IntelEVENT NEWS Spring 2006


A Message From Don Romeka CEO
 
IntelEvent loves March Madness. Why do we love it so much? It creates some really fun interaction between the IntelEvent family of IntelEvent employees and IntelEvent customers. Words can not describe the interaction when Andrew Ehler’s (IntelEvent’s National Sales Manager) Texas Long Horns took on Brad Turlington’s (Owner of Party Show Case in N.C.) North Carolina State Wolfpack. Texas won, and moved on to the next round only to find Brad Turlington now cheering for his good buddy’s Long Horns! I personally feel for Kim Deering (Tables Chairs and Staging in N.C.), a die hard Duke Blue Devils fan. Kim, I picked Duke to win the whole tournament! Wow, LSU can sure play some physical defense. This tournament has been extremely exciting - who would have predicted the winners of the games played thus far in Atlanta, Oakland, Washington D.C., and Minneapolis. Congratulations to those “FINAL FOUR” teams who will play in Indianapolis: UCLA, LSU, George Mason, and Florida.

We are planning something really special for next year’s March Madness. IntelEvent’s official birthday is February 17, 1998, and we will celebrate during March Madness. IntelEvent started with a special eight customers, and now eight years later we have grown to over 1,000. Thank you very much …. RCI Sound Systems (Maryland), Presentation Media (Maryland), Data Display (Houston), Holt Audio Visual (Alabama), JP Lilley (Pennsylvania), Technicom Audio Visual (Pennsylvania), Solotech Multimedia (Montreal Canada), and Trade Show Technical (Las Vegas, NV.)

In preparation for next year’s March Madness, please email me your favorite NCAA Basketball team, dromeka@intelevent.com

I am proud to say that we have customers in 46 states (Hawaii, Mississippi, New Hampshire, and New Mexico are the last holdouts), the District of Columbia (DC), Mexico, Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Malta, Columbia, Puerto Rico, Australia, and Canada.

If you are in Hawaii, Mississippi, New Hampshire, and New Mexico and want to take advantage of the benefits that the IntelEvent Express software has to offer, with some special motivation to be the first in your state. Please email us directly at sales@intelevent.com . We will make it worth your time!

Back to the FINAL FOUR. How about these basketball TEAMS? These schools recruit well, prepare well, and play with passion. I think we can all learn from these teams to better our own. IntelEvent takes pride in recruiting, and preparing its team. I would like to focus the rest of this Newsletter on IntelEvent’s TEAM.


 
IntelEvent - Teamwork in ACTION! 
 
Norm Sutch – Vice President of Product Development (Southern California)
I have personally known Norm for my entire life - he is my first cousin. His mom and my father are brother and sister. Norm grew up in Southern California. He loves the ocean and really enjoys fishing, surfing, and kayaking. He was number one in his high school class, then graduated from UCLA with a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, and received a Law Degree from Pepperdine University. He is a licensed California attorney and a registered Patent attorney. I recruited him over Christmas dinner at my parents’ house, December 1998.
 
Andy Bunyard – Customer Support and Training (Toronto, Canada)
Andy was born in the UK, and currently resides in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He has over twenty four years of production experience in all facets of multimedia, video, film and print production, as well as Order Entry Systems design and programming in MS access. He has worked on numerous high-lever projects with companies such as Architel Systems Corporation, Aerial Communications, General Electric, and North American Life. Andy had been asked to do some research on rental software for a friend’s event focused company. Andy finalized his research project by recommending that his friend buy IntelEvent. His friend did, and Andy was also assigned the project of leading the implementation of the software, which he did very successfully. Shortly thereafter Andy joined IntelEvent’s team, in June of 2000.
 
Devon Schroeder – Director of IT and Support (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Devon is originally from Iowa. He received his Bachelors Degree in Finance from The University of Northern Iowa, and he is also a MCDST (Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician). He moved to Las Vegas, NV to be a credit and risk management analyst for Wells Fargo Bank. Devon found IntelEvent through Monster.com. Devon joined the team in March of 2001.
 
Laurie Tanner – Customer Support and Training (Northern California)
Laurie currently lives in Northern California. She is married and has a baby boy named Gryphon. She enjoys scuba diving, and is a trained massage therapist. She has many years of experience in operations of event focused rental and production companies. At her last company, she used IntelEvent for approximately two years - this is where she became very excited about the IntelEvent team, and the software. Laurie joined us early 2002.
 
