James brings his 12+ years experience in driving sales and new business development to the role of Director of Partnerships for eMerge Americas.
Prior to joining eMerge, James spent the last decade launching, building and growing trade shows, conferences, meetings and events both in the U.S. and internationally. He has worked across various industries and with leading B2B associations and organizations to drive revenue growth for their event portfolios. James and his teams have been honored with four Trade Show Executive Fastest 50 awards including the #1 Fastest Growing Trade Show in the U.S. in 2018.
Following a successful sale of his firm’s trade show portfolio, James launched his own consulting firm focused on trade show and conference sales, marketing and production for industry-leading events in the U.S., Mexico City, Vancouver and Germany.
