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Karen A. Blotnicky, Ph.D.
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Karen Blotnicky is the President and Consulting Coordinator for TMC The Marketing Clinic, in Bedford, NS. She is a full-time, tenured associate professor in the Department of Business and Tourism, at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, where she specializes in marketing. 

Karen has worked in applied research for over 25 years. She holds a BA and MBA from Saint Mary's University, and a Ph.D. from Northcentral University in Arizona. 

Karen is a member of the Entrepreneurs' Forum, and past member of the management board of the Centre for Women in Business in Halifax. She was the small business columnist for The Sunday Herald newspaper based in Halifax from 1998 through 2009. She was also the Eastern Canadian business columnist for CBC Radio One from October 2005 through October 2007, where her weekly radio interviews were heard in cities from St. John's to Edmonton. 

Karen has advised clients of all sizes for over a decade in government, business and non-profit sectors. She designs surveys for TMC, completes research designs, conducts sophisticated market analysis, and is responsible for report preparation. She has also designed, moderated and analysed more than 100 focus groups across Atlantic Canada. Karen has also conducted sales training for the Team Atlantic trade mission participants in all four Atlantic provinces. 

Her clients have included businesses in hospitality management, food service, retail, information technology, tourism, healthcare, homecare, and various other sectors. Her areas of professional consulting involve small business enterprises, strategic marketing planning, research and analysis, international and export marketing, services marketing, and corporate training.