About
You can reach me, Ephraim Cohen, at +1-212-631-5823 or cohen AT fortexgroup.com.
And now here’s my bio (or my LinkedIn profile is here):
Ephraim Cohen designs and implements business to business communications programs for organizations marketing at a corporate level. Ephraim has also designed and implemented several systems for real service level guarantees and budget measurement systems for public relations programs.
Ephraim speaks regularly on business communications topics for organizations such as the PRSA, IABC and Bulldog conferences. Ephraim’s articles on business to business communications have been published in magazines such as Communications World and PR Tactic and he has been quoted on business in national business publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily and News.com, among others.
Ephraim Cohen is currently the co-owner and partner at The Fortex Group, a business to business communications firm with offices in New York, Connecticut and India. At The Fortex Group, Ephraim manages business communications programs for the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, eSkye Solutions, Musiwave and Regus. Mr. Cohen also provides counsel to several other clients including Convergys and . He has also overseen the Fortex Group’s focus on delivering services communications services that link Asia and the US markets, designing and providing service gaurantees on clients’ investments and developing communications services designed to drive business development opportunities for high-end B2B products and services.
Prior to founding The Fortex Group, Ephraim was a senior figure at Edelman. At Edelman, he headed up Edelman’s Boston operations, served as the EVP/GM of the East Coast Technology practice and was a part of the global technology management committee. Ephraim handled a number of Edelman’s significant international clients, including IDA Singapore, InvestUK, and CeBIT America. He also led a telecommunications group practice where he worked with companies such as AT&T, MCI Worldcom, Global Crossing, SkyBridge (Alcatel), Genesys Conferencing and Ericsson.
Ephraim began his career at Business Week, the world’s leading global business news weekly, as an Assistant Editor in the Executive Programs division. Ephraim later became the Managing Director of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC), where he worked on trade policy and served as Manager of the Digital Future Coalition, an organization focused on global copyright policy.
Ephraim holds a Master’s degree in International Political Economy from Georgetown University’s Graduate Public Policy Program where he wrote his thesis on the impact of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Asia investments on US economic development and employment.
