Eric Williams Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Please see resume for complete profileThe Special Services Group is an event and entertainment production company that develops, produces, manages and executes high-profile and large-scale events by combining the expertise of cutting-edge industry professionals to maximize production efficiency with the best resources available to artists and event sponsors. Clients receive full-service management, professional administration and logistics, along with an in-depth understanding of current marketing strategies. Complete understanding of the ROI of events.The Special Services Group is my corporate identity, which is switched off when I am an employee, to eliminate any conflicts of interest. It is the banner under which I have been employed for my entire professional career during the times that I have functioned as an independent contractor, consultant or vendor.Production credits began with Battle of the Network Stars and Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes and have continued to include 4 Super Bowls, 3 Presidential Campaigns, 2 Olympics, and 1 Woodstock (’94). Rock and roll tours, royal and papal visits, product roll outs, and an MTV Video Award show spent underwater and dodging a hurricane are just some of the many career highlights. The Special Services Group, continues to provide services to entertainment, corporate and political clients ranging from logistics and policy development, project management, tradeshow coordination, technical development and installation, and tour and talent management. Always on the move, Eric currently spends his free time fishing, reading and smoking his beloved El Rey del Mundos.

Special Projects as Managing Partner or Director Agua Belize, Belize, Central America, ConsultantAmerican Diamond Mining, Worldwide, Director of Special ProjectsCigar Central, New Orleans, ProprietorEcoWorldWater, Nationwide, ConsultantInternational Gold Bullion Exchange, Worldwide, Director of Special ProjectsRoyal Family of The Sultan of Brunei, Traveling Videographer

SELECT SPECIAL EVENTS, FESTIVALS or OTHER One-Off PRODUCTIONS50' Tall Floating Video Tree Phoenix Zoo Technical Coordinator“Amparo” Theatrical Performance, Miami, Stage Management Bill Graham Presents, San Francisco, Musical Inst. Provider Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach, CA, Sponsorship Coordinator Los Angeles Marathon, Los Angeles, Entertainment Coordinator Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles, Special Asst. To The Owner Miami Tropical Marathon, Miami, Entertainment Producer MTV Video Music Awards, Miami, Underwater Staging National Sports Festival, Baton Rouge, Production Coordinator Royal Family of Brunei, Beverly Hills, Traveling Videographer San Diego Street Scene, San Diego, Site Coordinator Super Bowls, 5) Super Bowls, Various, Production Coordinator United Nations 50th Anniversary, San Francisco, Director Of the Event Woodstock ’94 Showpower, Saugerties, NY, Production Manager

Roles Within the Touring Industry (Music and Experiential)Aetna Life “Healthy Living” National Tour Tech Director Air National Guard Nationwide Tour Manager Al Stewart Various Tours Nationwide Tour ManagerAnimal Planet “Rescue Expo” National Tour Tour Manager Audi, "Streets of Tomorrow" Tour Nationwide Tech Director Blood, Sweat & Tears Nationwide Stage Manager Eddie Murphy “Pieces of My Mind” US Tour Merchandise Coord Foreigner, “Head Games” Tour Nationwide Promoter Rep Harlem Globetrotters Nationwide Tour Manager Honda Civic Tour National Tour Labor Coord. Palm Beach Pops Orchestra Florida Tour Production Manager REO Speedwagon “Wheels Are Turning” US Tour Asst. Tour Manager Sportslab US Tour Director of AdvanceTroubadours of Folk National Tour Tour Manager USO Celebrity World Tours Worldwide Production Coord Wilson Phillips, “First Album” National Tour Production ManagerRecorded (Film and Video) Projects“Great Balls of Fire”, Feature Film Stage Manager “Battle of The Network Stars” Production Associate CBS Sports Prod. Asst. For Telecasts “Celebrity Challenge of The Sexes” Production Associate CNN, “Live Aid” Production Coordinator Eddie Murphy, “Raw” Merchandise Coord Epic Records, “Rock & Wrestling” Promoter Representative National Sports Festival Production CoordinatorProduction Coordination at Venues Across AmericaCoral Sky Amphitheater Palm Beach, FL Lead Stagehand Flamingo Hilton Amphitheater Laughlin, NV Designer & Venue Ops John Anson Ford Theater Hollywood, CA Stage Management Maltz Jupiter Theatre Jupiter, Fl Production Coordinator Maryland Live Hanover, MD Production CoordinationPotawanami Theater Milwaukee, WI Stage Management Studio Instrument Rentals Hollywood, CA Director of Special Services The Fabulous Forum Inglewood, CA Stagehand The World New York Site Coordinator

