Who We Are
At TEK, we help our clients communicate.
Event production is fun. We produce highly effective and efficient meetings with maximum customer service and minimal stress. We clearly deliver our clients’ messages while teaming with them to achieve a shared goal—success.
The messages may change, but the necessity to share ideas remains constant.
We have found that our clients plan events for three main reasons:
Inspiration
For the corporate chairman delivering words of guidance and encouragement to employees...
Celebration
For the loyal staff who have earned accolades and the reward of a celebratory gala…
Education
For the members of an engaged workforce attending classes to maintain and update skills…
Our Team
Key to Success?
Take care of others.
Favorite place to live?
Palm Springs.
How do you relax?
Filling out forms like this!
Favorite Quote:
"What we have here is a failure to communicate." - Cool Hand Luke
Tom Kervitsky
CEO / Executive Producer
Favorite Movie?
Any John Candy movie.
Any pets?
Skamp the weiner dog.
Favorite artist?
Jackson Pollack.
Top 3 artists on your iPod?
What iPod?
Gina McTigue
Business Administrative Director
Favorite movie?
Depends on my mood, Forrest Gump when I want to be motivated, Airplane! for comedy and Love Actually for romantic comedy.
Any pets?
No pets, not allowed; Had a fish once…it died…
What time/place would you visit?
1940's to see my parents as teenagers and grandparents in their prime.
Favorite sports team?
Nebraska Cornhuskers for college; Steelers for pro sports.
Michael Compton
President / Executive Producer
Favorite movie?
Anything by Mel Brooks or Stanley Kubrik.
Favorite concert?
Any Springsteen show! and, 1986 (?) Stevie Ray Vaughn, Outdoor stage, front row.
Favorite place to live?
On a sailboat, British Virgin Islands.
How do you relax?
Riding my bike.
Nick Farrell
Vice President / Executive Producer
Any pets?
My black lab, Bear
Favorite concert?
1990 Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation Tour.
Favorite place to live?
On a lake with a view of the mountains minutes from the beach.
Favorite quote?
"May the force be with you." -Star Wars
Kari Hyatt
Vice President / Executive Producer
Favorite movie?
Back to the Future.
Any pets?
Grace (black & white cat).
Favorite sports team?
Purdue Boilermakers.
Favorite quote?
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." -Will Rogers
Susan Daries
Project Manager, Media
Favorite place/time to live?
Roswell, New Mexico – July 7, 1947 to see what really crashed there!
Key to Success?
27-3-42 … oh wait, thats the combination to success.
Favorite artist?
Arthur Ganson (kinetic sculpture)
Top 3 artists on your iPod?
Regina Spektor, They Might Be Giants, Cake.
Scott Flanagan
Senior Media Designer
Favorite movie?
Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Favorite pet?
African Grey Parrot - Tacuma.
Favorite concert?
Rush – Roll the Bones Tour 1992.
Favorite quote?
"Just keep swimming." -Dory
Tammy Scala
Manager, Production
How do you relax?
Watching baseball :-)
Favorite place to live?
Sarasota, somewhere on the beach.
Favorite sports team?
Umm. Is there any other team but the Yankees?
Favorite quote?
"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence is therefore not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle
Stephane Alejo
Manager, Events
Favorite place to live?
On the shores of Lake Thun in Interlachen Switzerland.
Favorite sport?
Playing Jedi Pirate Warrior with my 2 boys.
Favorite sports team?
Marquette Golden Eagles.
Favorite quote?
“Make sure your brain is engaged before your mouth is in gear.” -My Dad
Mike Foerstner
Manager, Exhibits
Any pets?
No, but I love English Bulldogs!
Key to Success?
Happiness & self-motivation
Top 3 artists on your iPod?
Jayson Aldean, Taylor Swift & Jagged Edge
If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
Somewhere that actually experiences the four seasons
Audra Otterbacher
Coordinator
How do you relax?
I read at least two books a week.
Favorite place to live?
It would be a tossup between Sitges Spain and Paris France.
