Michael Green
Michael Green is a veteran Events Industry professional having been an owner, founder, and senior executive in some of the industry’s most successful organizations.
After starting his career in public accounting as a CPA and then as an association controller, Michael Green co-founded Precision Planning and Sales in 1985. PPS was a multi-client management company specializing in association event management. PPS was sold to Miller Freeman in 1993 where Michael became Senior Vice President, US Exhibitions. During his tenure at Miller Freeman, the company became the world’s largest exhibitions producer with over 100 US based events.
Michael left Miller Freeman in 2000 to join Hanley Wood which had recently been sold to private equity partners and co-founded Hanley Wood Exhibitions. Through aggressive acquisitions and launches, HWE grew from a start-up in 2000, to an entity sold in 2005 with an enterprise valuation of $485M. During his tenure, HWE’s annual portfolio grew to encompass 2.5 million square feet of exhibit space, 5,000 exhibiting companies, 250,000 attendees, and was recognized as one of the most profitable and progressive event producers in the US.
After leaving HWE in 2009, Michael formed MG Consulting. MGC provides management consulting services for event industry associations and suppliers. From 2009 through 2012, MGC’s clients included Experient Registration, Freeman Companies, Promotional Products Association, and dmg Events.
Following his consulting work with dmg Events, Michael formed and was named President of dmg Events USA. dmg Events USA consolidated management for the company’s North American product groups including ad:tech Exhibitions, iMedia Conferences and Collective Group Conferences.
In 2015 Michael returned to industry consulting. MGC has provided services to returning client Experient Registration and new clients, The Society of Automotive Engineers, International Society of Arboriculture, and MCI USA.
In 2018 Michael assisted Winsight Media in acquiring the National Restaurant Association Show, a top-20 US exhibition, and is currently their Chief Transition Officer.