Management

Rob Deschenes, President and Founder

Rob Deschenes is President and Founder of ECI Marketing, the first agency of its kind in the tradeshow industry. He is responsible for marketing and business operations for ECI Marketing.

Rob has drawn upon 20 years of tradeshow industry expertise in launching ECI Marketing, which provides organizations of any size a more cost effective way to exhibit products and services.

Prior to ECI Marketing, Rob was Director of Corporate Exhibits at Cabletron Systems, where he launched global, national and regional tradeshow programs and provided the tradeshow marketing expertise that contributed to the company's growth of over $1 billion in annual revenue. He has also held positions at Data General Corporation, Exhibit Control, Design Communications Ltd. and Triboro Exhibit Productions.

Ed Cummings, Vice President and Co-founder

Ed Cummings is Vice President and Co-founder of ECI Marketing, where he is responsible for sales, asset management and logistics.

Ed has 18 years of tradeshow experience. Prior to ECI Marketing, he was Technical Director for Tradeshows and Corporate Events Worldwide at Cabletron Systems. He has also worked at MTS Services where he oversaw tradeshow networks for companies including Digital Equipment Corp. Before that, he was a production specialist for top musical acts in the 1980s, including AC/DC, Culture Club and Alice Cooper.

He is also active in New Hampshire state politics, and he has organized events for Gov. Craig Benson's successful 2002 campaign.