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introduced the CeBIT brand to the U.S. marketplace. Mr. McKay also served as Senior Vice President of International for Key3Media Group, overseeing the company's portfolio of 20 plus events in Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Previously, he also served as Group Managing Director of Penton Media's extensive family of global trade shows. Mr. McKay has served on the board of SISO (Society of Independent Show Organizers), is actively involved in IAEE (International Association of Exhibits and Events), sat on the CEIR Strategic Planning Board and is on the Editorial Advisory Council for Tradeshow Executive Magazine. McKay previously was the President and CEO of PPM Media, a company he found with other industry professionals to produce hosted executivelevel summits and other specialized businessto-business conferences in IT and other highgrowth industries. Currently he is the Senior Vice President of The World Market Center in Las Vegas and is responsible for growing their portfolio of events in the furniture, gift and accessories industries. Philip has been married for 30 years to his wife Kate and is the proud father of two sons, Kyle and Connor. Richard Mead Managing Director, The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. Richard Mead, a Managing Director with JEGI, represents B2B media, exhibitions and conferences, and information companies in an M&A advisory capacity. He has overseen the successful completion of many JEGI signature transactions, including both M&A and financing assignments, playing an instrumental role in helping the firm become the leading investment bank in the marketplace. Recent notable transactions include: • The sale of BZ Media’s ST&P business to Redwood Collaborative Media; • Forrester’s acquisition of JupiterResearch from MCG Capital; • The sale of dmg world media’s North American Consumer Home Shows to Marketplace Events (Stephens Capital); • The sale of United Health Publishing Group to MediZine (a VSS portfolio company); • The sale of Gartner’s Vision Events to United Business Media; • The sale of FierceMarkets to Questex Media; • The $155 million acquisition of the remaining 51% of George Little Management by dmg world media; • The sale of Reed’s US and Canadian industrial and manufacturing shows and New Product Division; • And many others. Educated and trained as a Chartered Accountant in the UK, Mr. Mead offers clients a broad cross-section of experience as buyer, seller and advisor to public and private companies. He has participated in more than 300 transactions since moving to the US in 1983. Previously, Mr. Mead served as Senior Vice President at Dow Jones/Teleres, a commercial real estate database business. His publishing and financial industry experience includes serving as President and CEO of Black’s Guide, Vice President of Finance of Advanstar Communications and an international M&A partner at Ernst & Young in New York and KPMG in New York and London. Bob Mikulas President, Controlled Marketing Conferences, Inc. Bob has been in the show management business since 1995 and started in a rather unusual way. He owned a manufacturing company in the Lawn & Garden Industry and attended the myriad of booth style shows within the industry. After several years of attending these events his frustration level with the randomness and uncertainty of meeting the correct buyers was at its peak. He thought there has to be a better way to get in front of his potential audience. He attended an event in another industry which had pre-set scheduled appointments between buyers and sellers based on mutual interests between the two parties. This organization has been doing this format since the early 1970’s, so he thought, “why isn’t anyone doing this in our industry?” He polled his exhibitor friends and buyers he was doing business with to see if there was interest. The overwhelming response was positive and thus The first National Lawn & Garden Controlled Marketing Conference was held in 1995 and continues to operate annually. The company developed its own proprietary software in 1996 and is available by license to show managers in the association and for-profit sectors. Bob received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and Chemistry from West - 13 - Virginia Wesleyan College and a Master’s of Public Administration from the University of Colorado. Born and raised in New Jersey, he has made Colorado his home for over 25 years. He is married and has 4 children. Scott Mozarsky EVP and Chief Strategy & Development Officer, PR Newswire, A Division of United Business Media Scott Mozarsky has worked in the UBM Group since June 2000. In his current positions as Executive Vice President – Chief Strategy & Development Officer, Mozarsky is responsible for Strategy, Corporate Development and M&A for PRNewswire. In this role, Mozarsky works to identify, evaluate, negotiate, structure and complete mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments and strategic alliances throughout the world. Mozarsky is also responsible for managing PRN’s Vintage Filiings, Small Business, Trade Show and PRN China Divisions as well as PRN’s Legal Group. Prior to assuming this role, Mozarsky was EVP and Chief Operating Officer of UBM LLC (formerly CMP), responsible for working with each of UBM's technology divisions (Everything Channel, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services) to achieve profitable growth. Mozarsky remains on the Board of Directors of TechWeb. From 2002-2007, Mozarsky headed up global corporate development & M&A for United Business Media Limited’s US-based subsidiaries including UBM LLC (f/k/a CMP Media), PRNewswire, Commonwealth Business Media and CMP Medica. Mozarsky has completed over 60 acquisitions and a number of divestitures for UBM Limited's subsidiaries (including PR Newswire) in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America. Prior to joining the UBM Group, Mozarsky spent eight years at two multinational law firms representing media, technology, telecommunications and manufacturing companies. Mozarsky, who speaks Japanese and lived in Japan, has advised numerous companies on business, financial and legal issues arising out of cross border transactions. Mozarsky earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Williams College and his J.D. from Fordham Law School.
