I am thankful and proud of the work I get to do with so many amazing nonprofits. I love live events, health & fitness, government politics and Pittsburgh sports teams. These passions have led me to work with, and for, some amazing organizations in my career. I am grateful for the opportunities I have earned and the hard work performed by so many to support the effort of the teams I have worked with.I enjoy speaking with partners and prospects to learn about their businesses and their future goals. It's an amazing feeling when we achieve success together, for their business and their customers. My career focus has shifted over the years from earning my way up in the organizations I have worked for and now helping those who work for me grow in their careers and to accomplish their goals.I appreciate the relationships I have made and feel fortunate to have good friends working for partners and competitors who are always wiling to listen (notice I didn't say agree). Discussing the future of technology in live events is a regular occurrence in my life.Learning about new technologies and gadgets aimed at improving the success of businesses and the lives of individuals keeps my attention for hours. I am always up for a challenge and never take disagreements personally. I almost never pass up the opportunity to eat something with pumpkin in it. I enjoy watching movies that make me think about them for days afterwards. And my family means the world to me and I feel fortunate to have their support.Specialties: Experience managing people, building leadership teams, building and maintaining a sales pipeline, managing the end to end sales process, writing proposals, responding to RFPs, managing client relationships and retention, structuring and closing multi-year contracts, marketing strategy, event planning and promotions