Corporate Event ProductionsChevrolet Motor Div. “Rose Bowl”, Pasadena. Production Coordinator Chevron Oil, National Meetings, Various, Technical Labor Provider General Electric, Palm Desert, CA, Production Coordinator Mars Music National Rental Program, Fort Lauderdale, Program Director Megavision @ Atlanta Olympics, Atlanta, Producer Megavision @ Super Bowl & Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Producer Megavision @ Texas Motor Speedway, Ft. Worth, Producer Nike, Nationwide, Special Event CoordinatorPepsiCo International Corporate Events, Various, Site Coordinator Reebok, Nationwide, Special Event Coordinator Tumi Luggage, Nationwide, Special Event Coordinator and many others......

As a Logistics and Advance Operative and an Experiential Event and Tradeshow Coordinator with over 30 years of experience garnered while initiating and executing unique Auto-Industry-oriented projects and participant experiences. I’ve produced events that entertain and educate in addition to driving and teaching off-roading.

Gemini Sound Products, Carteret New JerseyOne of the consumer electronic industries’ most colorful exhibitors, Gemini Sound Products engaged me as Tradeshow Coordinator to ramp up their exposure as an innovative marketer of dj gear. I designed, installed, coordinated and staffed Gemini Sounds’ tradeshow booth for many industry expositions. Gemini’s efforts at these show were usually quite extensive with the booth generally encompassing such implements as a jacuzzi, go-go dancer platforms, a football stadium themed environments and extensive product display.US Common Law, Port St. Lucie, FLLegal Software start-up contracted me to provide Tradeshow Coordination for legal expositions during the winter of 2007 and spring of this year. Full tradeshow coordination was provided including ad specialty designation and ordering, sponsorship of “internet coffee house”, design and build of booth, space negation, travel and hotel, shipping and receiving, install and dismantle, and client entertainment and consideration while in the expo city among many other things. Additional assistance was provided the client in terms of data capture and post-show collation and further tradeshow marketing consultation.Additional Clients and Expos served and as a Tradeshow Coordinator (among 100’s of others)American Civil Liberties UnionBarrett-Jackson Auto Auction & Expo Consumer Electronics ShowCosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance AssociationFt. Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beach Boat ShowsInternational Association of Amusement Parks Lighting Dimension InternationalNational Association of Music MerchantsNational Kitchen and BathNational Sound ContractorsUS Trade AssociationWinter Music Conference..... and many more

Attached to the White House Office of Advance1992-1999 OFF. of THE PRESIDENT of THE UNITED STATES Production Coordinator1992-1999 OFF. of THE VICE PRESIDENT of THE UNITED STATES Production Coordinator 1992-1999 OFF. of THE FIRST LADY of THE UNITED STATES Production Coordinator1993 53rd PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL, Washington, DC Performance Coordinator1997 54th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL, Washington, DC Performance Coordinator2009 56th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL, Washington, DC Performance Coordinator2013 57th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL, Washington, DC Performance CoordinatorFrom 1991 until 2013, I served the POTUS, VPOTUS and FLOTUS as a Production Coordinator, Production Provider and Advance Person during 2 administrations, 3 campaigns and 4 inaugurals. During this time I attended seminars on Personal Protection, Presidential level advance techniques for the purpose of these activities.Other Select Political Events2022 KATIE HOBBS FOR GOVERNOR, State of Arizona Event Coordinator1993 KATHLEEN BROWN FOR GOVERNOR, State of California Production Coordinator1988-1995 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Office of the Mayor, LA, CA Special Services1992 HOLLYWOOD WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE, LA, CA Director of Production1990 EARTH DAY CELEBRATION, Los Angeles Coliseum Director of Production1993 EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS, Los Angeles, CA Director of Productionand many more