Kristin Petrovich President, HD Expo Kristin Petrovich is responsible for the management and growth of HD EXPO, a DBC division providing leading entertainment technology exhibitions and conferences for content creators. Ms. Petrovich founded HD Expo in 2001. Prior to HD EXPO, Ms. Petrovich managed global production at Spitfire Television in London. Upon her return to the US, she served concurrently as the Director of Operations & Marketing for Yeah Studios and as Production Manager of Network Programming for TriCrown Productions. She subsequently joined documentary shingle ABC Kane. In 1997, Ms. Petrovich formed KMP & Associates, a marketing and management team which put her in direct contact with emerging post production and production talent and the major network, studio and production companies. Her decision to launch HD EXPO grew from the need she identified for education and community building in a period of revolutionary technological change in the entertainment industry. Galen A. Poss President, Hanley-Wood Exhibitions Galen A. Poss, CEM, is President of Hanley- Wood Exhibitions, a division of Hanley-Wood, LLC. With the division since its inception in January 2000, Poss is responsible for managing and growing the company's exhibition activities, which are concentrated in the building and construction industry. Prior to joining Hanley-Wood Exhibitions, Poss spent six years with the Dallas Division of Miller Freeman, Inc. in Dallas, Texas. As Group President, he had overall responsibility for the real estate, design, decorated apparel, sewn products, building, association management and equine markets, as well as the company's South American division and corporate exhibition central services. Poss began his career in the tradeshow industry in 1977 in sales with the Greater New Orleans Tourist and Convention Commission. In 1979 he joined the Automotive Service Association heading up the organization's convention department. In 1983 he formed Precision Planning & Sales (PPS), Inc., an exhibitions management company, providing exhibition and conference services for associations. PPS was acquired by Miller Freeman in 1993. He earned his CEM (Certified Exhibitions Manager) designation in 1987. Poss is a former board member of the International Association of Exhibition Management (IAEM) and the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR). He is a Past Chairman of the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO), the IAEM Service Corporation, the IAEM Foundation and CEIR. Poss was the 1999 recipient of IAEM's highest service award, the William Hunt Eisenman Career Achievement Award and Tradeshow Week’s 2006 Honoree. Poss lives with his wife and two daughters in Southlake, Texas. Carl Pugh President, Radius Events, LLC Carl Pugh is president of Radius Events, LLC (www.radiusevents.com) an event management and consulting company based in Fairfield County, CT. Carl began his career in 1980 as founding publisher of PDN, the leading U.S. magazine for professional photographers. He launched his first trade show for the same market in 1983. Though Pugh sold his business in 1985 to a division of what is now Nielsen, both the magazine and the show remain market leaders today. Since then Carl has launched and run countless events and headed up three major trade show companies. Among them was an eight-year stint as president of the technology events division for Penton Media, which at its peak generated annual revenues of $80 million via its 3,000+ booth events in New York and Los Angeles. Carl is past chairman and a longstanding board member of the Society of Independent Show Organizers, the leading association for trade show producers. He frequently speaks on the art and science of successful show management. - 14 - Denzil Rankine Founder & CEO, AMR International Denzil Rankine is founder and chief executive of AMR International. His experience spans 25 years of advising companies on strategic development and acquisition throughout the world. His early career was in the US assisting British companies to enter North American markets. This work took him to 49 States. In 1987 he joined the Seer Group and became increasingly involved in acquisition programs as well as strategic development. He then founded AMR International in 1991; over the past 18 years he has grown the company and it now has offices in New York, London and Frankfurt. Denzil has been working consistently with media groups and exhibition organizers since 1991. Through hundreds of strategic research assignments, AMR International has assisted both strategic clients and PE funds to develop organically and through acquisition. He has been involved in some of the major deals in the media and exhibition sector as well as dozens of smaller transactions. AMR International’s combination of strategic analysis and customer research has given acquirers the confidence to proceed by validating the quality of the assets and their market position. Organic development assignments have led to the turn-around of failing major properties as well as successful launches. Denzil is the author of five M&A related books: A Practical Guide To Acquisitions (Wiley), Commercial Due Diligence - A guide to reducing risk in acquisitions (Financial Times), Why Acquisitions Fail (FT Prentice Hall), Due diligence – definitive steps to successful business combinations (FT Prentice Hall) and Acquisition Essentials (FT Prentice Hall).
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