Ferdinand H. Thomas II is a business and brand creator, who began his multimedia career with the Virginian-Pilot Newspaper as a sports reporter in 2003.  He discovered a love for media that year and enlisted in the U.S. Army as a photojournalist. He has since deployed to Iraq twice and once to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  Ferdinand served as a Photographer, Videographer, Graphic Designer, Newspaper Layout & Design Editor, Audio Technician, Video Editor and News Script Writer covering conflict, and documenting the life of U.S. and Coalition troops in combat. His storytelling passion has helped him achieve hundreds of published images and dozens of videos broadcasted.

Ferdinand’s stories and photos have been published in newspaper and magazine publications throughout the world and on many websites including National Geographic, Washington Post, L.A. Times, N.Y. Times, Army Times, and Soldiers Magazine and more. His video work has been broadcasted on virtually every major news network in the world including CNN, Fox News, ABC, NBC, NATO TV and the Pentagon Channel. He also collaborated with some of the world’s leading photojournalists on a book produced by National Geographic titled Where Valor Rests: Arlington National Cemetery.

Ferdinand enjoys cooking, playing sports and being with family in his free time.