Beth Knapp, Cmp Email & Phone Number

Greater Philadelphia

Planning and executing single and multi-day meetings for groups from 15 to 550+. This includes site selection, budgeting, content management, creating the agenda and schedule, marketing, F&B management, registration, AV, working with exhibitors and sponsors, on site management, post event reporting. Stated briefly, I plan and manage all of the myriad of moving parts that make up a conference. Our annual conference has been growing at a dizzying pace. We grew 23.5% in 2013 for the 5th Annual QM Conference on Quality Assurance in Online Learning.

Project Analyst 12/07 – 9/08Managed and led engineering research and development projects: $750K multi-year contracts and $80K six month projects, delivering on-budget and on-time resultsOwned interface with federal government technical representativesNew business acquisition responsibilities included: Analyzing RFPs and matching to organization’s strengths Defining deliverables and developing time-tables Ensuring organization exceeded expectationsManaged chemical receiving and inventory as well as hazmat shipping (domestic and international)Production Manager and Business Associate CRG Industries (spin-off of Cornerstone Research Group) 1/07-11/07Developed production line layoutPlanned manpower, sourced and procured materials, found cost savings through alternate sourcingManaged production and owned quality controlResponsible for planning, scheduling and on-time delivery of multiple productsGroup Manager and Safety Team CoordinatorManaged a cross-functional team of engineers, technicians, student interns working on research projects Ensured the team met or exceeded customer expectations within time and budget constraints 11/05 – 1/07Owned OSHA compliance for company, established emergency proceduresOwned, developed, and trained employees on company safety manualEstablished and deployed regular inspection procedure for multiple labsBusiness Associate 4/04 – 11/05Planned business start-up and establishment of CRG IndustriesWorked in a cross- functional team including – engineering, marketing, accounting, and purchasing to develop the process for creating and launching new productsCoordinated Ohio Optics Consortium and safety team