Rich DiSilvio is an avid reader of history with over twelve years of study. He attended two colleges and an art academy, being mentored by a protégé of Norman Rockwell. Throughout his professional life, he has engaged several fields, having been an architectural designer, remodeler, artist, illustrator, new media developer, educational software programmer/publisher, and writer.

Living the American entrepreneurial dream, Rich has always chosen to forge his own path, and in doing so he owned and operated Creative Design Contractors, which provided architectural design and remodeling services. After eighteen successful years, he briefly returned to college and then embraced the new media revolution by pioneering the first interactive CD-ROM for training educators how to teach children with autism. The Autism Academy software premiered in 1999 under the umbrella of his new company Digital Vista, inc.

DiSilvio's work in the music and entertainment industries includes commentaries on the great composers (such as the top-rated Franz Liszt Site), and the Pantheon of Composers porcelain collection, which he conceived and created for the Metropolitan Opera.

His artwork and new media projects have graced the album covers and animated advertisements for numerous super groups and celebrities, including, Elton John, Cher, Pink Floyd, Yes, The Moody Blues, Madonna, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Miles Davis, Janet Jackson, Alice Cooper, Queen and many more.

He has also worked on projects for historical documentaries, including “Killing Hitler– The True Story of the Valkyrie Plot”, The War Zone series, Hollywood Director James Cameron’s “The Lost Tomb of Jesus”, “Return to Kirkuk” and many others.

Rich lives in New York with his wife Eileen and four children.