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TSEA Executive Committee Promotions
The TSEA Board of Directors have elected the 2007–2009 Executive Committee. Every two years there is a standard rotation on the Executive Committee. Sal Cavallaro is leaving the Board after serving as the Immediate Past Chairman. Andrew Dudek, CMP, CME, Senior Meeting Planner for Novartis Pharmaceuticals / Meeting Solutions moves into that role.
Chairman for the next two years is Arthur Veale, CTSM, CME, Trade Show Guy at AMX – Autopatch Group. Replacing Arthur as the Chair-Elect is Deb Lang, CME, Corporate Convention & Meetings Manager of Wells’ Dairy, Inc.
Ann Pennino, CME, Exhibit Manager for Praxair, Inc. was re-elected as Vice Chairman.
New to the Executive Committee is L-3 Communications’ Director of MarComm, Exhibitions, Events & Protocol, Michael Lynn, CMP, CMM, CME, CPC. Michael becomes the newest Vice Chairman.
TSEA Elects New Board Members
Your Association is proud to announce the election of four new Directors-at-Large (Active Members) and two new Allied Directors for the 2007–2009 Board of Directors. Joining the Board following TS2 in August are:
Karen Jensen, Senior Marketing Manager, Leggett & Platt Storage Products Group
Patricia Sanders, Director, Marketing Communications, BAE System, Inc.
Kerry Talbot, Senior Tradeshow Manager, Monster Worldwide
Elected to her own term following the completion of a departed Board Member is:
Karen Formico, Manager Marketing Services Broan-Nutone, LLC
Two Allied Members elected are:
Pam Robinson, President, InstaFotos, Inc.
Steve Moskal, President, Prairie Display
Retiring from the Board of Directors after representing your needs very well are:
Scott Lee, CTSM, CME, North America Event Manger
Tellabs, Inc.
Michael Lynn, CMP, MM, CME, CPC, Director of MarComm, Exhibitions, Events & Protocol L-3 Communications, Inc. Michael has been elected to the Executive Committee.
Karen Formico, Manager Marketing Services, Broan-Nutone, LLC. Karen served out the remaining term of another Board Member and has now been elected to her own two year term as a Director-at-Large.
Steve Holdener, Former Director, IDS Exhibits, Air & Trade Shows, The Boeing Company. Steve resigned from the Board as he is no longer involved with trade shows at Boeing.
Jim Walsh,CEO, RTH Group
Ed Laub, President, Transportation Logistix & Consulting, LLC
TSEA Welcomes Its Newest Members
Michael Dunne, Acer Exhibits
Libby Masaitis, Aerojet
Nicole Jaynes, AMICAS, Inc.
Judy Gray, Bohren's United Van Lines
Lynn Skinner, Cognos
Brian Walters, Communication Exhibits Incorporated
Kathy Green, DENSO International America, Inc.
Trish Parker, Digital Pro Images
Leslie Schmidt, Glanbia Nutritionals
Mary Belt, Hughes
Judy Blake, Hughes
Eric Gann, Hughes
Penn Arthur, Inhance Digital Corporation
Cami Jacobson, J. Group, Inc.
Laura Mahone, LM Consulting
Lauren Gastwirth, Millennium Pharmaceuticals
Kristin Torres, National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Brenda Henderson, Noteworthy Communication/DBA: beautifuldisplays.com
Linda Revzan, Phillips Investment Resources, LLC
Douglas Longoria, Phoenix Custom Apparel
Steven Moskal, Prairie Displays
Nora Stearns, Reflexite Americas
Cheryl Ducharme, Skyworks Inc.
Tania Merida, T & V Exhibit Productions, Inc.
Ranae Hansen, TRIAD Conferences
Joan Leopold, Vulcanium
Louis Shulman, Wright Line
Next Windy City Chapter Meeting May 14
Watch your inbox for an invitation to the next Windy City Chapter meeting, taking place May 14. Here are some details:
Maggiano's in Schaumburg
5:30 to 6:30: networking, appetizers and cash bar
6:30: dinner
7:05: chapter announcements
7:10-8:15: "Overcoming the Fear of ROI"
Price stays at "No Charge" for Active members, $35 for supplier members, $45 for non-members.
Nimlok Shop Goes Live
(From Tradeshow Week, written by Heidi Genoist, April 23, 2007)
In less than four months on the job, new Nimlok COO Bob Scupin has already made major changes to the Chicago-based tradeshow display and exhibit company.
Most recently, he completed the installation of a video system that lets clients review and approve projects online, saving them the time and expense of either traveling to Chicago or mailing work back and forth to get a first-hand look at it before a show opens.
The system, which went live March 28, consists of nine Web cameras installed throughout Nimlok's 150,000 square foot production facility. They can capture everything from the cutting of materials used to fabricate booths to the packaging and shipping of exhibits to customers.
Using an online video viewing system developed by IVC, Nimlok salespeople are able to conduct Web conferences with clients, showing them projects live as they progress. Clients have the ability to see their completed exhibits set up in a staging area, with high enough resolution to show the grain in wood veneers and tell whether corners are square.
In fact, views are detailed enough to read a 9-inch monitor on a CNC machine 100 feet away from one camera. Another camera mounted in the graphics staging area can zoom in on Pantone color chips, allowing clients to compare the colors they ordered with those of final products.
Scupin is a veteran of both MICE North America and Exhibit-group/Giltspur. He said his past experience helped him develop the system, but his current employer was willing to invest much more in it. For instance, Nimlok's cameras have full panning, tilting and zooming capabilities, whereas others he used in the past were fixed.
Scupin estimated the company put $100,000 into the installation of Webcams and $50,000 into software development. In addition, he said, "we reorganized the entire facility for this."
But the expense was worth every penny, said Nimlok President Simon Perutz.
"This time last year, I told everybody my goal was to provide a remarkable experience for our partners and clients and reach a 95-percent satisfaction rating," Perutz said. "If you can do that, the growth will come."
Scupin is trying to create a quality-driven company culture. He estimated Nimlok's accuracy on orders to be about 88 percent, but believes the quality assurance program he instituted will elevate it to as high as 99 percent.
In addition, changes to the workflow have made delivery on projects 32 percent faster than when Scupin arrived.
The video system is part of this overall customer satisfaction goal.
"Instead of them flying in or hoping we get it right, now they can verify it from their office and use the money they save to invest in other marketing," Scupin said.
With Nimlok's structure, including its 136 distributors, the system also provides a centralized resource that connects everyone to the source of their products.
Donald Stephens, Rosemont’s First and Only Mayor, Passes Away
(From Tradeshow Executive, April 20, 2007)
Donald E. Stephens, Rosemont’s mayor since 1956, died Wednesday night at home after a long battle with stomach cancer. He was 79. Stephens transformed Rosemont from a sleepy 2.5 square mile village near O’Hare International Airport into a thriving trade show and convention venue with 5,600 hotel rooms and a major convention center which bears his name. Offering 840,000 square feet of prime exhibit space, the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center is the 12th largest exhibition facility in the United States, according to Trade Show Executive’s directory of the World’s Top Convention Centers.
Boston’s John B. Hynes Center to be Renovated
(From Tradeshow Executive, April 20, 2007)
The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority announced an $18 million renovation plan for the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center. The project will be the first significant renovation for the Boston center since it opened in 1988.
There are no plans to increase exhibit space beyond the current 173,000 net square feet. The authority announced the project would update the center’s technology and security features, make some aesthetic improvements and create additional 30,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.
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