Focus on your customers while our single-source program management team handles your event production logistics and services from concept to completion.

From concept through completion, we ensure smooth logistics, message consistency and maximum impact for every trade show, event, and environment. ProGlobalEvents is your event management partner!

We expertly coordinate any and all aspects of logistics, services, and events:

  • Theme strategy and design
  • Site selection, contract negotiation and coordination
  • Travel
  • Food and beverages
  • Entertainment selection, booking, production and coordination
  • Exhibit and equipment transportation
  • Registrations
  • Setup, electrical, WiFi, A/V, and technical expertise
  • Breakdown, storage, and maintenance
  • Staffing and all labor management and coordination

Eliminate Stress: Strategy Management

We help define your strategy, identify key prospects, select optimal venues, and ensure that everything is effectively integrated. We monitor your budget and manage staff training, lead process, and ROI analysis.

Remove Guesswork: Pro Partner Show Services

Our turnkey ProPartner Event Management and 24-hour hotline removes the guesswork and frustration from your events. Just ask and we’ll be happy to provide references from previous users of this unique proprietary program.

Send a Cohesive Message: Campaign Development

Our Needs-Based Strategy Analysis forms the foundation of a strong, targeted messaging strategy with graphics designed to keep your company at top of mind using traditional and digital marketing.

Promote Powerfully: Graphics and Design

Your event will shine when you harness our 30 years of design experience and cutting edge in-house printing capabilities. We invest in the best talent and the latest technology to consistently deliver innovative event and trade show graphics designs that stand the test of time.

  • Logos and corporate identity
  • Email campaigns
  • Mobile applications
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Website and event landing pages
  • Printed marketing materials
  • High-end and directional signage
  • Kiosks, banner stands, and murals

Captivate Your Audience: High Impact Video

Our video department produces high quality trade show loops, highlight reels, commercials, profiles, training videos, speeches, panel sessions, product launches, testimonials, and viral video for social media.

Proactively Maintain: Event Storage

Your property is in good hands in our 65,000 sf storage and staging warehouse:

  • Professional inspection and maintenance
  • Preview and booth assembly training prior to event installation
  • Last minute graphics upgrades and promotional item additions
  • 24-hour tracking
  • Refurbishing and restoration of hardware and graphics to assure long life
  • 24/7 online access to all assets exhibit inventory

Focus on your customers. Let our event and trade show company experts handle the rest.

Ivan Fujihara

Chief Financial Officer

Ivan brings 25+ years in senior level management experience from a variety of technology industries.  His background includes accounting management, analytics and audit management for technology companies.  He has worked with companies such as THX, Ltd, Recruitology , Double Click, Creative Labs and more.  Ivan has also served on the board of Lincoln Families, a non-profit that supports East Bay children with the objective of disrupting the cycle of trauma and poverty.

Matt Rulis

Vice President of Sales

Matt is a marketing professional and has been managing marketing strategies, campaigns and environments for a diverse client base for over 15 years. From a service perspective, Matt and his team of Account Executives focus on fostering relationships to uphold a greater than 99% customer satisfaction rating year-over-year. Additionally, with extensive experience on the client-side of the industry, he understands that alignment between expectation and budget is paramount to a successful project. As a result, ProGlobalEvents' clients can expect a competitive advantage paired with top quality products and services. Matt is an avid fly-fisherman, enjoys most outdoor activities and is a true college football fanatic.

Tom Foley

VP of Operations

Heading the fabrication side of ProGlobalEvents is exhibit and event industry veteran, Tom Foley. For over 35 years he has been responsible for building amazing exhibits and environments for clients. Tom started out in the production area and has broad experience in project and operations management. He currently oversees production, warehouse, graphics and project management departments. Tom studied machine tool technology and welding before entering the industry. As a true "builder" he also enjoys restoring and modifying classic American cars.

Dick Wheeler

President

Dick serves as President of ProGlobalEvents and President of ProExhibits and is a board member of CEMA (Corporate Event Marketing Association). At ProExhibits he has been nationally recognized as an innovator and driving force in the fast-growing trade show exhibit and event industry. Under his leadership in 1997, the firm received INC magazine’s INC 500 award as one of America’s fastest-growing companies. His informative articles on developments and innovations in the trade show exhibit and event industry have appeared in national trade publications. Dick has a B.S. degree from Wittemore School of Business & Economics at the University of New Hampshire and has completed the Entrepreneurial Executive Leadership Program sponsored by MIT, YEO and INC. He is actively involved in Vistage, an interactive group of over 20,000 CEO’s and presidents worldwide and is a member of CEMA and EDPA.

Jack Connolly

Creative Director

As an experiential creative director, Jack prefers to draw outside the lines. He tells stories with original content and impactful design to ignite meaningful conversation.

 

Jack brings 20 years of event industry knowledge to ProGlobalEvents. He specializes in building live & virtual platforms for audiences to connect, engage and immerse themselves in the power of a shared experience. His skills range from ideation and concept development to defining an attendee journey through storytelling and design.

Jack understands the creative process is not linear, but a collaborative process between agency and client. He manages teams of designers and technology developers to pioneer impactful brand experiences. His diverse skillset and leadership ensure for award-winning results and memorable impressions.

 

In 2019, BizBash named Jack one of the top event designers in North America. SXSW awarded his work the “People’s Choice in Innovation” in 2021.

Jody Tatro

Chief Executive Officer

In addition to being CEO of ProGlobalEvents, Jody is also the CEO of ProExhibits. With Jody at the helm, the company has been recognized repeatedly as one of the Top 50 Women Owned Businesses in Silicon Valley. She has set the outstanding client service standards for which the firm’s account management team is noted. Jody is a recipient of the YWCA’s Tribute to Women Award, the Junior League Community Volunteer Award and is listed in Who’s Who of Women in Business. Following her graduation from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Jody held various sales positions in several technology companies.

Paul Miller

Chief Marketing Officer

Having served in a number of executive roles for companies in Silicon Valley for over 25 years, Paul has a client-side perspective of the corporate events industry. He has a broad set of experiences working for startups as well as global firms such as Applied Materials. At ProGlobalEvents, Paul helps the company to reach clients through traditional and digital marketing programs. With an extensive background in the High Tech sector, he’s also involved with technology strategy both internally and for clients. Paul is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, the Stanford Engineering Design School and Claremont McKenna College. In his spare time he is a also a principal member of the non-profit Gratitude Network which mentors award winning social entrepreneurs.