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Concord, California, United States

• Oversee all aspects of the BDE business, including client relations, sales, management, marketing, and creative design across professional sports, media, and corporate production clients.• Spearhead all contract negotiations with annual sports clients, including the Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, and Indianapolis Colts.• Supervise 12-person management team of regional directors, operations leads’, creative producers, logistics/HR managers, marketing staff, and 300+ professional music entertainers across BDE office locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York metro area, Greater Los Angeles area, Indianapolis, and South Florida.• Develop, implement, and streamline procedures and best practices for event logistics, staff management, creative design, employee hiring and payroll. Extensive experience with Google Suite, Microsoft Office, DocuSign, WEX, Concur, and Monday.com.• Spearhead annual department budget and long-range budget forecasting in consultation with BDPA CEO; review monthly department P&L sheets, track budget vs actuals, present growth to BDPA CEO & Board of Directors.• Work collaboratively with California-based BDPA front office admin team (accounting, transportation, operations).• Craft strategies that empower management staff to be efficient leaders and help scale the BDE business.

Concord, California, United States

• Manage all salable assets of BDPA; work annually with BDPA accounting team on physical assets audit.• Build and maintain inventory management systems for BDE and BDPA youth programs (The Blue Devils)• Strategize creative solutions to build new revenue streams for BDPA.Notable Achievements• Generated over $400,000 in sales of 500+ used music instruments. (marching drums, horns, mallet instruments)• Spearheaded the audit, inventory, and repair of 500+ musical instruments (drums, horns, mallet instruments) in preparation for sale; recovered over $50,000 in missing inventory.• Founding member of BDPA Diversity, Ethics, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Committee; developed frameworks for organizational change; lead DEIB presentations to BDPA Board of Directors.

Santa Clara, California, United States

Generated $50,000 in a two-week period through a creative alumni fundraiser project to return the 2018 Santa Clara Vanguard DCI World Champion uniforms to the 150+ performing members as a holiday surprise.Built and managed various professional music ensembles for local sports, media, and corporate productions including a marching band for the 2019 College Football Playoffs Teacher of the Year 5k activation (Media), a drumline for two seasons of San Jose Sharks playoff home games, and a small band for a San Jose Earthquakes halftime show.Successfully stabilized and scaled existing VMAPA youth music education programs and introduced new events including Master Classes, community outreach events, and building clean-up volunteer projects.

United States

Oversaw housing site logistics – Coordinated with housing site contact to ensure facilities are prepared before Corps arrived, served as liaison between Drum Corps staff/members and housing site, oversaw parking logistics for 10 vehicle fleetAssisted with general administrative duties – member health and safety, prop repair, food inventory, uniform upkeep

United States

New York, New York

Lead three person operations team in on-site execution of event logistics plansManaged day-to-day operations activities and quality assurance; implemented facility optimization plan that consolidated facility layout by 35% to increase operational efficiency and make space for new operations functionsCollaborated with department heads to standardize business/operational procedures and improve internal communicationManaged all inventory, contracting, and logistics related inquiriesTrained and supervised new operations team employees

New York, New York, United States

Notable performances include NFL Super Bowl XLVIII, 2015 NBA All-Star Game, 2016 U.S. Open, 2016 NBC Upfront, 2015 One World Observatory Grand Opening, Good Morning America (3x)Professional drumline entertainer for the New York Giants (6 yrs), New York Jets (4 yrs), New York Knicks (3 yrs), New York Rangers (3 yrs), New England Patriots (2 yrs), NYCFC (2 yrs), Entertained crowds ranging in size from small office parties (15-30 people) to professional sports events (70,000+)Performed at 200+ high-profile corporate, media, and sports events primarily in the NYC metro area

Brooklyn, New York

Collaborated with Spike Lee annually to produce and direct a 30-member youth drumline for the “Prince Born Day Purple People Party” in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The drumline was featured in the opening scene of Spike Lee's Netflix Joint, "She's Gotta Have It" Season 2, Episode 5, "#SuperFunkyCaliFragiSexy."Collaborated with Portugal. The Man to add a small youth drumline to their debut stage performance of "Live in the Moment" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.Other notable performances include the Garden of Dreams Prom at Madison Square Garden, Tackle Kids Cancer Fundraiser at MetLife StadiumOversaw coordination and administration of in-school and community music education programs Lead new programmatic strategy which resulted in stabilization of existing programs, reintroduction of past programs, and 300% growth in student membershipManaged eight Teaching Artists; conduct site visits to evaluate and provide feedback on instruction, design and lead professional development sessions, and serve as liaison between school administration and BKSteppers staffDeveloped, implemented, and refined programmatic practices including policies and procedures, community outreach campaigns, program evaluation frameworksProduced and directed 25+ performances for clients across broad spectrum of events and venues

Greater New York City Area

Created and maintained a culture of excellenceRevitalized struggling youth percussion program through creative programming and operations practices within extreme time and resource constraintsRestructured program pedagogy from rote learning to music literacy; achieved program-wide music literacy by end of August 2014Produced and directed 150+ performances for clients across broad spectrum of events and venues. Notable performances include the 2017 PNB Paribas Showdown at MSG, AmeriCares Airlift Benefit 2015, 2013 Big Apple Classic at Barclay’s CenterLed program to back-to-back championships at New York City’s largest and longest running drumline competition, Battle in the Apple (2014, 2015)Developed and standardized operations procedures including equipment transportation and storage, internal communication, student evaluations/dataRecorded, transcribed and digitized 30 minutes of rote music material; 8-month project

Greater New York City Area

Worked 50+ large-scale events; Notable events include TCS NYC Marathon Start Village, TD Ameritrade Five Borough Bike Tour, Airbnb Brooklyn Half MarathonManaged volunteer groups (10-50 people), ran crowd control, acted as liaison between client and event participants, etc.Generalist production team member for on-site production of corporate, sports, and media events