Tom | Eric | Jennifer | Matt | Jack | Jon | Cheryl | Tim | Lucas
We are a company of collaborators. Our strength is in the diversity of our backgrounds and experiences, as well as in the strong relationships we forge with clients and colleagues alike.
Our carefully selected core team possesses a wide range of skills encompassing every aspect of production, from creative vision and strategy, to technical know-how and complete production management. Our wide-ranging relationships and broad collective experience allow us to confidently move into uncharted territory at will, based on the demands of each individual client or project. As needed, we draw on a diverse team of experts across a number of related fields from technology to the arts. Our substantial professional network and uniquely flexible approach make the glue team capable of efficiently executing in many different kinds of physical environments – from theater to festivals to large corporate meetings, installations, trade shows and special events.
So now that you know a little about us, see what we’ve done.
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Tom Bussey
(Founder & Creative Technical Guy)
tom@productionglue.com
Founder and principal of production glue, Tom is a technical supervisor and staging producer who merges multi-disciplinary expertise with a “big picture” perspective developed over more than 15 years in the industry. A true creative facilitator, Tom’s design, managerial and technical skills bridge many worlds.
A graduate of and guest lecturer at Yale School of Drama, Tom has worked with many of the pre-eminent producers in the industry. Over the years, he has collaborated with numerous distinguished companies and individuals on everything from high-profile press-driven installations to live broadcasts and corporate events. He feels especially fortunate to have had the opportunity to supervise a number of significant landmark events, including the Y2K New Year’s Eve in Times Square, and New York City’s Daytime Emmy nominated Sept. 11th memorial, “Prayer for America,” at Yankee Stadium.
Tom has worked on every kind of live event imaginable, from U.S. and international meetings, spectacles and extravaganzas, to Broadway theater – including such technically demanding productions as Disney’s Tarzan (Broadway, Holland and Germany productions) and the 1st US National tour of Mary Poppins. This exceptionally broad and deep experience gives Tom unique insights into how to execute your unique creative vision on time and on budget. When not running the show at glue and when his kids let him, Tom occasionally sleeps (we think) and dreams of fly fishing.
Eric Tetuan
(Founder & Go-to Guy)
eric@productionglue.com
production glue co-founder, Eric Tetuan, has built his impressive technical portfolio over 20 years in the New York production arena, His expertise has been molded by the production needs and creative innovation of a city that he has come to regard as a great driving force for his ingenuity and fast paced, results driven, production approach. The skill sets he has honed through the years have been reflective of the years of experiences in many different technical roles such as production carpenter, audio engineer, lighting designer, production manager and technical director, in a variety of different arenas such as fashion, media events, rock and roll and entertainment events, product launches, and corporate mergers. Eric has helped create some of New York’s most high profile events. These events have ranged from Election Night Headquarters, to the grand opening of Flagship stores for Hermes and Gap, to product launches for such companies as Samsung, Dunkin Donuts, Clinique & Disney, to large scale fundraising events for such organizations as the Elizabeth Glasier Pediatric Aids Foundation and The Nature Conservancy,
Expertise like this can only be attained through experience. It is this kind of experience that teaches what cannot be learned anywhere else but in the trenches.It is the kind experience that has allowed Eric to understand the realities of a New York Production site well enough to respond to its parameters without sacrificing his client’s vision. He is also an avid cyclist and has recently developed a passion for tweeting.
Jennifer Kurland
(Executive Producer & Superglue)
jennifer@productionglue.com
Jennifer Kurland’s core expertise is creating celebratory environments, live programs, and shows that leverage multi-disciplinary design and theatre-based concepts to immerse guests in a client’s brand and message. Her creativity extends beyond concept development, to producing effective solutions for unique logistical and physical challenges as well.
With more than 11 years of experience wrangling huge, one-of-a-kind live events for the likes of The City of New York, The Hearst Corporation, Bloomberg, Rubenstein Public Relations, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and SCP Worldwide/Real Madrid North America, Jennifer is in her element when the event is particularly ambitious, complex, and/or creative.
The “superglue” that holds production glue together, Jennifer is part relentless taskmaster and part all-powerful creator/collaborator. She makes it all happen, from client management to budget-crunching to final production perfection. And when not holding the hand of a client, she can be found holding the hand of someone in her family.
Matthew Richman
(Technical Director & Rock Star)
matt@productionglue.com
Matthew Richman rocks, and we mean literally. A world-class multi-tasker, he started out in the industry by touring with big music acts to gigantic venues around the world – while attending university full time. (How he talked his professors into this arrangement is a trade secret.) After graduation, Matt moved to New York for “four months of fun in the big city” and ended up with a full-time career as a Technical Director in corporate event production. In the past five years, he has TD’d live events for a wide range of high-profile clients including Disney, IBM and the City of New York, to name a few.
