Biography

Call 1.800.966.1380 to contact Ira Blumenthal booking agent, publicist, manager, pr firm, representative and management company if you would like to hire Ira Blumenthal for a speaker appearance, autograph signing, endorsement deal or corporate event. Here you can find speaker fees, booking fees, costs, availability and schedule information. Ira Blumenthal is founder and president of CO-OPPORTUNITIES, an Atlanta-based consulting company that counsels clients such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, Exxon, Wal-Mart, United Artists and others.

Blending ideas, information, solutions and purposeful humor in a format he calls "edu-tainment", Ira's messages are focused on building success through alliances, and branding and capitalizing on change in business and in life. Walking and working the room, Ira never uses a podium. He is "a master at fostering audience excitement and interaction", "oftentimes uses creative props, music and handouts" and diligently studies each speaking client in order to develop a customized, 'signature' speech for each event.

Ira has written many articles on change, marketing, business development, strategic alliances, branding, and other subjects and is the recipient of "The George Washington Honor Medal" for literary excellence. He is the author of "Ready, Blame, Fire: Myths and Misses in Marketing".

Ira has been the focus of features and quoted in a wide range of media sources such as The Wall Street Journal, BrandWeek, Entrepreneur, USA Today, People magazine, CNN, and more.

As an entrepreneur, Ira created and development the first branded food court in an American supermarket. He was also the creator of both "Brand Building for Your Future," a history-making branding conference, as well as "Strategic Alliances for a Brand-New World," an innovative educational exposition on strategic alliances.

Although he is a highly successful veteran of food industry sales, marketing and management with multi-national companies such as Sara Lee, Ira's viewpoints and vision on business building apply to all industries.