Experience

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  Captivate Exhibits

  • Brookfield, WI

  • Owner, Captivate Exhibits, providing outstanding face-to-face solutions

    • Jun 2007 - Present
    • Brookfield, WI

    Partner and Executive Vice President for Captivate Exhibits, formerly Exhibit Systems, a trade show display and event marketing company focused on helping clients connect with their customers. We provide outstanding face-to-face marketing solutions and customer service through establishing and sustaining trusted partnerships with our clients, taking them to the next level through custom tailored displays, trade show environments and other corporate events. Founded in 1992, Exhibit Systems focuses on providing a complete and comprehensive suite of face-to-face marketing services for customers, from the fabrication of custom trade show displays and pre- and post-show marketing services to installation and dismantle of exhibits to show routing and inventory warehousing. Our talented staff, marked by decades of combined trade show and event industry experience, designs and builds results-oriented exhibits and displays that promote face-to-face marketing and brand awareness. Our capabilities include business meetings and event production of all types, from organizational to celebratory. Our staff regularly travels to provide boots on the ground at events and shows, expertly handling all event/show installation and dismantling details so our clients can concentrate on what’s important: Interacting with customers and focusing on their ROI.Personal interaction is still how business gets done. Visit www.exhibitsystems.com to learn more about how our commitment to helping our customers can add new dimension to your marketing outreach efforts.

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  Jentz Productions LLC

  • Brookfield, WI

  • Owner

    • May 2005 - Jun 2007
    • Brookfield, WI

    Sole owner of an event production company. Produced successful events for a broad spectrum of audiences and market segments. Events included trade shows, entertainment, sales meetings and awards banquets.

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  Clearwing Productions

  • Greater Milwaukee Area

  • Account Executive

    • Jun 2002 - May 2005
    • Greater Milwaukee Area

    Provided event infrastructure - including audio equipment, lighting systems, video projection and stages – to corporate customers for business-to-business events. Managed entire customer service process, from determining scope and type of equipment needs, to day-of delivery set-up and takedown of hardware.

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  Jentz Productions

  • Greater Milwaukee Area

  • Independent Producer

    • Mar 1996 - Jun 2002
    • Greater Milwaukee Area

    Independent Producer of successful events for a broad spectrum of audiences and market segments. Events included sales meeting, trade shows, entertainment and awards banquets.

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  Professional Marketing Services

  • Greater Milwaukee Area

  • Producer / Photographer

    • 1989 - 1996
    • Greater Milwaukee Area

    Produced corporate events including sales conferences, client entertainment and awards recognition at multitude of different venues. Responsibilities were producing of corporate events including on-site supervision, video production, photography and graphics creation.

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  Sorgel Studios

  • Greater Milwaukee Area

  • Producer / Photographer

    • 1984 - 1989
    • Greater Milwaukee Area

    Produced multi-image productions for corporate clients. Photographer for business-to-business marketing vehicles. Duties included producing and coordinating sales conferences, special effects photography, and in-studio and on-location shooting.