{"id":72,"date":"2016-09-15T10:09:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T10:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/expogroup\/2016\/09\/15\/ken-dec-named-evp-marketing-and-client-strategies\/"},"modified":"2018-12-09T23:42:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T23:42:02","slug":"ken-dec-named-evp-marketing-and-client-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/ken-dec-named-evp-marketing-and-client-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Dec Named EVP Marketing and Client Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/cf18d748-b4ff-4650-89ec-453948d02b49.jpg\" style=\"height:64px; width:550px\" data-entity-uuid=\"95ac47d2-41a3-44c6-a940-a3914d16b88f\" data-entity-type=\"file\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt='' src=\"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/903d3a3a-2a0d-437a-b573-c50f103b550e.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; display:block; height:175px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; vertical-align:middle; width:175px\" data-entity-uuid=\"697b8e36-92d1-4c64-969e-85ad8cb5a240\" data-entity-type=\"file\"><\/p>\n<p>Irving, Texas \u2013\u00a0September 15, 2016 \u2013 Ken Dec has been named EVP, Marketing and Client Strategies of The Expo Group. Dec joins the company following leadership roles at both George P. Johnson and MC<sup>2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKen\u2019s strategy expertise and marketing experience will have a valuable and immediate impact on our clientele and on our company,\u201d says Randy Pekowski, President and COO of The Expo Group.\u00a0 \u201cHis leadership will help us drive greater growth by improving how we communicate within the trade show and events space and how we strategically advise our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dec will be focused on leading The Expo Group\u2019s experience design and marketing teams as the company supports current and potential clients ready to rethink their attendee engagement, exhibitor service and overall face-to-face meeting strategies. Ken has worked with IBM, Citi, Reebok, Akamai, Liberty Mutual and other big brands during a career in agency leadership positions at IPG and Havas network shops and as leader of the Boston offices of experiential firms GPJ and MC<sup>2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Expo Group is poised to deliver ever-better experiences to organizations needing to better connect with their communities and convert audiences to their brands,\u201d Dec said. \u201cI\u2019ll be relentlessly focused on helping our teams share the great stories we have to tell about the wonderful work we do here, while assisting our clients in crafting unique, compelling and memorable events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About The Expo Group<\/p>\n<p><em>The Expo Group is a trusted exhibition and events partner helping clients rethink how to optimize for success. The Dallas-area company also has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, Chicago, Austin\/San Antonio and Washington D.C. Learn more at www.theexpogroup.com or contact Dana Freker Doody directly at 972.580.9000 x1644, ddoody@theexpogroup.com or on Twitter @theexpogroup.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irving, Texas \u2013\u00a0September 15, 2016 \u2013 Ken Dec has been named EVP, Marketing and Client Strategies of The Expo Group. Dec joins the company following leadership roles at both George[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}