Michael Tilden Joins Exponents as Quality Assurance & Logistics Manager

June 09, 2008 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
Exponents, Inc., a leading component-based custom trade show exhibit design and manufacturing company, has added Michael Tilden to head its quality assurance team as of April 30, 2008.

Tilden is a seasoned management and operations professional having held a variety of leadership positions in quality assurance management over the past 28 years.

Tilden, formerly of Phoenix, Arizona, will head up all aspects of quality assurance and logistics for Exponents. His responsibilities will range from the re-development of internal systems to re-design of Exponents’ warehouse, set-up and preview areas to better accommodate Exponents’ new products. He will lead a team of twelve to make certain that Exponents’ breakthrough products are supported by proven systems and methods, enabling the company to consistently exceed client expectations.

According to Bruce Backer, Exponents’ founder and CEO, “With the introduction of Luminents™ and now LUMITURE™ Illuminated Architecture, we have dramatically enlarged the scale of our exhibit designs and are now producing larger, more elaborate projects than ever. These dramatic new products demanded the development of efficient new logistical systems. Michael Tilden was just the guy to help make them happen.”

Steve Rossman, Exponents’ executive vice president, adds, “We believe Michael’s operations management experience will be a true asset to Exponents and welcome him aboard during this period of rapid growth”.

About Exponents
Based in San Diego with an office in Irvine, California, Exponents is a pioneering component-based custom exhibit firm with 60 employees, thousands of clients, and 75 authorized dealers who represent its products in the U.S. and abroad.

Exponents creates exhibits that combine patented processes, state-of-the-art manufacturing and design brilliance. The Company has engaged in non-stop product development for over 26 years.

Exponents’ product innovations include: Exponents Panels (the first “full bleed” exhibit panel system), Tall (the tallest, thinnest, lightest, and strongest full height panel system of its time in 1993), HeadLines™ Posts & Beams (a component-based custom display assemblage in 1997), Luminents™ (a breakthrough, lightweight display system in 2002), CrossOver™ (an innovative series of kiosks that give pop-up displays added dimensions in 2006), AIR™ (a portable trade show display system in 2006), and LUMITURE™ Illuminated Architecture (2007) . Go to www.exponents.com or call 1-800-451-4723 for more information.