 Karen Healy, Founding Partner
Karen Healy, founding partner, has over twenty
years experience in developing, marketing and
producing events. As Vice President of Worldwide
Events at Gartner, (a leading IT research and advisory
firm with close to a billion dollars in revenue)
she pioneered the "tradeshow alternative" — powerful
events with educational content that attract
senior-level decision makers and provide level playing field opportunities
for vendors relevant to the market. In her 16 years at Gartner, she created
the flagship Gartner Symposium and ITxpo which since 1991 have
grown to be unrivalled in their reach and reputation as well as a series of
targeted theme conferences which are still widely attended some 15-20
years after their inception. Following Gartner, she went on to create
GigaWorld IT Forum now in its 7th year for Giga Information Group in her
position as Vice President, Worldwide Events and until forming OnTrack
Communications with Ms Foreman was Vice President of North
American Events for Forrester Research after it's acquisition of Giga in
2003. Contact Karen at: khealy@ontrackevents.com
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 Kathy Foreman, Founding Partner
Kathy Foreman, founding partner, has over 17 years
experience developing and producing world class
events. As group vice president of Worldwide
Events at Gartner, she lead the growth of events
revenue from $10 million in 1995 to over $130 million
in 2004. During Kathy's tenure at Gartner she
was responsible for creating multiple "industry defining events," that continue to thrive and generate maximum revenue
for Gartner today. She was responsible for developing Gartner's mastermind
Keynote program, bringing in such industry luminaries as Bill Gates,
Lou Gerstner, Scott McNealy, Larry Ellison, Michael Dell and many more.
Kathy was instrumental in expanding Gartner's international business by
leveraging event brands and resources worldwide, which helped to maximize
corporate revenue and profit. She was the driving force in creating
several strategic alliances which allowed for further expansion into new
markets. Among her accomplishments, Kathy successfully maintained the
firm's revenue and profit during tough economic environments. She also
successfully negotiated multimillion dollar contracts, and developed
methodologies that contributed to the operational excellence that Gartner
is known for. Contact Kathy at kforeman@ontrackevents.com
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