Ron Johnson – Territory Manager (Phoenix, Arizona)
Ron grew up in Southern California, and moved to Phoenix in 1983 to settle down with his wife “Mouse.” He is the proud father of three. Natalie, Braden, and Blaise. Natalie played Division I softball, Braden is currently attending one of the top schools for Junior College Baseball (currently #3 in the Nation), and Blaise is on a full ride scholarship, playing football at Stanford University. Ron has held numerous senior sales positions with companies such as Xerox Corp, Samaritan Health Services, and Berkeley Process Control. Ron worked for Patrick Bormann (current board member), at Berkeley Process Control. Ron joined IntelEvent in August, 2002.
 
Andrew Ehler – National Sales Manager (Phoenix, Arizona)
Andrew lived in Houston, TX through the age of 13. He is well known for his loyalties to the Houston teams - the Rockets, Astros, and the Tennessee Titans (formerly the Houston Oilers). Andrew moved to Northern California at the age of 13, and gained a lot of small business experience working in his father’s construction company. Andrew received a BS in Entrepreneurship from Cal State University Monterey Bay. Andrew joined the IntelEvent team in June of 2003. Andrew has a lovely wife Reina, and cute little daughter named Ashley.
 
Phil White – Controller / Project Manager (Monterey, California)
Phil grew up in San Diego, and enjoys surfing and scuba diving. Phil received a BS in Marketing at San Diego State University. I have known Phil since we were kids. He started working for IntelEvent in July of 2003.
 
Greg Hixenbaugh – Territory Manager (Phoenix, Arizona)
Greg grew up in Northern California, in a little town called Hughson. Greg attended Cal State University Monterey Bay for his Business Degree. He discovered IntelEvent through his friendship with Andrew Ehler, and first joined the IntelEvent team in November of 2003 as a marketing intern.
 
Paul Gilster – Senior Developer (Northern California)
Paul grew up in Southern California. He received his BS in Industrial Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He received his Masters in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. Paul currently lives near the Napa Valley, has 3 boys, and a lovely wife named Ann. Paul joined IntelEvent in November of 2003.
 
Ken Dimson – Senior Developer and IT Specialist (Toronto, Canada)
Ken has over 20 years programming and networking experience spanning Macintosh, Windows and Linux operating systems. He was lead developer in an ecommerce software project in the late 1990s that grew to be a 50 million dollar company. Experienced in client server and web services applications, he brings a wide range of knowledge to the IntelEvent team. Ken joined the team in November 2004.
 
Lisa Foster – Customer Support and Training (Southern California)
Lisa has lived in Southern California most of her life. She has three children, and a great husband, Rick. She enjoys golf and going to the beach, and she leads the music at her church. Her focus has been helping mid-sized companies control their operations. Prior to joining IntelEvent, Lisa was head of internal operations for a mid-sized event focused rental company where she successfully implemented IntelEvent Express. Lisa became so passionate about the benefits the IntelEvent software had to offer and about the IntelEvent team, she decided to join the growing IntelEvent team in December 2004.
 
Mimma Feledi – Customer Support and Training (Toronto, Canada)
Mimma and her husband Eric celebrated the birth of their second child on March 7th. Mimma spent a number of years with one of IntelEvent’s competitors. I met Mimma at a number of different event focused Trade Shows. Mimma joined IntelEvent in January 2005.
 
Jill Kahlow – Accounting and Administration (Monterey, California)
Jill has worked with numerous mid sized companies. She was referred to IntelEvent by IntelEvent’s CPA firm Thelen & Chang. Jill joined the IntelEvent team in January 2005.
 
Alison Widholm – Marketing Representative and Training (Chicago, Illinois)
Alison grew up in Chicago, Illinois. Her father is a pilot for United, and she has had the opportunity to travel the world. She received her BA in Marketing from the University of Illinois. Alison joined IntelEvent in May of 2005.
 
Andy Phillips – Marketing Representative (Phoenix, Arizona)
Andy grew up in Northern California, also in that little town called Hughson. Andy played football at Menlo College, near Stanford University. He learned of IntelEvent through his friendship with Greg Hixenbaugh. Andy joined IntelEvent in December 2005.
 
Jasson Gilmore – Territory Manager (Southern California)
Jasson grew up in the beautiful Napa Valley. He attended both Cal State University Monterey Bay, and the University of Irvine where he earned his Degree in Finance. He has a passion for business, and has successfully helped two mid market companies from start up through the sale of the company. He discovered IntelEvent through his friendship with Andrew Ehler and Greg Hixenbaugh. Jasson will be joining IntelEvent early April 2006.
 
Board of Advisors:
Pete Yozzo, Patrick Bormann, John Crivello, Chris Crawford, and Fred Ehler. These fantastic five have a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of business.

Thank you very much for your time.

Don Romeka
CEO
IntelEvent
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