Speakers

Carl Pugh is president of Radius Events, LLC (www.radiusevents.com) an event management and consulting company based in Fairfield County, CT. Carl began his career in 1980 as founding publisher of PDN, the leading U.S. magazine for professional photographers. He launched his first trade show for the same market in 1983. Though Pugh sold his business in 1985 to a division of what is now Nielsen, both the magazine and the show remain market leaders today. Since then Carl has launched and run countless events and headed up three major trade show companies. Among them was an eight-year stint as president of the technology events division for Penton Media, which at its peak generated annual revenues of $80 million via its 3,000+ booth events in New York and Los Angeles.
 
Carl is past chairman and a longstanding board member of the Society of Independent Show Organizers, the leading association for trade show producers. He frequently speaks on the art and science of successful show management.