Executive Director, Society of Independent Show Organizers
2601 Ocean Park Blvd. 200
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(877)YES-SISO
Office: (310)450-8831, ext. 106
FAX (310)450-8831
www.siso.org
President and CEO: Shomex Productions, Santa Monica CA, 1984 –Present; Executive Director, SISO – January 2009 and Chairman, 5NET4 Productions
Shomex Productions, founded in 1984, by Lew and Clare Shomer was the nation’s largest producer of Diversity Career Fairs. The company no longer produces career fairs after 25 years in business. Shomex is now the administrative organization for The Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO).
Lewis R. Shomer, President and co-founder, holds a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MBA from The Bernard Baruch Graduate School of Business at CCNY in New York.
Mr. Shomer’s career started with IBM in New York, and he later joined Honeywell Information Systems in White Plains. He moved to London in 1967 and spent 10 years as Vice President, International Operations for Computer Investor’s Group, a leading computer leasing company. When he returned to the US he held various sales, marketing and general management positions with Mohawk Data Sciences, Novation, Inc. and Pertec Computer Corporation.
Before starting Shomex, Lew was Vice President, Marketing and Sales for The Interface Group, the former producers of COMDEX, the Nation’s largest Trade show.
Mr. Shomer served on the Board of Directors of SISO (The Society of Independent Show Organizers) for 9 years including the position of Chairman. He served on the Board of Directors for The American Friends of the St. Petersburg (Russia) Philharmonic. Lew is a fifteen year member of the Board of Trustees for the NAACP Special Contributions Fund and serves on the Annual Image Awards committee.
Mr. Shomer has owned a soul food restaurant in Atlanta and an antique mall in Los Angeles.
Lew is married with one son, two dogs, 2 cats, and 3 horses.
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