Exhibit 10.10 Contract of Employment For Executive Management This contract, made and entered into this 21st day of March, 1996 by and between Production Group International, Inc., hereinafter called "Employer", and Ed Doody, hereinafter called "Employee"; Witness: ------- That Whereas, the Employer desires to provide executive management services pursuant to contracts which the Employer has or will have with current and prospective clients and; Whereas, the Employer does desire to employ the Employee to provide these services; Now Therefore; in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Position and Term ----------------- a) The Position is that of President, PGI International b) The term of this contract shall begin on the contract date, and end on December 31, 1997. The contract will be automatically renewed on the anniversary date for an additional period of two years unless the contract has terminated pursuant to the provisions under Paragraph 5. This contract supersedes any and all contracts that may have previously been negotiated between the Employer and Employee, either written oral. 2. Employee Duties --------------- a) The duties and responsibilities of the Employee shall be those established by the Employer. The duties shall include but not be limited to the following: i) Perform any duties as assigned by Chief Executive Officer or his designated representative. ii) Provide executive management of the assigned business function. iii) Chair or be a member of any company project or focus team as assigned. Page 1 Contract for Employment for Executive Management - Edward Doody --------------------------------------------------------------- iv) Perform duties as CEO's designated representative where required and assigned. 3. Trade and Business ------------------ a) The Employee hereby acknowledges that during the term of this contract, he will have access to various trade secrets of the Employer. Therefore: i) The Employee recognizes and acknowledges that such trade secrets and other information, whether written, computer based or oral, defined herein as confidential, including, but not limited to the following, is a valuable, special and unique asset of the Employer's business: financial information, executive briefings or procedures, management discussions, business practices, records, methods, systems, software, lists of clients, and prospective clients, marketing and operational plans, contracts, ideas and policy manuals. All such information remains the property of the Employer, and the Employee, except as required in his duties to the Employer, hereby covenants and agrees that he will never, directly and indirectly, during his employment or after termination thereof, use, disseminate, disclose, lecture on, or in any manner publish any confidential information without the Employer's permission given in writing. ii) The Employee agrees that all documents, records, manuals, note- books, software, writings of any kind, containing confidential information relating to the business of the Employer or it's affiliated companies, including copies thereof, then in the Employee's possession, whether prepared by the Employee, Employer or others, shall be the property of the Employer. Upon termination of Employment, the Employee agrees to deliver all of this property to the Employer. b) The Employee acknowledges that part of his salary is in return for entering into the following agreement: i) The Employee agrees that during his employment and for a period of two (2) years following termination he will not seek to induce, by any method whatsoever, any other employees of the Employer to leave their employment with the Employer. ii) The Employee further agrees that he shall not during the term of this agreement, for a period of eighteen (18) months following the termination of this agreement, directly or indirectly, persuade or induce or seek to persuade or induce any of the Clients of the Employer to purchase services in competition with PGI from any Page 2 Contract for Employment for Executive Management - Edward Doody --------------------------------------------------------------- other business or person. iii) The Employee further agrees not to utilize any list of clients that he had access or knowledge of while employed by the Employer to try and solicit such clients for any other company. iv) The Employee further agrees that during the term of this contract and for a period of eighteen (18) months following termination of employment with the Employer that he will not be employed in a role providing services substantially similar to what the Employer provides to any client to which the Employer ------ presently provides its services to or to any client to which the Employee provided services during the term of this agreement or for a period of one (1) year following the termination of this agreement. v) The Employee also agrees that for a period of one (1) year following termination of this agreement by the Employee or for cause by the Employer as defined in Section 5, he will not work for, or provide services for any other organization in direct competition with PGI. 4. Compensation, Benefits and Expense Reimbursement ------------------------------------------------ a) All wages shall be paid in accordance with the Employer's procedures and are subject to withholdings as required by local, state, and federal law. b) Benefits will be provided to the Employee by the Employer in accordance with its current policies and procedures or as may be adopted by the Employer during the term of this agreement. c) In addition to the standard benefits package, the Employee is to be provided specific compensation and benefits listed in Addendums A & B. d) The Employee shall receive expense reimbursement outlined in the policy and procedures manual unless modified as set forth in Addendum A. 5. Termination ----------- a) Either party may terminate this contract upon giving of sixty (60) day's written notice to the other party. b) In the event this sixty day's notice is given by the Employer and no other provisions of this agreement are violated, the Employee shall be entitled to, as severance, a continuation of the base salary as specified in this contract for six months from the date notice is given as well as any bonus Page 3 Contract for Employment for Executive Management - Edward Doody --------------------------------------------------------------- fully