Gary was president for 15 years of Marketing Solutions Group, an advertising agency specializing in producing and airing cable television commercials for businesses. Prior to that, he founded, edited, and published award winning business newspapers in Los Angeles. The annual awards were from the California Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, and the Western Association of Chamber Executives. His other media credits include numerous front page photo citations. In addition, he was the longest running on-air personality, and financial analyst, on San Francisco Bay Area TV at the time, KEMO and KCSM.