Jeanne Kahan, Account Executive

A design professional in marketing and media with a focus on web development for XMi customer projects, Jeanne uses creative design for usability, functionality, and integration of e-business development, tying business messages to design solutions. In 2005, Jeanne became Creative Director of XMi Technology after XMi bought InfoAdvantage. She designed the XMi company and divisional brand logos, developed business web sites and marketing collateral.

Jeanne began her career in 1979 as an illustrator in the publishing industry. As her skills developed she managed the creative design of books, marketing materials and identity branding.

Always interested in technology, in 1986 she turned towards computing and was hired at Kurt Salmon Associates to develop educational software products and related training materials from their Nashville office. She improved product technical support by developing new processes, and to support company brand products she participated in trade show activities and other marketing functions such as directing photography shoots.

Cascom International, Inc., at the time a premier international film specials effects house, hired her in 1989 as an animator. Her work was used globally and she became their Art Director before leaving in 1992 to start Reka Design, LLC.

As President and Creative Director, Ms. Kahan managed the media solutions firm which focused on web development, video production, and visual branding for customers. Having creative responsibility for projects, budgets and production from concept through final delivery, her company supplied network infrastructure and technology support to the Leonard Bernstein Center in Nashville, Tennessee, taught technology skills to Metro school teachers, developed video and media presentations for Nortel, and broadcast television ads for local companies. As a consultant she created media presentations that were shown to senior healthcare management from around the country.

Looking to expand her skills in the technical consulting business, Jeanne joined InfoAdvantage in 2001 to become their Creative Director of web applications. She coordinated design strategy for information architectures, software applications, prototypes, and business web sites.

Having spent 2 years in Bangladesh working with the poor, she continues to support several not for profit organizations by providing creative services, hosting, and technology support.

She is an active board member of Women in Technology of Tennessee. Also, a PR & Marketing committee member of the Nashville Technology Council.

In August 2006, an 11 year project in which Ms. Kahan was project manager and 2D designer, the Woman Suffrage Memorial was unveiled in Market Square in Knoxville, Tennessee. A life-size, bronze statue bronze statue featuring Tennessee suffragists represents the efforts of women across Tennessee to gain the right to vote.

Jeanne provided stage design and media production for The Perfect 36 which chronicles the last battle to win voting rights for women in the United States. Produced for theater and performed at the Tennessee Performing Art Center in Nashville, it was also featured on NPR's All Things Considered. The final hour long television version was broadcast on public television stations throughout the United States.