Our Project Managers

Here are profiles of a few of our Project Managers. All of our Project Managers are dedicated to providing the best service to you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Bill Bateham, Project Manager (Since 1986)

Bill has been part of the Nth Degree team for 19 years. He began in Tampa, worked out of the corporate office for 6 years on special projects, and was the Nth Degree city manager in Orlando, one of the largest convention cities in the U.S. Bill now serves as one of Nth Degree's top project managers working and traveling with Volvo and Alcatel

Bill and his family live in Florida where he enjoys wakeboarding and golfing.

Bill is an extremely dedicated project manager. The day of his bachelor party, he installed exhibits at a show out of town, flew home that night for his party, got married the next day, enjoyed a one-day honeymoon and then flew back for the dismantle of the show. Talk about dedication and not to mention an understanding wife!

Pete Hawkins, Project Manager (Since 1987)

Pete's calm demeanor and ability to run a project seamlessly has been instrumental in many major trade shows as well as the installation of the Coca-Cola museum for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Pete has been the recipient of the Leadman of the Year award and was one of the first recipients of Nth Degree's internal Extreme Awards. He has since received many more!

Pete and his wife live in Georgia, have 5 children and 3 grandchildren. When Pete has time to unwind, he enjoys golf, playing paintball with his son and son-in-law and spending quality time with the grandchildren.

Pete is willing to go to any length for a client. After a 10-hour flight to Germany, Pete went directly to the show floor to find an unhappy client whose booth was tied up in customs. Immediately, Pete began working with the German office to have pieces of the exhibit built on-site. Pete worked tirelessly to make the exhibit surpass the client's expectations. With very little sleep and a whole lot of jet lag, Pete amazingly pulled it all together and the client was happy when the show opened!

Rick Holley, Project Manager (Since 1983)

Rick joined Nth Degree over 22 years ago and has served as a teamster, carpenter, leadman, sponsor, master foreman. He is currently the Intel Project Manager for both international and domestic shows.

Rick is the recipient of several Extreme Awards and is known as one of the best leadmen to have on the job.

Rick is based out of Dallas where he lives with his wife. He has one son and one daughter and 2 grandchildren that he enjoys spending time with.

Rick was managing a Road Tour for one of our top IT clients. At one stop, he was able to do the installation for the tour but became ill and had to have emergency gall bladder surgery. He recovered quickly and made it back in time to do the dismantle! Great dedication!

Patrick Shepherd, Project Manager (Since 2000)

Patrick's expertise in logistics, operations, financial management, pre-show and post-show consulting, on-site supervision and estimating is unparalleled in the industry.

Patrick has worked in every large venue in the United States, and also has extensive international project management experience. During his career, he has worked with clients such as Dell Computer, Home Shopping Network, Disney, Heritage Display Group, IDEAS, Folio Display Group, MC2, Compaq, Gartner, Hewlett Packard, Philips, and Vision Events.

Patrick lives in the Boston, MA area with his wife and 2 beautiful daughters.

Patrick was the lead project manager for one of our biggest clients at the top telecom show in world. To ensure everything went flawlessly for the client, he spent a total of 103 days in Switzerland managing the project. He was gone so long, his family traveled to Europe to visit him!

Gino Apadula, Project Manager (Since 1983)

Gino began his career as a leadman and now serves as the primary Project Manager of the Siemens Medical account traveling nationwide.

He is very active with both the Teamsters and Electricians Unions and has been the recipient of several Extreme Awards during his tenure at Nth Degree.

Gino and his wife have 3 children and live in New Jersey.

Gino is the dedicated Project Manager for one of our top healthcare clients. He has worked almost exclusively on their account and travels 250 days out of the year for this company. He even works 14 hours shifts for 3 days straight at one of their biggest shows each year. This particular show falls on Thanksgiving, and for the past 15 years, Gino has dedicated this holiday to managing this show.