Bill Boone Getting Into The Game

"Basically, upon the merger of Conoco and Phillips, studies were done to figure out whether or not the new company would need an in-plant," says Boone.

Both the Conoco and Phillips in-plants were very similar when it came to printing, Boone says. The Conoco shop had 17 employees and the Phillips shop was staffed with 22. The Conoco shop, however, supplied valuable creative services such as graphic design, photography and videography. No manager was better suited to melt that creative staff into a new operation than Boone.