Roger Tremblay - Senior Partner

Education

  • BA, Advertising, Michigan State University
  • MA, Advertising, Michigan State University

 

Biographical Information

Roger Tremblay joined Allen Austin after more than 35 years in the media industry where he held various sales, sales management and general management positions. Over the years he worked with newspaper, magazine, out-of-home, direct marketing, digital media and specialty advertising. His extensive contacts include senior executives in media and advertising agencies as well as a wide variety of client advertisers across the entire U.S.

Adopting a consultative approach to his relationships with customers, Roger functioned as an ad-hoc search consultant on many occasions leveraging his wide-ranging contacts and his innate ability to understand the unique needs of key positions. Early in his career, he adopted the philosophy that a truly successful sales person has a thorough knowledge and understanding of all aspects of a client's business.

Roger worked in senior sales and management positions at The Wall Street Journal and Southern Living magazine. He was associate publisher of Texas Monthly and corporate VP of sales for Mediatex Communications, later becoming publisher of Chicago magazine and Houston Metropolitan and its successor Houston Life.

Roger was co-founder of Kelly/Tremblay & Co., a multi-media brokerage firm that grew to be the largest single-office operation of its kind in the U.S. He and his partner eventually sold the business to a world-wide media conglomerate, Publicitas North America and he went on to become the southwest director of Media Networks, Inc., a division of Time, Inc.

Roger has been involved in all aspects of marketing communications for firms in almost every major industry in America with a particular emphasis on travel and tourism, sports marketing and retail. He has developed a network of professional relationships in nearly every major industry.

Roger lives in Dallas with his wife Gayle who is a vice president of Neiman Marcus. They have three grown children.

Professional Affiliations

  • Texas Tourism Industry Association, Board of Directors and Executive Committee
  • Dallas Advertising League, board member
  • DREAM Fund, president-elect (a non-profit charitable organization)
  • Michigan State University Alumni Association, alumni career services and student mentoring program