Our job is to put clients in the spotlight, so we're not used to being in front of the camera. However, we've dragged a few of us kickin' and screamin' to grin in front of the lens...
Stephen - caught on camera at last!
Stephen J. Smith - Senior Consultant, Partner Stephen has enjoyed a highly-successful career in marketing communications, sales, and business management, both in the UK and in the USA, the highlight of which was the launch of his own successful consultancy in the 1980s. A Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, he has given lectures in the USA and in the UK on PR and marketing and is currently compiling a book on the changing face of the marketing communications industry.
When not working... (!) Stephen is an avid enthusiast of all things aquatics and has, not surprisingly, been a regular contributor to fishkeeping publications. He also an inveterate "wordsmith": Stephen's studies of the written and the spoken word have even led him to develop a career as a voice-over actor and he has subsequently appeared as a presenter on a number of TV shows as well as coaching voice-over and directing voice productions.
Deborah J. Smith - Partner Deborah has an extensive background in business administration and management in the sales and marketing environment. Debi has been highly-successful in running her own successful retail design businesses in Chicago and New Orleans for over a quarter of a century, and recently launched a specialist design company for interior designers.
When not working... Debi enjoys life at her home near New Orleans, as well as spending time with her family.
William H. Lee - Advertising and Conferences Specialist (USA) Bill has also been involved with marketing communications and information services throughout his career. His expertise in organizing advertising schedules as well as conferences makes him a valuable member of the Palmer-Tingley team.
When not working... Bill is also a practised voice-over actor and enjoys Saints and LSU football to the max!
Joe Caprino - Associate Consultant (USA) Joe is a highly-skilled executive with a solid knowledge of mergers and acquisitions, operations, sales, marketing and finance, as well as a proven track record in general management of manufacturing and marketing organizations. He has a strong background in development and distribution of products and services to major national and international mass merchants and retail outlets; and in providing products and services to Contract markets for hospitality, store fixtures, healthcare and commercial construction. He holds a Diploma and Award from Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO) for work and studies in Japanese business.Nominated for Global New York Award.Recipient of Graduate Student of the Year Award, St. Bonaventure University.Awarded Certificate of Achievement for Entrepreneurism, by Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency, 1990.Recipient of the President of the United States of America “Excellence in Exporting Award.”
Paul Muckle - Associate Consultant (UK) Paul is second-to-none when it comes to organizing a PR and/or marketing campaign which works. His experience with working with national and regional media, and in organizing media events, on behalf of some of the UK's leading companies, enables him to devize extremely effective PR and media relations strategies to bring out the best media coverage achievable.
The Palmer Tingley coat of arms. Credit: The Tingleys-United Association www.tingley.org
Palmer Tingley (1614 - 1638)
Palmer Tingley set sail from England to The New World in 1635 on the ship THE PLANTER. He landed in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and later located in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Deborah Smith, one of the partners of Palmer-Tingley llc, is thought to be the 11th-generation grand-daughter of Palmer Tingley. The English connection is completed by senior consultant Stephen Smith, who was also born in England (though somewhat later than 1614!).
