Republished from Exhibit City News as printed February 22, 2011. Original article can be found here.


Absolute Exhibits, the exhibit house for tradeshow and convention needs, has added to their foreign department again. Currently, Absolute Exhibits has account executives from Germany, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico and now, Japan.

Michelle “M.J.” (Michiru) Johnson has been an independent marketing consultant for the past ten years working with top foreign global companies. Her job has been to bring those companies to the north American trade show floor, as well as take them to European, Asian, and Middle Eastern trade shows.

“The opportunity to work with a native speaker that understands the business culture of Japan, continues our building of a true international sales team,” said Todd Koren, Absolute Exhibits President and CFO.

MJ attended college in southern California and completed her international business degree in Japan where she was born in Tokyo. Additionally, she has certifications in Marketing Communications, Brand Measurements, and Integrating COM.

“We are very pleased to have M.J. join our sales team,” said Koren.