Executive Management
Momentum Management was founded in 1991 by Randy and Vicki Bott, and a small group who shared a common vision of creating a nationally recognized labor management company. By building a system of delivery that leverages a very different approach to partnership, our outstanding city management and lead teams currently handle installation and dismantle service requests for trade shows and other venues all over the United States and Canada.
Randy Bott | President and CEO
Randy and his wife, Vicki, founded Momentum Management in February 1991. He manages all aspects of the company and has built a national labor services company that can execute at a high level and provide customer satisfaction that is second to none. He has assembled some of the industry most talented people who also share his compassion and vision.
Prior to starting Momentum Management, Randy worked in the industry as a senior level lead man and Supervisor for some of the largest exhibit companies in our industry.
Randy served as a member of the EACA Board of Directors helping to bring together the EAC community into a single voice for labor negotiations. His commitment to the industry and approach to doing things the right way, the first time, provides the foundation upon which Momentum continue to build upon.
Rick Bellerjeau | General Manager
Rick is responsible for managing sales, operations, marketing, and the overall development of the Momentum brand.
Previously, Rick was the President of Tellermate, Inc., and member of Tellermate, Ltd. Global Management Team. Additionally, he was co-founder of eDeploy.com, and Senior VP of Sales at Datatec Industries.
Rick has extensive experience in building companies, brands and sales models. His background includes building strategic partnerships with Fortune 500 companies across a multiple industries, the development of extensive channel programs, and creating differentiated value services models.
John Ramaglia | Vice President, Operations
John has been with Momentum from the very beginning. He is responsible for overseeing estimating, managing our national labor contracts and union relationships, assists our local city management teams, and assists in building the overall customer service at Momentum Management. Prior to joining Momentum, John worked in the industry in various areas, such as supporting installation services on key accounts.
John Knoska | Vice President, Field Operations
John is responsible for building the overall foundation for operations across the country. He does this by building adherence policies, as well as corporate field training at a city level, in conjunction with the local city management teams.
John previously worked for Exhibit Group Giltspur, Expo Services, and GES for over 28 years in various capacities; including Chicago City Manager.
Rich Carlson | Director of Field Operations
Rich is our Director of Operations for Momentum Management. He supports the Western City Managers in their pursuit of excellence.
Additionally, Rich supports the Las Vegas market operationally as our manager for that strategic city.
Rich has over 15 years’ experience working with Momentum and has been in the trade show industry for over 30 years. He started building exhibits and traveled the world as a Lead Supervisor. Rich has owned his own exhibit house prior to joining Momentum Management.
Walt McCreary, Sr. | Director of Field Operations
Walt is our Director of Operations for Momentum Management. He supports the Eastern City Managers in their pursuit of excellence.
Additionally, Walt supports the Orlando / Northern Florida market as our manager for that city.
Before joining Momentum Management, Walt was the Operations Manager for Coastal International for over 20 years. While in the Baltimore/DC area, he was President of the EACA DC Chapter.
Andy Deeb | Estimating Manager
Andy is responsible delivering the Momentum Management mission to the operations team in various roles with a primary focus on estimating and key account support. Andy supports the city managers and sales teams in delivering a great Momentum experience.
Before joining Momentum Management in 1993 as the Boston City Manager, Andy worked with Champion Exposition where he started his career on the show floor and worked his way up to management.
