Management

 

Ephraim Cohen is the founder of and managing partner of The Fortex Group where he designs and implements public relations, custom media and industry community programs for clients in the digital media, consumer electronics and enterprise technology industries.  Prior to founding The Fortex Group, Ephraim was EVP and GM at Edelman, one of the world's largest public relations firms, where he helped lead the global technology practice and managed global accounts from Edelman’s headquarters in New York.    Ephraim has managed a number of major global clients including Accenture, Analog Devices, Alcatel Space, Dailymotion, Global Crossing, MXP4, Samsung, Wipro, WPP’s Kantar Video as well as economic development programs for the governments of the United Kingdom and Canada.   Ephraim began his career at Business Week, the world’s leading global business news weeklies, 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.  Mr. Cohen holds a Master of Public Policy in International Political Economy from Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute and Bachelor’s in political science and dramatic literature from New York University.