Kevin McMenimen

Kevin McMenimen COO, LP Magazine CIO Ministry of Ideas, CEO IAB-Innovative Analytics & Biometrics Leading several organizations, Kevin McMenimen, is the Chief Operating Officer of LP Magazine and currently driving the expansion of the magazine with the launch of the Europe edition of the magazine and EU mobile news apps, and is driving advancements in the LPM digital outputs, creating new technology products from the magazine by way of mini e-magazines, interactive newsletters, as well as digital awareness and mobile news applications. Kevin is also the CIO, Chief “Idea” Officer for the Ministry of Ideas and CEO of IAB, and with both organizations is leading development of cutting edge data visualization technology and ground-breaking development in voice biometrics creating secure access and secure payment solutions for online and mobile retail transactions. The former president & CEO of Enabl-u Technologies, Kevin created the APIS data management system and Learn it Solutions interactive training technologies, both widely utilized by top global retailers, and has designed several industry-wide data sharing projects including RILA-InfoShare, ABA Bank Capture v1 & 2, CargoNet and LERPnet2.0 in the US, Canada’s LP DataShare, and the National Business Crime Solution in the UK. Prior to Enabl-u, Kevin managed investigations nationally for Bloomingdales and worldwide for Tiffany & Co. He started his career working for the FBI in Washington, DC. Kevin is co-founder and current board member of the Loss Prevention Foundation, directing and contributing to the development of the LP industry certification programs and he is currently driving the international expansion of the LPF with testing expanding into 175 countries and new LPF chapters launching in India and the UK, among several regions targeted for 2014.