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Cherif Moujabber

From 1976 to 1981, Creative Expos¹ founder, Cherif Moujabber, joined  the trade show business of Horizon House (a Dedham, MA, based company)  by organizing communications equipment shows in the USA, Brazil and  Egypt.

In 1981, Cherif joined Cahners Expo Group (now known as Reed  Exhibitions, an Anglo-Dutch company) where he was successively posted  in Boston, Los Angeles, Stamford, CT, Washington,  D.C., and finally  Singapore as Vice President for the Asia-Pacific region. During his  nearly ten years at CEG he managed and launched several shows serving  diverse industries such as aerospace, health care, communications,  electronics and information technology.

In 1989, Cherif joined International Data Group, a Framingham, MA  based company as President and CEO of its World Expo Corporation (WEC)  subsidiary. During his 4 years which included 2 years in Paris,  France, WEC grew from 4 shows in 2 countries to 46 shows in 18  countries. These include the Comnet, MacWorld international, Sunworld and Objectworld family of shows. In Japan, Cherif launched the first MacWorld and WindowsWorld Expos still running successfully every year in the Makuhari Convention Center. World Expo doubled its revenue and  grew its profits substantially during this period.
In 1993, Cherif founded Creative Expos and Conferences. CEC  organizes its own events in the US and abroad. CEC boasts a very select list of  clients including Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq (now HP),  Novell, World Trade Center, Atlanta Mart Center, VNU, Groupe Bull HN,  Fuji Sankei, SMG, The Washington Post, MESAGO GmbH, TIA/SUPERCOMM,  National Cable TV Association, Interex/HP World, National Confectioners Association, NASFT /Fancy Food Shows, ICIA/Infocomm,  NAHB to name a few.