About
Ms. Kaufman previously was the President and co-founder of Bremond House Gallery. Her area of focus was art acquisition, market strategy, and profitability enhancement for client fine art print programs. Kaufman was also one of three founders involved in the development of the Earthman Art Center, an artist incubator in Galveston, Texas. Ms. Kaufman is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in developing marketing strategies for technology and publishing companies. Kaufman has founded six companies throughout her career, working in the areas of book publishing, online content publishing and software development.
Prior to Bremond House, Kaufman co-founded Embella, Inc., a technology infrastructure company for regulatory content and applications. Kaufman was Director and President of IBT Technologies, one of the first e-learning technology companies providing a Web services platform to adapt content based on user profiles and device. At IBT, Kaufman was responsible for securing over $11 million in capital from venture and investment banking funds. Kaufman grew the company from four founders to 115 employees within one year. Kaufman also played a key role in securing top accounts for the company in the healthcare sector such as Columbia HCA, University of Texas Medical Branch, and AGA-Home Healthcare. These three contracts were estimated at over $10 million in potential revenue.
Earlier in her career, Kaufman founded two traditional publishing companies: Dockery House Publishing of Dallas, Texas, a boutique book publishing company targeting the Fortune 1000; and Mountain Home Publishing, Inc. of Kerrville, Texas, a healthcare publishing company targeting the consumer geriatric market.