Favorite sports team?
The Redwings.
Favorite quote?
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough” -Mae West
Cindy Ekus
Senior Production Manager
Favorite sports team?
Go Gators!
Key to Success?
Be kind to all that you meet
Any pets?
YES! My beloved Boxer, Moose
Favorite movie?
Any John Hughes movie (Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles etc.)
Mary Lacey
Senior Coordinator
Favorite movie?
Star Trek – 2009 remake / Pride and Prejudice
Favorite quote?
“Want Kiss my lucky egg” - Cool Runnings
Favorite place to live?
New York City
How do you relax?
Watching movies, eating Cheese and drinking wine!
Carly Bowles
Project Manager, Exhibits
Favorite movie?
Depends on my mood. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Wars-A New Hope, Buckaroo Banzai, Princess Bride.
Favorite sports team?
New York Yankees
Key to success?
Treating people well and hard work.
Any pets?
Olivia the cat.
Rob West
Manager, Media
Favorite movie?
Anchorman
Favorite sports team?
Orlando Magic
Favorite artist?
Justin Timberlake
Key to success?
Keep pushing forward
TJ Kervitsky
Technical Manager
Favorite movie?
Point Break….that movie is funny!
What time/place would you visit?
I’d travel to when this list of questions was created & stop it.
Favorite sports team?
What’s a sports team?
Who is your favorite artist?
Salvador Dali. Isn’t that everyone’s favorite artist?
Kia Bocko
Senior Coordinator
Favorite movie?
Hard to pick just ONE! This is 40, My Cousin Vinny, Guardians of the Galaxy, Billy Elliott
Favorite quote?
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
Any pets?
3 cats – Beans, Buddy and Bandit
Favorite sports team?
Chicago Cubs – 2016 World Series Champions!
Caroline Geno
Accounting Specialist
Favorite movie?
Spirited Away or any other Miyazaki movie.
Favorite sports team?
Chelsea Football Club
Favorite artist?
Carl Spitzweg
How do you relax?
Going fishing at the beach.
Justin Hefferan
Project Lead
Favorite movie?
Jumanji with The Rock...duh
Favorite quote?
"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
Favorite sports team?
Utah Jazz
Top 3 artists on your iPod?
Foo Fighters, The Police, Bruno Mars
Jeff Sturgis
Producer
Favorite movie?
Back to the Future
Any pets?
2 Dogs: Redd & Pitcher
Favorite Artist?
Skottie Young (draws comics)
Favorite Concert?
Misterwives
Zack Owen
Graphic Designer
Favorite movie?
The Dark Knight and Scarface, I can't decide.
Favorite quote?
You learn how to win by losing.
Key to success?
Never stop believing
Favorite concert?
Never been to a concert, I know I know.
Anthony De La Rosa
Project Assistant
Favorite movie?
Labyrinth
Favorite quote?
“Jammed....Raspberry!” - Spaceballs
Any pets?
I have 2 mungusses! (dogs)
Erica Matyas
Senior Coordinator
What time/place would you visit?
1955 Hollywood to meet Lucille Ball in the height of her career
Favorite sports team?
Orlando City
Favorite artist?
Taylor Swift
How do you relax?
Wine and old tv shows
Taylor Franks
Administrative Assistant
What is your favorite movie?
The Blues Brothers
Favorite Concert?
Earth, Wind and Fire played on the same stage with Chicago
Favorite sports team?
I’m a Husker fan!
What is your favorite sport to play?
Pickleball!
Dave Nuckolls
Producer
Favorite quote?
“Have you tried turning it off and on again?” – Roy Trenneman
Favorite sports team?
UCF Knights
Favorite artist?
My Wife
How do you relax?
Take a nap or going to the movie theater
Aaron Eaddy
Corporate & Social Responsibility
TEK & The Environment
As a corporation, we have modified our business practices with a focus on environmental sustainability.
TEK & Our Neighbors
TEK takes the “think globally, act locally” approach to corporate and social responsibility.
