About Us

Around noon on Thursday, the final day of the inaugural Defense Health Information Technology Symposium (DHITS) in 2013, all the vendors and industry partners who had graciously provided a full week of evening networking events packed up and headed home. Since government sessions remained to the end of that day, this left most attendees lost and somewhat confused since there was no schedule of social events for the evening.

How to proceed?

The people divided into two camps: The first ventured back into Orlando - alone and without a plan. The second group was more frugal and decided instead to remain within the relative safety of the Caribe Royal compound. They pooled together all remaining rations they had squirreled away in their rooms and met at the base of one of the towers. As others walked by - they too were invited to join and bring what they had - and so began the DHITS Picnic.

Over the years the picnic has gown up somewhat, mainly in the form of (mild) sponsorship in order to provide food and most importantly, avoid cleanup duties. In general, the Picnic remains a largely unstructured event with no real agenda and follows the guiding principle; "don't be a *ick".

Our Mission is to curate exceptional events that leave lasting impressions. We blend creativity, precision, and personalized service to transform ideas into memorable experiences for our clients.

Our vision is to be the go-to partner for seamless and innovative event coordination. We aspire to elevate celebrations, foster connections, and set new industry standards.

For years our lawyers have been engaged in one of the messiest public disputes regarding top level domain (TLD) use and practice. We are happy to announce that, through intense arbitration, all parties have agreed to settle the dispute. Per the terms of settlement, .com compensated us with an undisclosed settlement amount and was not required to admit any wrongdoing.

For us, we agreed to sever our longstanding relationship with that TLD and relocate alphabetically as far away as we could. 

Meet The Founders

Chris Cotton

A Dude

Chris & Mike
Chris & Mike

Dudes

Michael Knoell

A Dude

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