Executive Director & CEO - InfoComm International announces Retirement

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Executive Director & CEO - InfoComm International announces Retirement

Randal (Randy) A. Lemke, Ph.D., the Executive Director and CEO of InfoComm International has announced his planned retirement at the end of 2012, capping off 16 years of service to the commercial audiovisual association.

"It has been an honor to serve the needs of such an exciting and innovative industry these past years and it's with mixed feelings that I leave the wonderful team of professionals and close friends I have made here at InfoComm," Dr. Lemke said.

Dr. Lemke holds board positions, and has been the chairman of, Integrated Systems Events, LLC, and InfoComm Asia PTE, Ltd. He is the founding and current Chairman of the STEP Foundation, a jointly supported foundation composed with other industry associations to bring sustainability to the process of planning, designing, integrating and operating technology systems and reduce long-term environmental impact from technology deployment. He has also served as chief executive of ICIF, InfoComm's charitable foundation.

Jim Ford, Chairman - Leadership Development Committee & Past President - Board said, "We are proud of Randy's extraordinary service to InfoComm International. During an economy when many associations are struggling to survive, InfoComm International has enjoyed tremendous growth under Randy's leadership, quadrupling revenue and expanding our tradeshow presence to 10 shows worldwide."

Tony Warner, Board President-Elect. Warner said, "Our search will focus on a visionary leader who will maintain the strength and culture of the Association, while furthering our international presence and continuing to raise the profile of our industry. We will retain an executive search firm by the end of the first quarter of 2012 to conduct an extensive search, and we are confident we will be able to identify the best candidates to meet these requirements. At a later time an announcement will be made calling for any potential candidates to submit their materials to the search firm."


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