Tips & News - Spring 2018

DICK SPARED A FEW MOMENTS DURING HIS TIME ON THE ROAD TO SHARE HIS 45 YEAR JOURNEY.

So, if you started as an Advertising Assistant, how did you get started doing tradeshows? After I became Advertising Assistant, I went into sales of consumer products. I was also Product Manager of anchors for a number of years. And then, due to a need in the department, I transferred back into advertising. Trade shows have gotten bigger for HPS over the years, but we went to trade shows even before I ever started with the company. CHANCE was always aggressive in trade shows and now HPS is also. How many locations do you think you’ve traveled to over the years? Oh my goodness — many, many, many. I think I’ve been in every state, multiple times, except for maybe 5 or 6. What is your favorite thing about organizing the shows? I like making sure that we pull them off successfully. I’ve seen it all — a company’s booth doesn’t show up, or it’s put in backwards. We have never had what I would call a “trade show catastrophe”. I always looked out for the major things. I wanted to pull off the major events. What is the funniest thing that’s ever happened to you while on the road? I won’t answer that one.

You started with A.B Chance/HPS in your early 20s. Was it your first job? No, I was actually a radio announcer at 18 years old, and I did it all the way through college — where I attended Missouri University. What did you do after college? I was drafted in 1969 and served in the army until 1971. I served as a Public Information Specialist, where my background in radio announcing came in handy. I did a little radio, film and wrote for Stars and Stripes in Europe. I also worked Armored Centinal, which was public speaking for the army. Assigned with the Royal Highland in England, most of my service was Fort Hood, TX. When did you start working at AB Chance/HPS and what was your first title? I got married in 1972 after discharging from the service and went to Business School on the GI bill. I started with what was then A.B. Chance in May, 1973 as an Advertising Assistant.

Dickmanaged the fast pace of the advertisingwork with grace and humor, storming the beaches to arrive at moments of magic, moments like scoring the billboard in Chicago for IEEE 1994 and countless “Best Booth” Awards.

And having the guts to use white carpet at all of our tradeshows.

WE COULDN’T BE PROUDER OF DICK’S CAREER AT HPS AND WISH HIM AND HIS FAMILY ALL THE BEST IN RETIREMENT.

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