Elaine Baugh Walsh

After eight years of sales management experience in hotels, real estate and telecommunications, Elaine was introduced to the radio industry in 1979 by becoming part-owner and director of sales for Reliable Measurement Systems, a NiCad battery test equipment company private labeling product for Motorola and GE with sales to public safety and government agencies primarily through manufacturer rep firms. Upon the sale of that company in 1983, until 1995, she was Vice President/Group Publisher for Cardiff Publishing, with responsibility for advertising sales and editorial content for Communications, Satellite Communications, Cellular Marketing and Voz y Datos magazines as well as a Manchurian Chinese language satellite newsletter, for a total circulation of 120,000 readers. She was responsible for exhibit sales, content and logistics for the IWCE, Voz y Datos Expo and Satellite Communications Users Conference shows and organized a series of events showcasing wireless technology to venture capitalists. In 1995, Elaine founded E Comm International, Inc., a company that provides sales and marketing consulting services primarily to companies in the wireless communications industry, with clients including Kenwood and Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA), as well as vocational schools, business coaches, authors, one of the world's top 20 destination spas and manufacturers of industrial power supplies, cabling and other business-to-business products. E Comm International was named one of the Top Ten Advertising Agencies in S. Arizona in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 by Inside Tucson Business newspaper. She is a Board Member for the Radio Club of America and was named a Radio Club Fellow in 1990. Elaine is a Board Member and Vice President for the Communications Marketing Association (CMA). She is a member of the Business Marketing Association, Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals, American Marketing Association, and NAWBO. Elaine received the President's Award from CMA in 2003 and 2009. She was named an Outstanding Woman in Wireless by Wireless Week magazine in 2000. Elaine has given numerous industry presentations and training to industry associations, at IWCE and Women in Wireless. She is Fund Development Chair and a member of the board of directors for S. Arizona Susan G. Komen for the Cure, former Board President for the PRIME School of Music non-profit community music school and active in non-profits benefiting young people, technology education and the arts.