executives and some of the early pioneers of the health and beauty industries. Many of these clients would appear on the company's "Marie Vega TV Show" at the Group W Cable Television Studios in Santa Monica, where David was involved and helped produce many of the talk show episodes. It was a small and low budget TV production that allowed for most any guest to come in and comfortably contribute to what proved to be a surprisingly well viewed program by many persons in the entertainment industry. The appeal of the show's programming allowed for some interesting guest which was recognized and appreciated by other network executives. Growing organically within the highly competitive boundaries of Hollywood... the TV show was quite an accomplishment in it's own right.

To further his education David enrolled at LACC to study art/graphic design, advertising and marketing. While attending college, David received a scholarship from the Artography Institute of Los Angeles, which at the time was located on Laurel Canyon Boulevard in North Hollywood. This opportunity took him to campuses and businesses across the United States and Japan to further study concept and design in commercial advertising using the elements of photography as the fundamental foundation.

After completing his education, David took a position at The Stat House, a graphic arts company located on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles. Working with a large team in various mediums of commercial advertising, David headed up the purchasing department and ordered all of the materials needed to run the business efficiently and effectively. The Stat House had clients from all over Los Angeles and many were located nearby the area of the company itself, which was saturated with advertising companies for the entertainment industry.

Throughout his career David has maintained positions and relationships that are relative within the broad scope of the entertainment industry and he has developed effective production and communication skills that to this day are a tremendous benefit to him in various business endeavors.