BiographyCindy Sharkey, a 25 year veteran of the industry and former Freeman customer has honed her show organizer skills with Event Management International and with major hotel chains such as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and Hilton Worldwide. Joining Freeman in 1997, Cindy has dedicated herself to becoming a skilled resource who can effectively match clients’ needs with Freeman’s extensive services and solutions. In today’s competitive market, Cindy knows the importance of effectively communicating how Freeman’s distinctive customer service culture and innovative solutions can transform clients’ events. She achieves this by creating educational webinars, serving as a subject-matter expert on a wide variety of Freeman initiatives, and developing and implementing sales programs. Her unique perspective on the industry—and of Freeman—allows her to be a trusted and valuable resource to both the Freeman sales organization and the clients it serves.From show open to close, Cindy’s front-line experience lets her cultivate valuable client relationships, ensure clients meet their show goals and objectives, and educate internal and external customers on Freeman’s wide array of innovative solutions. Cindy’s accomplishments within Freeman include being designated as a certified freight specialist, an iLead graduate, a Star of Excellence recipient and multi-year nominee, a fwd chapter leader, and fwd mentor.In her spare time, she also supports local schools by serving on the Executive Board for the Flower Mound High School Men’s Wrestling Booster, Jr, Cotillion Advisory Board. Cindy enjoys spending her free time with her two young boys, mountain retreats, snow-skiing, nature walks, French press coffee, reading, exercising and family movie nights!