Lew Hoff has spent the last 40+ years focusing on bringing buyers and sellers together, face-to-face. Before co-founding Bartizan Corporation in 1970, Hoff graduated from University of Massachusetts with a BA in Economics and attended Fordham Graduate School of Business. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force officer’s training school and served more than four years active duty as an Air Force Officer. Prior to founding Bartizan, he worked for United Airlines, served as Assistant Director of the American Management Association's New York Management Center and as National Sales Manager for ICV, Inc.

Hoff is also Chairman of Addressograph-Bartizan, the world's largest manufacturer of credit card data recorders. Former president of the World Trade Council of Westchester, Hoff is currently a member of the advisory board of the School of Behavioral Sciences at UMass Amherst, a member of the Board of the Westchester County Association, a member of the advisory board of Leake & Watts, a social services organization, a member of the services board of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events and a member of the BPA advisory for the tradeshow industry.

Hoff is a regular contributor to Bartizan’s Lead Retrieval blogs on Blogger, Vox and Wordpress and Ning. He is the author of many whitepapers all geared to helping companies achieve better tradeshow results including:

-Operate the Way Warren Buffett Does
-After the Ball is Over Trade Show Sales Lead Follow-Up
-Tradeshow Week and Bartizan Connects worked together to develop The Value of Attendance & Session Tracking, a landmark industry study on the value of session tracking.
-CEIR Guru Report: A Guide to Electronic Lead Retrieval


To contact Lew Hoff for a speaking engagement or to learn more about Bartizan and its products: Call 1-800-431-2682, or visit the web site at www.bartizan.com

Specialties: Bartizan offers innovative and affordable lead retrieval solutions for event organizers. We've helped millions of customers form relationships and exchange information at trade shows. We have also helped thousands of show organizers increase exhibitor attendance and participation at their events. Bartizan Connects and its partners are full service offering registration, badge production, lead retrieval and management, session tracking and access control.