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"We do the design, production and the staging. And that includes pro- ducing the shows," said Stone. For a Chrysler show last August at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, that meant booking another Detroit product, the Temptations vocal group. Stone said clients look to EE to top the display the next year, but still remain cost-effective in a time of tighter budgets. And that's where Stone's exper- tise should come in handy. Stone said EE, which has 100 employees, does all its product anima- tion in-house. The company's design- ers create and work with mock-ups. This time around, the "star" is the new Dodge pickup truck. Stone explained that when working with a cutaway display, it is important that the modular aspects are portable. Lead time is important. For the Paris auto show, during the first two weeks in October and the largest auto show in Europe, the basics of the dis- play were shipped by boat in August. Because the exhibit industry is often comprised of first-generation construction trade carpenters, there has been little Jewish presence. Stone attributes this to the industry being "still not too far from its roots. Stone, who is 44, is the son of Julius and Helen Stone, who live on Pine Lake. His father, a traveling clothing salesman, was in "the shmata (rags) trade," said Stone. Born and raised in metro Detroit, Sheldon Stone graduated from Southfield High School and Western Michigan University, where he earned his BS, BBA and MA. He is married to the former Beth Katz, also a Detroiter. They have two children, Cheyenne, 6, and Sierra, 5. Quipped Stone about his children's names, "We threw darts at a map." The family lives in West Bloomfield. Stone came to Exhibit Enterprises from Plante & Moran, LLP, account- ing and management-consulting firm. He managed several of the firm's key consulting programs and Exhibit Enterprises was one of his responsibil- ities. Previously, he was general manager of the Hawaii Division of DFS (then Duty Free Shoppers), the largest duty-free retailer in world. " Making The Time lthough he's been working 60 hours a week since he became chief operating officer of Exhibit Enterprises, Inc., Sheldon Stone still finds the time for balance. "If I want to be more effective at work, as a parent, a husband, and in all the other roles of my life, I have to balance my life. If I don't exer- cise, or spend time with my kids, and my spiritual needs in life are not ful- filled, then I will just become less effective," he says. That's why he's out walking the dog at 4:30 every morning. It's his exer- cise, too, and it gives him time to think and organize his day. But that's far from being Stone's only physical activity. "I kayak, because you can find water anywhere. And we do take the kids canoeing as a fami- ly," he says. "Sports and adventure have always been part of my life. I participated in the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii for three years in a row, until my body broke down. Now I also read a lot." Stone and his family attend Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield "because we just love Rabbi Mike Moskowitz." And Stone served on the board of Jewish Family Service for the last three years. He declined reappointment because he was just starting his new job and needed to make a "time commitment of a year or two." During that time, Stone hopes to impact the company by increasing its earnings. "We're in a very competitive business, and a lot of the business we get is through the bidding process. "I feel that my value to the company is in being able to help the organi- zation to define its market niche, and execute strategies directed toward helping us succeed in that niche," said Stone. — Alan Abrams