Luntz, Suleiman & Associates, Inc.

Anver has negotiated over 50 transactions for tradeshows, training organizations, publishers and information suppliers ranging from $5,000,000 to over $100,000,000.  He is known for his ability to create winning transactions with smooth transitions.  He has earned respect from buyers who know him for his straightforward personal style.  His 40-year background as a practitioner gives him a perspective for problem-solving and seeing value that is truly unique.

Anver uses an internal team approach although he personally leads every transaction and is supported by his semi-retired partner, Jerry Luntz, and his “right hand” and wife, Cynthia Suleiman.  Cindy is a graduate of Heidelberg College with a B.A. in Education.  After teaching at both the elementary and high schools levels, Cindy is now responsible for LSA financial operations, coordinates the LSA Networking Events as well as conference and show participation, and sits in with Anver at client meetings around the world.

Consultant

Anver has consulted for McGraw-Hill, Arthur D. Little, Inc. Magazine, American Management Association, Harvard, Battelle Memorial Institute, Fred Pryor Seminars, National Seminars, Business-to-Business Direct Marketing, IDG, Reed, Miller-Freeman, Computer Security Institute, AMCEE, IIR, Data Tech, Control Data, National Center for Database Marketing, LERN, Weyerhaeuser, Creative Training Techniques International, Management Centre Europe, American Bar Association, NTIS, American Hospital Association, Business Week, International Communications Association, The Windows Show, Sony, The FOSE Show, Ziff, Sequent Computer, Practising Law Institute, CareerTrack, Catersource, The Bob Pike Group, and dozens of universities, associations, trade show groups, healthcare organizations, computer seminar providers and private companies.

Anver specializes in strategic consulting for tradeshows (association and for-profit) and training organizations.  His work has included turnarounds, preparation for sale/divestiture, and increasing profitability.  He has done this for American Management Association, CareerTrack, American Society of Association Executives, Practising Law Institute, Fred Pryor Seminars, Management Centre Europe, and dozens of associations and for-profit training and tradeshow groups.

Marketing and Program Development

Anver S. Suleiman is considered the strategic marketing/business guru of the meetings industry (training, tradeshows, seminars and conferences) and over the past 30 years has been associated with a series of “firsts” in attendance, publications and membership marketing.  These include two-step marketing via the IG (inquiry generator), indexing, geo-pricing, multi-covers, the “un-brochure”, Informail, co-marketing, video-versions, emergency briefings, program protection techniques, and seminar and conference marketing grids for allocating marketing dollars.

Anver also developed over 300 first time annual conferences including The First Genetic Engineering Conference, The First Pricing Conference, Inc. Magazine’s Growing the Company Conference, The First Sports Psychology Conference, The First Database Marketing Conference, The First International Commodities Conference, The First Product Tampering Conference and a series of major healthcare conferences for Harvard.  He has personally developed training programs for the plastics industry, metal, packaging, finance and general management.

Anver has personally led 300 plus two-day seminars, and has spoken at over 100 major events, for over 50,000 professionals from universities, associations, publishing companies, healthcare industries, tradeshow and seminar providers.  He has trained more than 10,000 professionals from universities, associations, publishing companies, healthcare institutions, and tradeshow organizations at The Annual Conference on Strategic Marketing of Seminars, Conferences and Expositions; Marketing Meetings Seminars; over 50-in-house presentations, as well as the first totally interactive teleconference with National University Television Network.

A prolific writer, Anver has more than 200 published articles in the trade and general business press, as well as contributions to manuals, books and industry handbooks.  He was  senior editor for LERN’s “Marketing Seminars and Conferences” and articles by and about him appeared in Lifelong Learning Market Report, Executive Update, Association Management, Independent Show Management, T+D, Trade Show Week, Convene, Meeting News, etc.  Anver is a frequent keynote speaker at U.S., Canadian and international industry events including:  ACLEA, ASAE, GWSAE, IAEE, ISA, PCMA, CSAE, CAEM, MPI, Meeting World, SMSCE, NUCEA, ACHE, AAACE, ASEE, BIL, and others.

For the second year in a row, Anver was named to LLMR’s prestigious list of the Top 20 People to Watch in Corporate Training.  Anver was also selected by Meetings Magazine for the cover photo article as one of the “15 Who Have Made a Difference in the Meetings Industry”, and selected by Target Magazine for their prestigious list of  “Influential Direct Mail Marketers”.  In addition he has won awards from the American Association for Engineering Education and others for “Best Presentation of the Conference.”  And he’s been featured in dozens of meeting, marketing, and business magazine articles and a two-page spread will appear in ASTD's T+D Magazine in November 2011.

On the personal side, Anver is a seven-time winner of the One-Wall National Handball Championship in his age group, composes music in all genres, and he and Cindy travel back and forth between homes in Florida and New York...every other week!