Kirk Laughlin is Managing Director and Founder of the Nearshore Americas – the premiere platform for analysis and insight on the global leadership of Latin America and the Caribbean in knowledge services and digital innovation. Since launching Nearshore Americas, and the Nexus conference franchise 14 years ago, Laughlin has become one of the foremost thought-leaders on the expansion of knowledge-services investment in the Americas.
Nearshore Americas offers digital marketing solutions, advisory services, content and lead generation platforms, Latin America-focused trade missions and customized research. Earlier, Laughlin was vice president and Managing Director at Ziff Davis Enterprise, an information technology media group, based in New York City. Laughlin has been featured in news reports appearing in the Financial Times, Miami Herald, Globe and Mail, BBC News and BNN Bloomberg.

