Michael Holmes

Michael Holmes is the CEO and founder of EMI - Research Solutions. Michael has over 20 years of experience in the online marketing industry.

Holmes began their career in 1990 as an assistant vice president in commercial banking at Fifth Third Bank. Michael later held the same position at U.S. Bank from 1996 to 1998. In 1998, they left U.S. Bank to join Superhighway Consulting, which later became WebPromote and then Yesmail.com. At Yesmail, Holmes oversaw business development and learned online marketing and permission-based email marketing. Michael left Yesmail in 1999 to start their own company, EMI - Research Solutions.

EMI - Research Solutions provides a full suite of online marketing services, including website development, search engine optimization, and email marketing. The company has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, and is considered a leader in the field of online marketing research.

Michael Holmes obtained their BBA in Marketing from the University of Kentucky. Michael then pursued their MBA at Xavier University - Williams College of Business, where they specialized in marketing. After graduating, they enrolled in a graduate-level international marketing program at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business).