LightHouse


The organization began in 1978 as H&M Productions. Chip Moore, then 18, and Rick Hunt, 20, set up shop in the Moore family's basement, producing slide presentations for a church group and local business professionals.

Age was not a deterrent to success. Three years later in 1981, with a solid base of accounts, H&M changed their name to Lighthouse Productions. By the time Lighthouse left the basement in 1982 to rent 2,000 square feet in a building in Mount Prospect, Illinois, we had six employees and a client list rapidly expanding to include many large corporations.
In 1983, Lighthouse invested $250,000 in video equipment and became a full-service video house capable of producing multi-image and video extravaganzas. A print design resource was added by teaming up with Al Burlini of Design Source in 1984.

Growth dictated the need for more space. Lighthouse bought the entire building in Mt. Prospect, expanding to 5,500 square feet. By 1985, with 25 employees, another 4,000 square-foot facility in Wheeling was leased. During the next several years, Lighthouse grew and concentrated on developing a broad range of business communications services.
In 1989, a major project for Motorola allowed Lighthouse to break into the planning and production of major corporate theater and we purchased a 18,000 square-foot building in Rolling Meadows, our current location.

In 1992, Lighthouse acquired a friendly competitor, TransLight Media. Another allied business, Chicago Multi-Media, was acquired in 1993. To help support our expanding multi-media department we acquired another firm, Desktop Resources, in late 1994.
The original partners in H&M Productions are still very active in the business. Chip Moore is an Executive Producer and is also dedicated to exploring new technology. Rick Hunt, as Executive Vice President, oversees staging operations and serves as Consultant for several major clients. Mark Fitzgerald, formerly an executive with Genigraphics, was named President of Lighthouse in 1992.

As we head into the future, we continue to be positioned to provide our customers with the latest and best in business communications tools and resources.