Morty Bachar has an extensive background in engineering and product design. He is an accomplished ceramic artist, ceramic instructor, and art restorer performing ceramic and sculpture repair and restoration for individuals, collectors, dealers, and museums. He uses his pottery and sculpting skills to design and create custom commission pottery work and his passion for Kintsugi art. To see Morty's pottery work or Kintsugi art.

Patty Storms is a lifetime painter, ceramic artist, and instructor. With her painting skills and art history background, she is a master ceramic restoration painter. In addition to designing and creating custom commission pottery work, Patty is also available for painting, drawing, and portrait commissions. Her work is sold in galleries and exhibits.

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Before deciding to be devoted to ceramic art and art restoration, Morty Bachar held several positions for high-tech companies:

Founder and CEO of an Intellectual Property Company, 9Volt Partners (a "Think Tank"), where several business concepts utilizing technology were developed.

Vice President of Product Development at RetailDNA / Priceline, a Walker Digital company. Responsible for a wide range of design teams developing products to increase sales at a store level and web-based using the following technologies and concepts: Voice Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Computer/Web Based Training, Up-selling, Consumer Display, Advertising, and Efficient Order Fulfillment. Morty also managed patent applications, and development activities of business partners and subcontractors in several locations in the US and abroad.

Vice President, Engineering and Operations at Electronic Retailing Systems International, Inc (ERS) / Productivity Solutions, Inc (PSI) a provider of electronic shelf labeling and retail self-checkout systems (sold to IBM).

Director of Product Development and Program Management at Executone Information Systems, Inc. for the Computer Telephony Division.

IPC Information Systems, a telecommunications firm serving the financial stock trading community, where he held a number of technical and management positions in Product Development, Engineering Departments, and international regulatory approvals.

Electrical Engineering degrees from Bramson Ort and the New York Institute of Technology. Prior to arriving in NY, he served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces.

Other related activities:
Board member of The Wildlife Orphanage, Connecticut.
Entrepreneurship - Speaker, Consultant and Coach