Mark Barounos Email & Phone Number

Mark Barounos is CEO at ConnectMii Events, a provider of B2B video exchange communities in the GIS, Geospatial, AI and ML sectors. ConnectMii has strategic partnerships with organizations such as Voxelmaps, GMDC, World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC), MAPPS and others to organize virtual and hybrid meetings. He has over 30 years’ experience in event management, with specific expertise in video technology integration into events. He has produced fully virtual online events, from webcasts to immersive virtual event environments, on behalf of corporate clients and associations, including the GMDC*Connect offerings from trade association GMDC. Mark’s event experience ranges from corporate meetings to major international exhibitions, in diverse locations in the USA, Europe, Australia and Asia. He has run numerous large events worldwide, including Telepresence World, An Evening with Picasso, EServicesWorld and the Mission Critical Computing Series for HP. Prior to Hemisphere, Mark owned FBMA, which ran scores of events throughout Asia, India, Australia and the USA, including the MOBILE COMMS series for the emerging mobile communications industry; Custody & Clearing and Structured Investing Congresses; and CyberPayments, CyberTrading and CyberSecurity events for the financial industry. In 1993, FBMA sold its events to Advanstar (Now UBM). Mark developed a pioneering online event streaming media technology that was acquired by Akamai Technologies. Before FBMA, Mark owned MediaPlus, which introduced electronic banking into China with the Electronic Fund Transfer shows, and ultimately led to a World Bank-funded project to modernize China’s banks. Specialties: virtual events, geospatial marketing, beacons, RFID, video event enablement, conferences, exhibitions, trade shows

Listed skills include Event Management, Strategic Partnerships, Trade Shows, Management, and 22 others.

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