Gary Bronga worked in the aerospace industry at Cape Canaveral Florida for 21 years. Wearing identification badges had always been a part of his working wardrobe. A large aerospace company handed out a lapel pin for a promotion in the spring of 1995. Just by chance Gary pinned his company Identification badge to the lapel pin.

     An idea for a better way to wear his identification badge came to him. For several days he made many drawings and came up with the idea to place a “bar” at the bottom of a lapel pin to accommodate the common bulldog metal clip on identification badges. This enabled him to make badge holders of custom logos for Companies or Associations, or create many fun designs that would make wearing badges more enjoyable.

     Gary started with his computer and only $500.00. Originally he had enough rejection letters to wallpaper his home office. Most of the people and companies that rejected him then call him now.

     Today, his product, CLIPEZE, is sold in over 1,000 uniform stores and 20 catalogs. One representative even placed it on the television show “ER,” the number one rated show in America at the time.

     Mr. Bronga is currently concentrating on penetrating other markets, making gains on internet sales, and leveraging his ideas into other new products. He often consults with new entrepreneurs to help them obtain their dreams to bring new products to market from their homes.