People News: Visit Phoenix, Hubilo, Vancouver Convention Center, and More Welcome New Executives, Team Member Promotion The barrage of hiring and promotions continues in the exhibition industry, with a plethora of event-related organizations appointing new executives and existing team members joining organizational leaders . Check out this: Visit Phoenix After an extensive nationwide search, the Visit Phoenix Executive Committee has named Ron Price President and CEO. He brings 25 years of tourism industry experience to his leadership role, most recently as President and CEO of the Arlington Texas Convention and Visitors Bureau and prior to that as Vice President of Visit San Antonio. Prior to joining the DMO world, Price was an executive at Marriott International for more than 12 years. Price currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the US Travel Association and the Board of Directors of Destinations International. Hubilo, provider of virtual and hybrid event platforms, Hubilo Technologies Inc. continues exponential workforce growth, most recently with new executive team members. These include 23-year-old marketing veteran Cathy Song Novelli as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications; Greg Volm, 20-year-old sales professional, served as senior vice president of sales and success; 20-year-old HR specialist Anita Menon as Senior Vice President of Talent and Culture; 15-year-old finance veteran Abhishek Jain as vice president of finance; 13-year-old technology expert Sudip Mitra as Senior Vice President of Engineering; and 13-year-old software professional Shailesh Hedge as product manager. Vancouver Convention Center The Vancouver Convention Center has welcomed Phil Adams as its new sales director. He brings over 20 years of leadership experience in business development and sales to his new role, including an extensive background in Canada’s major events, sports and entertainment industries. Most recently, Adams was Senior Director, Western Canada Operations at Canadian Soccer Business. Toy Association The Toy Association has promoted Kimberly Carcone to Senior Vice President of Global Market Events effective June 1. As an integral member of the Association’s Senior Management Team, she will be responsible for managing the organization’s live go-to-market events. including Toy Fair New York, Toy Fair Dallas, Toy Fair Everywhere, and the Toy Association’s Virtual Private Previews. Carcone is a seasoned professional with nearly three decades of experience in nonprofit and corporate event management, marketing, and publishing in New York City and Washington, DC. He joined the Toy Association in 2007, most recently as Vice President of Market Events. MCI USA MCI USA has hired Chris Williams as Senior Vice President, Registration and Housing, who is responsible for leading its strategic events, meetings and incentives team in providing registration and housing services for some of the largest and most complex events at the show and industry is responsible for the meeting. Before that, he worked for the leading registration service provider CompuSystems for 25 years, where he was President for the last seven years and prior to that he was Senior Vice President of Sales for 15 years. MarketTime B2B software as a service (SaaS) solution provider MarketTime has won e-commerce pioneer Chris Happ as its new CEO. He brings decades of experience as an entrepreneur and B2B marketplace leader to his management position, in which he will be responsible for sales, marketing and the management of the company. Happ was previously a co-founder and investor of Goby and blueSolutions as well as in management positions at Hubwoo, Ariba, Empirian and PwC. He will work closely with MarketTime Founder and President Hemal Patel. IAAPA Keith Stephenson is the new Director of Public Affairs for IAAPA North America. He will lead the IAAPA’s government relations and advocacy initiatives on key issues affecting the attraction industries in the United States and Canada. With 25 years of public affairs and trade association experience in the hotel and accommodation, hospitality and hospitality retail, and travel and tourism industries, Stephenson most recently served as director of state and local government affairs for the National Restaurant Association, where he held a complex portfolio managed by political issues in many of the largest US consumer markets. mdg Association, agency for event and corporate marketing solutions mdg, A Freeman Company, has hired Erin Lee to oversee the continuous growth and transformation of its digital, data and web departments. She will work with Customer Journey Architect Marc Blumer, Freeman’s Senior Vice President of Data Solutions Ken Holsinger, and a team of strategists. Digitell Global events industry veteran William Patrick Carlson has joined digital broadcaster Digitell as vice president of business development. He will be responsible for developing a framework to optimally serve the ever-growing digital and hybrid event needs of corporate, global and corporate clients. Carlson brings more than 22 years of industry experience to his new position, including as Global Accounts Director and Vice President of Global Expansion at Gartner and in previous positions at event research companies such as United Business Media and Obscura Digital. MSM Inc. Live and digital experience agency MSM Inc. has made two important new hires to drive growth and expand the capabilities of its live and digital experience offerings. As Product / Project Manager, Erin Gongwer will be responsible for developing the MSM suite of virtual experience solutions, while Meghan Schmidt has been appointed Human Resources Generalist, responsible for rebuilding and expanding MSM’s operations and production teams . AMC Institute Association Management Company Trade organization AMC Institute has brought new talent to its management team, including Krista LeZotte as Vice President, Events, Membership and Education and Thomas Pigg as Manager, Membership and Marketing / Communications. A recognized leader in the business events industry, LeZotte was most recently responsible for operational oversight and engagement for the programs and conferences of the American Society of Association Executives. Pigg brings over a decade of experience developing and running professional and educational programs for nonprofits. CSI Worldwide Exhibition service provider CSI Worldwide has appointed industry veteran Bobby Lee as President of its General Service Contracting department. With deep roots in the industry dating back to 1985, Lee co-founded the Metropolitan Exposition in 2001 and developed it into one of the leading service companies in the country until the 2016 Metro Expo was acquired by Freeman. “I’m ready to go back to my roots, do what I love – help others – while establishing CSI Worldwide as a world class, yet boutique general service contractor, working with one of my oldest friends in the industry. [CSI Worldwide CEO] Dave Centrowitz, ”said Lee. BeyondLive Leading 3D virtual experience developer BeyondLive, Inc. has hired Patrick King as business development manager. With more than 25 years of experience in Silicon Valley, King brings extensive knowledge of high-tech sales, distribution channels, services and business development and has extensive experience selling software, hardware and service solutions in the United States International Market Centers International Market Centers has William. Appoints B. Furlong as CEO of Juniper, IMC’s new fully integrated omnichannel B2B e-commerce platform for furniture, gift and home decoration wholesaling. Furlong brings 25 years of digital innovation and leadership experience to his new leadership role, including 11 years as Vice President of North American Markets for Expedia Group. He also held positions at Microsoft, Time Warner and Morgan Stanley. In addition, IMC recently promoted Chelsea Peabody Bohannon to Senior PR Manager. Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority Charles Harris, President and CEO of RSCVA, joined the board of directors of the US Travel Association. This new appointment is designed to help give Reno Tahoe a authoritative voice in addressing key industry issues in post-pandemic tourism recovery and to support the Washington, DC-based organization’s mission to increase national travel. “I am honored to be joining such a prestigious organization and helping the US tourism industry recover,” said Harris. “The US Travel Association will be a major player in the recovery of domestic travel, and I strive to be a voice for the Reno Tahoe destination as we work to ensure a brighter future for our destination and the industry at large. “IMS Technology Services Event Staging and Systems Integration Solutions Provider IMS Technology Services has expanded its team with several promotions and new hires, including Mike Schisler as Senior Project Manager; Christopher Kissel was hired as the National Account Manager; Chris Leonard has been promoted to Director, Technical Operations; Brook Kebede was promoted to production manager and Brian Johnson to warehouse manager. 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