Rick is a conscientious team player with an attention to detail. He considers attendee satisfaction a primary goal on every event or conference he manages. Joining BES Events in late 2004, Rick assumed project management of critical tradeshow, conference and exhibit components. His specialty has been working directly with multiple product specific marketing teams to develop their event presence.

With 19 years experience in the high-tech event industry, he started out on the ground level of events designing tradeshow booths and layouts, managing set-up and producing demos and collateral materials from concept to production and even handing them out on-site, giving him valuable insight in the effectiveness of the product at the end-point experience.

He has a degree in Advertising Design and six years as a Production Director for product packaging with a Microsoft Gold level Partner, he has an extensive background in planning and production of time sensitive deliverables and logistics. He is passionate about staying up-to-date on new technologies and developments in the technology industry, and even enjoys building his own computers.

His event experience includes development and management of exhibit halls, pavilions and expos, tradeshow booths, custom showcases, parties and concerts – large and small, MPOs, freight management, venue research and site selection, online tools for data collection and security planning.