Michael Ference Fluid Power Marketing

 Well, this is my last week of my fluid power career.  I have thanked and recognized many people in my previous posts but I want to thank and acknowledge Scott McCafferty, Managing Director of WTWH Media and friend for hiring me 7 years ago and allowing me to continue my career in fluid power.  Thank you Scott for your support and confidence in me!  It has been a pleasure working with you and I wish you continued success!  I also thank co-founder, Mike Emich for helping me with my career.  Mike has been a good friend and a steady good influence on many sales people.  Thank you Mike! I also recognize Paul Heney with whom I have worked for many years on both H&P and Fluid Power World.  Paul has always been a very enthusiastic, creative, and energetic Editorial Director with many great ideas to help our audience and our advertisers.  Paul has also been a great friend for all of those years.  Thank you Paul! I have also made many great friends at WTWH Media over the past several years

 Well, I have been thinking about writing this post for a long time.  The "It Takes a Community" posts have been leading up to this.  After 43 years in fluid power, I have decided to call it a career so I will be retiring from Fluid Power World at the end of April.   I have enjoyed this fulfilling career every step of the way.  I have met many fantastic people and forged many great relationships.  I have thoroughly enjoyed working with my co-workers over the years.  The management has been great to me the whole way.  Customers have become my friends.  I will miss all of these people.  Thank you to all who have made this a rewarding career! I will have plenty of things to do going forward including family, church, golf, Math tutoring, skiing, chores, reading, and much more to keep me busy.  I will miss the customers, conferences, and trade shows though.  I will not miss the daily grind, the deadlines, rushing to catch planes, rental cars, and hoping that I made the hotel reser