People. Purpose. Impact.

A Storytelling Series

The Meeting Makers

Stories About the People Behind Great Events

From the Walk • Think • Grow™ Studios  ·  Dallas, Texas

Portrait of Tim Altbaum

Tim Altbaum

Innovative. Strategic. Dependable.

The best-produced events are often remembered for what attendees experience—not for the countless problems they never knew existed. In this episode of The Meeting Makers, we explore how Tim Altbaum has spent more than 25 years anticipating challenges before they become crises. As CEO and co-founder of Vario Productions, Tim combines strategy, creativity, and cutting-edge technology to create seamless live, hybrid, and virtual experiences where confidence replaces uncertainty. His story reveals that the greatest success in event production is often measured by the problems that never happen.

Great leaders create moments that become lasting memories.

Doug Rice, creator and host of The Meeting Makers

Curious about the voice behind The Meeting Makers?

The Meeting Makers is produced by Doug Rice and Walk · Think · Grow™—a keynote experience in motion that helps leaders, teams, and organizations transform insight into action through the power of movement.

Visit Walk · Think · Grow™

About The Meeting Makers

The Meeting Makers is a storytelling series that shines a light on the people behind great events — the planners, producers, and leaders whose work turns meetings into moments that matter. Rooted in hospitality and built on relationships, each episode celebrates leadership with purpose: real stories from real people who bring conferences, meetings, and live events to life. Because great events don’t happen by accident — they happen because of people.

Listen. Watch. Be Inspired.

People. Purpose. Impact.

A Storytelling Series

The Meeting Makers

Stories About the People Behind Great Events

From the Walk • Think • Grow™ Studios  ·  Dallas, Texas

Portrait of Tim Altbaum

Tim Altbaum

Innovative. Strategic. Dependable.

The best-produced events are often remembered for what attendees experience—not for the countless problems they never knew existed. In this episode of The Meeting Makers, we explore how Tim Altbaum has spent more than 25 years anticipating challenges before they become crises. As CEO and co-founder of Vario Productions, Tim combines strategy, creativity, and cutting-edge technology to create seamless live, hybrid, and virtual experiences where confidence replaces uncertainty. His story reveals that the greatest success in event production is often measured by the problems that never happen.

Great leaders create moments that become lasting memories.

Doug Rice, creator and host of The Meeting Makers

Curious about the voice behind The Meeting Makers?

The Meeting Makers is produced by Doug Rice and Walk · Think · Grow™—a keynote experience in motion that helps leaders, teams, and organizations transform insight into action through the power of movement.

Visit Walk · Think · Grow™

About The Meeting Makers

The Meeting Makers is a storytelling series that shines a light on the people behind great events — the planners, producers, and leaders whose work turns meetings into moments that matter. Rooted in hospitality and built on relationships, each episode celebrates leadership with purpose: real stories from real people who bring conferences, meetings, and live events to life. Because great events don’t happen by accident — they happen because of people.

Listen. Watch. Be Inspired.