As CDO of Smart Business Network, Lee has responsibility for all of the revenues of the company, including print magazines, conferences and interactive/online divisions. He also has key responsibilities for the expansion and launch of Smart Business magazine into the nation’s top U.S. cities and for overseeing all of the company's market managers, training program and customer service program. In addition, he played a key role in the development and implementation of the company's new business plan and model for expansion. As a member of the company's management team, Lee has also played a key role in establishing corporate policies and developing the company's long-term corporate strategy.

Prior to joining Smart Business Network in 2002, Lee founded and chaired the Growth Group and E-Group, which focused on working with middle-market growth and technology companies, at the national law firm of Arter & Hadden LLP. While at Arter & Hadden, Lee was a corporate transactional attorney, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and private financings. Lee has authored and published numerous articles and spoken and moderated at conferences on various topics pertaining to his legal practice. He has also served on the Executive Council of the Young Lawyers Section of the Cleveland Bar Association and on the Advisory Boards of the International Angel Investors Institute and the NEOSA Angel Network. Lee holds a B.B.A., with distinction, in Finance and Marketing from the University of Michigan, School of Business Administration and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University, School of Law.

Management Bios

Fred Koury
President & CEO

Michael Marzec
Publisher and Chief Operating Officer

Lee M. Koury
Chief Development Officer & General Counsel

Dustin Klein
Executive Editor

G. Charles Huebner, CCCP
Circulation Director

Jim Mericsko
Design Director

Kathy Deutsch
Controller

Melissa Gottlieb
Vice President of Sales

Copyright © 2009 Smart Business Network Inc. • Publishing, Sales, & Editorial Office • Smart Business Online
835 Sharon Drive, • Suite 200 • Cleveland, OH 44145 • P: 440-250-7000 • F: 440-250-7001 • E: webmaster@sbnonline.com

Website Development: Veridean Technology Solutions, LLC.