Kathleen Kaiser & Associates Information

The company was established in 1993 as a trade show marketing and production firm focused on emerging technologies. It expanded to cover sustainable practices and nonprofit organizations. Kathleen is considered a leader in such trade associations as the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) and the International Association of Exposition Management (IAEM) recently renamed IAEE. She is past Chairperson of the Southwestern Chapter of IAEM and was responsible for the reunification of Southern California, Las Vegas and Arizona as one chapter. Since its inception, KKA has created and implemented projects for various clients, including new product line launches; the repositioning of two trade publications for Cahners Business Publishing and ST Media Group; extensive market research; the launch of an international trade show and three years of sponsorship sales (CES Mexico); the debut of two new consumer events (MTV Intersection and ESPN Sports Show International); the creation of value-added pavilions to trade shows; and, the creation/production of e-learning Success Awards for Advanstar Communications. Developed, sold and managed the first US Pavilion at Expo Agro in Santiago, Chile for US Department of Commerce. Brought on to revive Xplor International in 2002, KKA's team doubled sales and expanded marketing to new attendee sectors. The company created and successfully launched Digital Marketing Symposium in partnership with Digital Marketing Corporation and Advanstar Communications at the Jacob Javits Center in New York in March, 2004. They were retained by Democratic National Committee to create and sell the Convention 2004 Commemorative Program. Kathleen joined SustainComWorld as a full partner in 2007 and produced three successful conferences on sustainable media, partnered with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on two conferences and managed sponsorship sales and event operations. A detailed breakout of KKA technology marketing achievements is under Accomplishments Page on this website. In 2002, KKA began ...