Tim Hawkes, Managing Director

Tim also serves as Managing Partner of Hawke Mountain Ventures, a Connecticut based company offering teambuilding and outdoor experience events for corporations and schools. He founded and served as Managing Partner of Trade Zone, LLC, a full service retail marketing agency, before selling it to a division of the world's fourth largest advertising agency. Previously he co-founded SmartDemo and served as its CEO until it was sold to Time Inc. In-Store Marketing. Tim is a member of the Cornell University Food Industry Advisory Board and a former chairman of the Promotion Marketing Association in-store marketing council. He has published numerous white papers, has often been quoted in the trade press, and has addressed the Annual Convention of the Food Marketing Institute and other industry congregations.

Mr. Hawkes graduated with a Bachelors degree in Food Industry Management from Cornell University .