BROCKWAY — The lights dim on a drug presentation for a group of sixth graders, the speakers get ready to present, and the chief of police comes in and arrests
While the job market may be cooling off in many markets across the nation, the trade show and events industry appears to be staying steady as show organizers, tourism agencies, event tech companies and more continue attracting new talent, promoting staff and expanding their executive teams.
Worcester trade show exhibit manufacturer BlueHive Exhibits has hired Dana Esposito to the newly created position of executive vice president of strategy.
Behind the controls of a hulking John Deere excavator, Nicholas Esposito clutched the lever, navigated the bucket claw into a mountain of dirt, and emptied it into a dump truck.
And he did it like a boss, which was exactly the role the 4-year-old assumed Friday afternoon at EDA Contractors in Bensalem.
Wearing a hard hat, orange vest and a fully stocked tool belt around his tiny waist, Nicholas was the big guy on the job.
Or, as owner of EDA Contractors Ed DeAngelis called him, the CEO.
Clearing a tear from beneath her eye and leaning into her husband s shoulder, Dana Esposito soaked in a moment that her son dreamed about his entire young life, but especially in the last two years as he battled a neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer that took away his ability to walk for a while and nearly ended his life.