Aaron Estes Email & Phone Number

Matthews, North Carolina, US

New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

• Brightstar Capital Partners is a middle market private equity firm focused on partnering with exceptional families, founders, entrepreneurs and management teams where the firm can drive value creation. Brightstar is.
• Developed event strategy, timelines, and budgets, presented proposals and post-event ROI analysis to C-suite executives, and led end-to-end production for event sizes 10 – 250 people with budgets up to $1M
• Led cross-functional planning to develop and execute programs, including first in-person Annual Shareholder Meeting since 2019 and first firm offsite strategy summit in addition to more than 60 annual calendar events
• Collaborated on Cvent, HubSpot, and Salesforce CRM to create workflows and improve process/SOPs, and negotiated vendor contracts for hotel, décor, staffing, food and beverage, swag, transport, audiovisual, and IT
• Strategized and executed networking opportunities to cultivate stakeholder relationships through sponsorship/partnership activation and third-party events and trade shows

• In conjunction with Next Sequence Ventures: I worked to co-found a seed stage venture capital fund with a partnered AI and data architecture accelerator.
• Devised and delivered a special events and content strategy, expanding the pipeline to 120 startups at $2B valuation within the first three months.
• Negotiated and finalized $1.1M in investment pledges after pitching to hundreds of Limited Partners both in person and virtually.

Washington, DC, US

• (Client site lead through U.S. Events and Media vendor, Team People.tv)
• Devised and executed multi-space conferencing center production plan, managed content, speaker, and materials prep, and coordinated event communications and client engagement across global portfolio
• Ensured accurate budget and resource forecasting and led cross-functional teams and projects, collaborating with Event Management System (EMS) to deliver VIP experience to internal committees and world leaders
• Led transition to hybrid and virtual meetings, created all event services SOPs and custom registration and expense reporting models, and managed concurrent timelines for 200+ annual conferences

Washington, DC, US

• (Client site contract through Events and Media vendor, TeamPeople.tv)
• Led 3-month consulting project at WBG Paris to develop new client site and redesigned event operations workflow, reducing planning time by more than 50% and eliminating 99% of resource allocation errors

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Secured hundreds of tour dates, negotiated contracts, managed budgets and trade show marketing campaigns, won publishing contracts with Hulu and Vogue, and drove sales/client acquisition by producing more than 2,000.

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• Reduced staff turnover by developing an apprentice program and saved 18% on overhead through digital renovation, staff re-organization, salary management, and scheduling for a 1,200-capacity dual stage venue

Trapeze School New York (Washington DC branch) is a recreational circus school where I instructed terrified students of all ages, providing both physical and psychological coaching.This was an enormously fulfilling role and I still count many close friends from my time here. Thrill-seeking students would sign-up for a taste of adventure, but they would.

Music has always been a huge part of my life. In DC, playing music with others was how I connected with friends and colleagues and developed my network. This was the most popular song I wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZE5KvexxGcI also had one notable collaboration with German producer Kris Menace that garnered millions of streams and was released.

Global Executive Mba

Vc Lab Venture Capital Firm Accelerator

Bachelor’S Degree, English Language And Literature, General