My "day" job: 
Joe Koufman serves as the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Engauge, which is a marketing agency focused on leveraging creativity and technology. Koufman has shepherded new business relationships for the agency from Hanesbrands, Van Gogh Vodka, Cisco Systems, Chick-fil-A, AutoTrader.com, and The Hershey Company. Previous to Engauge, he spent eight years at KnoweldgeStorm (acquired by TechTarget - NASDAQ: TTGT in November 2007) focused on helping business technology companies generate leads for their sales teams. Recently completing his sixth year on the board of directors of  Atlanta Interactive Marketing Assocaition (AiMA), Koufman now serves on the board of directors of the American Marketing Association - Atlanta chapter. For fun Koufman hosts an Internet radio music show each Tuesday night and in April 2010 he and his wife welcomed their first and last children - a girl and a boy. 

Other activites:
Wake Forest University Atlanta Club - Young Alumi President 2002- 2003, President 2003-2008
Gumbo Show with Joe on HoundDogRadio.net - 2002-2007
Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) - Member since 2000

My education:
I graduated from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC with a double major in Politics and Communications. I attended high school at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia.  My radio education came from hosting the Big Easy Cabaret Show with Joe for KMTN, Jackson Hole, WY.

My motto is:
"Dare mighty things!" from the quote:

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."

- Theodore Roosevelt, United States President

Qualities I most admire in a person
- Integrity
- Pride
- Humor
- Loyalty

My most memorable moment:
Playing the trumpet and singing solo in restaurant full of people.

My favorite spot in the world:
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (at the Fair Grounds Race Course), the last weekend in April and the first weekend in May.

If I were a cartoon character, I would be:
Wile E. Coyote.  Despite constant challenge and frustration of trying to catch the Road Runner, he is always creative, passionate and persistent. (By the way, he is confident he WILL eventually get the Road Runner

If I could take a year off, I would...
Drive across the country and see every Major League Baseball Park and every National Park.

My favorite book, movie, musician and artist are...
The Little Engine That Could, Everything Is Illuminated, Dr. John, and Terrance Osborne.

Here is a link to Joe's (VERY old) New Orleans Guide:
New Orleans Guide

The love of my life and I were married on April 8, 2006.  Here are pictures.

You can contact Joe at: info (at symbol) GumboShow.com
 

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