Canadian country boy at heart, between events Matt balances his mostly urban duties at glue with hiking and camping trips.
Jack Hilley
(Technical Director, Video Hotshot & Jack of All Trades)
jack@productionglue.com
True to his name, Jack Hilley has done many things at many places. From Shakespeare Santa Cruz and Yale Repertory Theatre to the Eastern Music Festival and the prestigious Bryan Lecture Series, his production background spans the festival, conference, theater, dance and special events worlds.
A MFA graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Jack stuck to our team after working with us on a recent event. In addition to work with clients, Jack acts as our resident visual media and IT wizard, ensuring our entire digital world is in brilliant working order. When not "geeking out" with any of his many technical toys, Jack retreats to the kitchen and attempts to concoct culinary masterpieces.
Jon Migdal
(general manager & glue stickler)
jon@productionglue.com
Jon graduated with a BA from Vassar College, majoring in History with a minor in Economics. After parlaying his uncanny fantasy-sports prowess into a gig as the in-house guru for a leading online fantasy sports game, Jon moved on to the world of print and on-camera graphics while running a boutique sign and graphics company in Tribeca. He worked with some of the nation's leading art directors and production designers and it was then and there that Jon first crossed paths with team glue, leaving a sticky impression.
With 5+ years of management experience in the visual arts, Jon steps in to handle much of our graphics needs and serves as our resident signage expert, but it's his primary focus for the production glue brand and all of its components -whether poring over contracts, researching insurance policies or masterminding our social marketing efforts- that makes him so valuable.
A proud life-long New Yorker, Jon has an acclaimed vintage sneaker collection with the current tally totaling somewhere between 300 to 400 pairs of Nike's from the '70's and '80's.
Cheryl Adler
(producer of events & everything yummy)
cheryl@productionglue.com
A graduate of Cornell University with a BA in Philosophy and French, Cheryl has been in the event industry since working in France on the 57th Cannes Film Festival. Her ability to focus and not be distracted by the glitz and glam took her to NYC where she played central roles in producing NY-based award shows and film festivals. Those French skills went back to work when she moved back across the pond to produce events in the fashion, sports and corporate media industries.
Always calm, her attention to detail and ability to step in as needed on a project as the resident “fixer” with a smile on her face makes her a key player. Now back in New York, she’s a regular in the glue office. Prior to life at glue, Cheryl worked on top New York events like the Fragrance Foundation FiFi Awards and the award shows, premieres and parties of the Tribeca Film Festival before moving to London to produce events around Europe for Visa at the Rugby World Cup, Siemens, Wella and London's public sector.
As often as possible, you’ll find Cheryl experimenting with mouth-watering (gluten free) recipes.
Tim McDevitt
(Technical Director & Scenic Mastermind)
tim@productionglue.com
Tim McDevitt has worked extensively as a professional scenic artist and set designer, as well as technical director and/or production manager at Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. For production glue, he has overseen a variety of events for clients ranging from CNN, AOL, and Bank of America to The TriBeCa Film Festival, The Smithsonian Institute, and Fordham University.
With double degrees (BFA and MFA) in design and production, Tim can teach most people a thing or two about design. In fact, he has served as faculty designer at the world-renowned Opera and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy and scene painting faculty at the University of Michigan.
An avid cyclist and photographer, Tim is also the local news editor and a contributor to The Epoch Times’ New York edition, so it is not unusual to find him zipping around town on his bike or stopping to catch a great photo.
Lucas Zimmerman
(Technical Director & Electrics Guru)
lucas@productionglue.com
Lucas Zimmerman has been involved in a wide range of production glue ventures, including major product launches such as AstraZeneca and Dunkin’ Donuts, the CNN Hero Awards, the MLB All Star Gala, and significant events for Hearst, NewsCorp, and the Nature Conservancy. His professional production career spans more than ten years, beginning with serving as Associate Producer for the popular international television series Forensic Files on Court TV; then as lighting designer and technician for other notable shows at CNBC, including Mad Money with Jim Cramer.
Lucas has also been the resident lighting designer and production manager at New York City’s premiere event space, Cipriani Wall Street, where he managed numerous, highly visible and complex happenings, including several of the City’s most prominent and visible social events and galas.
On his own time, Lucas is a bit of a wine connoisseur, always looking to sample new vintages from around the world.