Hello everyone, welcome to the PromoKitchen podcast. We are a community inspired conversation featuring boundary pushers, rabble rousers, freaks and geeks who are shaking up the $20 BN promotional products industry.

My name is Mark Graham, co-founder of commonsku and I’m joined by fellow chef Dale Denham, CIO of Geiger.

We are excited to welcome Alan Tabasky, Vice President of BEL USA to the podcast. BEL USA is the parent company of BEL Promo, Discountmugs.com, and Branders.com. BEL USA has grown tremendously over the past 5 years and currently has almost 900 domestic employees as well as an overseas office and division. BEL Promo is an industry leader in the Promotional Products Industry in both price and production capabilities. Discountmugs.com is an industry leader in the direct to consumer promotional market, producing over 1,500 custom decorated orders each day for both individual consumers and corporate clients.

Prior to joining BEL USA, Alan was one of the principals at Hurricane Line, a leading supplier of promotional products before it was merged with Bel Promo in January 2010.

Alan was recently recognized in the 20th position on the ASI Power 50 List.