Management Team

Ross Holicker

Ross is a dedicated professional with over twenty-five years of trade show and event production experience. He was part of the management team that produced the annual COMDEX^®/Fall Computer Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, the largest trade show in North America from 1989-1998 according to Trade Show Week Magazine. Part of his responsibilities included working with government agencies and business organizations from over 75 countries.

His extensive event and trade show experience also included a two month assignment, hired by the International Olympic Committee, as the Venue Manager for the Olympic Stadium Sponsor Village at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

He has outstanding people skills and proven expertise in on-site logistics and operations, as well as the ability to communicate efficiently and effectively with all levels of personnel within an organization.

Paul Meyer

Paul began his event career by running several charity events while at Rutgers University in the early 1980’s. He moved to Washington, DC where he organized rallies and events. He joined The Interface Group in 1986, where he created in-house PC-based processes that were cutting edge and quickly became industry firsts, including CAD floor plans, PC-based registration and lead retrieval systems as well as the first integrated event order program with budget and inventory capability.

Paul spent several years at Reed Exhibition Companies, as Manager of Operations in Boston, where he ran 13 annual events and spearheaded initiatives in event marketing, sponsorship, and financial forecast and review. He joined ZD Events in the mid-1990’s and became the primary liaison between Finance and Event Operations when a series of mergers and a successful IPO increased the firm’s fiscal reporting needs. He continued in this capacity through several more mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and another IPO. In addition, from 1999 to 2002 he oversaw a multi-million dollar portfolio of niche conferences, an event incubator program, and custom client events.

His skills in contract negotiation, finance, event launches and brand re-positioning are key components of ROI’s future development strategies

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Arnold Lasker

Arnold Lasker began his career with Xerox Corporation in a variety of sales and sales management positions. Utilizing the knowledge, training and experience gained at this Fortune 1000 company, his career led him to the technology industry. Many of the companies with whom he has been associated throughout his career have either initiated public offerings and/or were purchased by well known technology companies.

Arnold's forte is sales and sales force creation, which includes recruiting, training, managing and mentoring. A strategic thinker and tactical implementer, his expertise also includes integrating sales with marketing initiatives.