My "day" job: 
Joe Koufman serves as the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Engauge Digital (formerly Spunlogic), with responsibility for marketing to and attracting new clients to the agency.  Engauge Digital is the interactive marketing Center of Excellence for Engauge Marketing which combines the disciplines of branding, digital, and direct marketing to partner with clients such as Kraft Foods, Best Buy for Business, The Home Depot, AirTran Airways, Hanesbrands, Logitech, and Huntington Bank.

Koufman previously spent eight years at KnowledgeStorm, an online business software directory that was acquired in late 2008 by TechTarget (NASDAQ: TTGT), serving most recently as Director of Strategic Accounts.  His business development responsibilities included major technology brands such as Oracle, Infor, Consona, CA, IFS, and Cognos. Previous to KnowledgeStorm, Koufman spent five years in retail management in North Carolina, Louisiana, Wyoming, and Georgia.

Koufman is currently President of the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Assocaition (AiMA), where he has served on the board of directors since 2004.  A sought after speaker, Koufman has spoken recently at events held by the eMarketingAssociation, the Customer Relationship Management Association (CRMA), and the Ticket Summit .

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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