Kim Padgett serves as the President of The Padgett Group, a strategic marketing and public relations consulting firm based in Houston.

Prior to founding The Padgett Group, Kim served as the Vice President and General Manager of the Thompson Group, Houston Office, responsible for developing, managing and providing services for clients of the Houston and Dallas offices of the Thompson Group.

Kim was previously the Director of Public Relations and Communications for Iconixx, a global e-business solution provider based in Virginia. She managed all public relations and communications aspects for the company including community relations and special events. Kim brings more than 14 years of experience in the information technology industry and public relations/marketing communications to her role at the Padgett Group.

Kim has served as Vice President of Marketing for Life Line Screening Corp. and Director of Corporate Communications for Net Explorer, Inc., Nuforia, now Red Sky Interactive, a global online application development company. Prior to her position at Net Explorer, Kim provided communications consulting services to several internet startup firms from 1994-1997 when the internet was first breaking ground, including NeoSoft, an ISP in Houston, and ServeNet, the first company to broadcast a full length feature film on the Internet and launch several of the first electronic commerce sites for the entertainment industry.

Kim also served as the Manager of Public Affairs for BSG Corp., an international client/server consulting company founded by Steve Papermaster. She developed and managed BSG's corporate communications throughout its rapid growth prior to its acquisition by Medaphis Corp. In addition, she served as the Editor in Chief of BSG's international technical journal, "The NetWare Advisor," as well as "IntegratioNews." Prior to BSG, Kim was the Editor of "Voice Processing Magazine", an international publication dedicated to voice and telecommunications technology. She received her BA in Journalism and Foreign Service and MA in International Journalism from Baylor University.