McNabb Marketing Resources

Bruce Cole
President
	Bruce has had a career-long passion for working with teams to build successful business magazines, trade shows and associated web sites. Bruce has 30 years of business-to-business and business-to-consumer experience in development, management, marketing and direct sales for publications, trade shows, conferences and web sites. Strong skills in communications, surveys, market assessments, product positioning, new launches, acquisitions, and leading teams to exceed the expectations of the customer. Among his accomplishments, he has led several teams in the successful launch of new business magazines and trade shows and has esablished a reputation for increasing magazine performance and profitability. When Bruce is not working on a magazine or trade show, he can often be found with his family, playing trumpet in one of several bands in Midcoast Maine, or on the water in sea kayaks, sailboats, and just about anything else that floats. Education: B.S., Geology; B.A., Technical Journalism, Oregon State University. M.A., Journalism, University of Minnesota

Dave Jackson
Sales Manager
	Dave Jackson began a career in publishing and trade show management almost forty years ago as publisher of the commercial fishing trade journal, National Fisherman and as president of the associated trade show, Fish Expo. He has worked in a wide variety of trade shows over his career, specializing in maritime expositions and for the most recent several years serving McNabb Marketing Resources as an organizer of USA pavilions in European trade shows. He is a graduate of Brown University and enjoys sailing small boats.

Tomlin Coggeshall
Account Executive
	Tomlin comes to McNabb Marketing Resources with a solid background in trade show and advertising space sales. His career began at Information Gatekeepers, a small publisher in Brookline Massachusetts, that had a magazine and a trade fair on fiber optics. He sold space in both. From there he moved on to work at Cahners Publishing's newsletter division were he sold inserts in a high-annual subscription newsletters on oil spill control and energy-efficient design/construction. He then left Cahners to help launch Cutter Information where he sold advertising space in annual product and service directories on oil spill control, demand-side energy management, and energy-efficient building practices. In addition, he installed, managed, and networked Cutter's computers. Just before joining McNabb Marketing Resources in 2005, Tomlin sold high-end computer consulting to clients in the US and overseas. When he's not selling space, Tomlin loves to ski, sail, hike, cook, travel, and take walks in the woods.

Leslie Curtis
Operations & Database Manager
	Leslie serves as manager of day to day operations at McNabb Marketing. Her work includes: information maitenance of the Marine Electronics Journal website and MEJ Buyers' Guide, subscription coordination, and tradeshow representation. Leslie has over 14 years of publishing experience in cartography, newspapers, magazines, and books. With a keen eye for detail, she has proofread maps, ad copy, and manuscripts. Her earlier career was spent in the North Maine Woods, both as a registered Boy Scout and a state park employee.

Jim Fullilove
Editor
	Brokering a better understanding and appreciation of often complex technologies is what makes Jim tick. Presenting technical concepts in terms that both engineers and laymen can understand is the key. He successfully applied this formula for over three decades as senior editor of international trade journals, including Marine Electronics Journal, National Fisherman and Engineering News-Record. Jim has provided business-oriented custom publishing services through his company, The Media Group, for the past 10 years.

Kelly Williams
Graphic Designer
	Kelly has nearly 20 years of design and marketing experience working with publications, retail organizations, trade shows and conferences. Clean, attractive design that meets the needs of the client and appeals to the intended audience is the primary goal of her designs. She is the Art Director for several trade associations, creating identities, designing their association materials, conference brochures and publications. Kelly enjoys time with her two children on a quiet Maine pond, and in her spare time gardening, landscaping, skiing and interior design.