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David H.J Lee

CEO, Consultant

Throughout more than 20 years of experiences and study of venue & MICE business field, David H.J Lee established his own consulting company, VM Consulting in Seoul, Korea.

 

VM Consulting provides consulting, education and advisory services for venue marketing and trade show management for enhancing brand experiences from urban MICE marketers to global companies.

Educational Backgrounds

  • PhD, Business School Lausanne ('22-)

  • AI executive program, MIT('20)​

  • MBA, Aalto Univ, Helsinki ('09)

  • BA, Sogang Univ. Seoul ('01) 

Consulting Experiences

  • Co-work of Janghanpyeong Automotive Center(JAC) development strategy for Seoul Mobility hub

  • KISED: Global trade show marketing strategy for K-Startups

  • KTO: Korea unique venues marketing strategy

  • KTO: 30 Korea unique venues brand marketing strategy

  • KDIA: iMiD Korea Display Exhibition operation strategy

Speech Experiences

  Venue & MICE marketing

  • Seoul/Daegu/Daejeon/Jeju/Incheon/Jeolla/Gyeongju unique venue marketing strategy

  • KINTEX venue marketing strategy

  • KTO: Korea Unique Venues education program

  • GKL: Seven Luck Casino venue marketing

  • STO: How to choose unique venues for event organizers

  • AKEI: Venue marketing as strategy education program

  • Korea MICE Expo: MICE marketing in 21st century

  Trade show marketing ​

  • Seoul city: CES 2022 marketing strategy

  • AKEI: Trade show marketing as strategy education program

  • INTREE4.0: Hannover Messe 2022 marketing strategy

  • NIPA: Global trade show marketing strategy

  • KISED: Trade show marketing as strategy education program for K-Startups

  Teaching ​​

  • Adjunct Professor, Konkuk University, Korea ('19-'21)

  • Adjunct Professor, Joongang University, Korea ('18)   

Work Experiences

  • LYNC Factory ('18~'22)

    • Director of MICE & Venue management business​

  • VMC Asia ('16~'18)

    • CEO, MICE Consultant​

  • X4MICE ('13~'16)

    • CEO & Co-founder​

  • KINTEX ('03~'13)

    • Leader of Exhibition planning team​

    • Venue sales & marketing

    • Venue strategy & performance management

Books

  • Venue Marketing as Strategy

  • 브랜드를 살리는 전시 마케팅 (Trade show marketing for corporate branding)

What We Do

01

CONSULTING
 

  • Venue marketing & operation strategy

  • Convention center & unique venue
    business model development

  • Trade show marketing strategy

  • M&A/Investment advisory

  • Digital venue & trade show marketing 

02

EDUCATION
 

  • Convention center marketing program

  • Unique venue marketing program

  • Trade show marketing program

  • Online trade show marketing program

  • AI & MICE business development

  • MICE learning contents development

03

ADVISORY
 

  • Corporate Advisory

  • Executive coaching

  • Action learning

  • Presentation/Proposal writing

Our Books

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Venue Marketing as Strategy

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브랜드를 살리는 전시 마케팅

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AI. MICE.

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