Harris - News 2008

Harris Congratulates Holly Waters For completing her CTSM Program

Peachtree City, GA - April 20, 2008

Holly Waters has completed her Certified Trade Show Marketer (CTSM) accreditation program, the only university affiliated certification program in the trade show industry.

Holly began her career with Harris in 2003, she was hired as the administrative assistant to the VP’s. She was asked to take on an additional role with coordinating trade shows in 2004. She never looked back. She currently manages both positions which keep her quite busy. Holly began her certification process in 2005 to improve the trade show marketing program. She has successfully completed all of the CTSM program requirements: a 28-course core curriculum, a comprehensive examination and acceptance of an Electronic Candidate Portfolio. Holly was recognized as a new CTSM graduate at the annual awards ceremony at March EXHIBITOR2008, in Las Vegas.

“We are very excited to have Holly on our team. She brings a professionalism with a can do attitude and is very adaptable to all situations. We look forward to utilizing her expertise and knowledge in the trade show arena,” said Coleen Helland, Marketing Supervisor of Harris.

Created in 1992, the Certified Trade Show Marketer (CTSM) program, sponsored by EXHIBITOR, is affiliated with Northern Illinois University Outreach to assure academic standards are met. All CEUs earned in the program are awarded by NIU. EXHIBITOR’s CTSM program has over 2,000 professionals enrolled.