earned not yet paid. c) In the event this sixty day's notice is given by the Employee and no other provisions of this agreement are violated, the Employer shall have the option of immediately terminating this agreement without further compensation or accepting the notice period and continuing employment. If the Employer accepts the notice period then the Employee shall be entitled to all salary and benefits as specified in this contract during the notice period or the remaining time of the contract whichever is less. d) If either party intends not to exercise the renewal of this contract they are required to provide sixty days (60) days notice to the other party. e) In the event that the Employee violates any provision of Section 3 of this contract or any adopted and stated corporate policies or any provisions as may be adopted by the Company for its employees; is convicted of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude; abuses alcohol or drugs to such an extent that it has an adverse impact on the Employee's ability to perform his or her job, then the Employee shall be subject to immediate termination, with all salary and benefits to cease upon termination. 6. Miscellaneous ------------- a) The Employee shall not have the right to enter into a contract with any third party on behalf of the Employer nor shall the Employee sign any agreement with any other party on behalf of the Employer without the express written consent of the Employer. b) In the event any provisions of this contract shall be deemed unenforceable, then all remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and the contract shall be construed as if the invalid provisions had been omitted. c) In the event that either party fails to take action when the other party does not abide by the terms of this agreement, such failure to act shall not prevent the party from taking action for any future violations of this agreement. d) This contract shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Virginia and all parties agree that the State of Virginia Shall be the proper jurisdiction and the County of Arlington shall be the proper venue regarding any dispute relating to this contract. e) This contract shall be the sole agreement between the Employer and the Employee, and no representative of the employer other than the CEO has any authority to enter into or amend an employment contract, or to make any agreement contrary to the foregoing. Page 4 Contract for Employment for Executive Management - Edward Doody --------------------------------------------------------------- f) Because this agreement supersedes any and all previous employment contracts, written agreements or discussions between the parties and because this agreement is the sole agreement in effect between them, each party forever releases and covenants not to sue the other for any liability form any cause arising up to the date of execution of this agreement. This knowing and voluntary release and covenants not to sue, mutually given and effective, includes any and all claims under federal, state, and local laws, regulations and common law. g) The Employee will notify the Employer of any non-Employer related activities that may conflict with the Employee's job performance. h) All written notices to be given pursuant to this contract shall be sent as follows: (1) To Employer: Mark N. Sirangelo, CEO Production Group International, Inc. 2200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 200 Arlington, VA 22201 (2) To Employee: Edward Doody 517 Sunset Drive ------------------ Hurst, TX 76054 ------------------ 7. Signatures This employment agreement is agreed to by both parties this 21st day of March, ---- 1995. /s/ Mark N. Sirangelo ------------------------------------ Mark N. Sirangelo Chief Executive Officer Production Group International, Inc. /s/ Edward Doody ------------------------------------ Edward Doody Employee Page 5 Contract for Employment for Executive Management - Edward Doody --------------------------------------------------------------- Addendum A Compensation and Benefits ------------------------- Position: President, PGI International 1. Base Annual Salary Base Salary is set at $170,000 from the beginning of the term through December 31, 1996 and then at $180,000 for the duration of this agreement and is payable semi-monthly. The Employer offers direct deposit services at its expense. 2. Equity Participation A stock grant of 30,000 shares pursuant to the Employer's Employee stock option will be granted with an effective date of the Employee first date of hire, and an additional award of 2,500 shares will be granted at the end of the each year of employment under this agreement and thereafter, provided that both parties have agreed to extend this contract for an additional period. 3. Expense Reimbursement & Relocation All reasonable expenses such as approved travel, hotel, parking, tolls, etc., incurred by the Executive during the performance of his job will be reimbursed. 4. Insurance and Health In addition to the Employer's standard health care plan the following will be provided and is agreed by the Employer and Employee: a) The Employer may apply for Key Executive Life Insurance on the Employee in the amount of up to $1,000,000, to be paid for at its expense. If the Employer applies for such a policy the Employee will agree to support these applications and any medical or informational requirements reasonably requested by the potential insurance companies. b) The Employer will also request on the behalf of the Employee additional levels of insurance under these policies to be paid for by the Employee, at the Employee's request. c) The Employee will agree to participate in a full annual physical, which results will be shared with the Employer and which will be paid in full by the Employer. Page 6 Contract for Employment for Executive Management - Edward Doody --------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Other a) This agreement supersedes and replaces all previous agreements between the parties, whether written or oral and both parties hereby waive any claims of any type arising from or out of such employment understandings. Agreed this 21st day of March, 1996: ---- /s/ Mark N. Sirangelo ------------------------------------- Mark N. Sirangelo Chief Executive Officer, Production Group International, Inc. /s/ Ed Doody ------------------------------------- Ed Doody Employee Page 7