1993 KATHLEEN BROWN FOR GOVERNOR, State of California Production Coordinator1988-1995 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Office of the Mayor, LA, CA Special Services1992 HOLLYWOOD WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE, LA, CA Director of Production1990 EARTH DAY CELEBRATION, Los Angeles Coliseum Director of Production1993 EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS, Los Angeles, CA Director of Productionand many more

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Production Coordinator for this tradeshow for the film and video industry

For the LOS ANGELES MARATHON, we coordinated all facets of entertainment along the race route. In addition, we provided production for the evening prior's Carbo Load Dinner and the post-race Finish Line Festival

1979 FOREIGNER, "Head Games" Tour Promoter Rep1984-1986 REO SPEEDWAGON, "Wheels are Turnin' Tour Asst. Tour Manager and Pro Bodyguard1989-1991 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS, Nationwide Stage Manager 1984-1999 AL STEWART, Nationwide Tour Manager 1990 WILSON PHILLIPS, “First Album”, National Tour Production Manager

The TROUBADOURS OF FOLK National Tour included several prominent '60s folk era artists

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Directed marketing efforts for this iconic Hollywood institution. STUDIO INSTRUMENT RENTALS continues to this day to expand and grow in the industry they started.

Coordinated production for the premiere party for the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic, “GREAT BALLS OF FIRE”, Feature Film. The film and the premiere starred Dennis Quaid.

Coordinated sponsorship activities in select area for the Long Beach Grand Prix

Provided personal protection for the actress during the theatrial run of her play, staged in a small theater in Hollywood

Coordinated merchandise nationwide during commedian EDDIE MURPHY's “PIECES OF MY MIND” tour, and the filming of the film, "Raw" at Madison Square Garden's Felt Fourum Theater, New York, New York

Served as Site Coordinator for this iconic nightclub and location in New York's Lower Eastside. Videos such as Run DMC's Walk This Way and several B-films were shot during this time.

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One of the coordinators of the popular Rock and Wrestling segments of the mid-eighties

Coordinated access for CNN's footage during the Live Aid show at JFK Stadium, one of rock and roll's most historic moments

Directed efforts for then America's largest retailer of gold and silver through man special projects such as a promotional campaign featuring a race car on the Camel GT circuit, gold mining ventures in Peru and Alaska and various other efforts during which I served as the corporation's fixer.

Learned the diamond business and carried precious stones and metals worldwide.

New York, Ny, Us

Assisted in the coordination of efforts backstage during load-ins and outs and worked crowd control during shows.

Production Associate for classic '80s reality show

Agoura Hills, Ca, Us

Personal Protection for owner Carroll Rosenbloom

1987 USO CELEBRITY WORLD TOURS, Worldwide Production Coordinator1988-1998 SUPER BOWL HOST COMMITTEE, 4 Super Bowls Nationwide Production Coordinator1990-1998 INT. ASS. OF AMUSEMENT PKS & ATTRACTIONS, Nat’nwde Tradeshow Operations1991 FLAMINGO HILTON AMPHITHEATER, Laughlin, NV Designer & Venue Ops1992 ROYAL FAMILY of BRUNEI, Beverly Hills Family Videographer1994 WOODSTOCK ‘94, Saugerties, NY SHOWPOWER Production Manager1995 SPORTSLAB, Lorton, Virginia and St. Louis, Missouri Director of Advance1995 BMG RECORDS, San Diego, CA Stage Management1996 BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS, SFNYE, SF, CA Musical Inst. Provider 1996 MEGAVISION @ THE ATLANTA OLYMPICS, Atlanta, GA Producer1996 UNITED NATIONS 50th ANNIVERSARY, San Francisco, CA Director of the event1997-1998 CIGAR CENTRAL, Metairie, LA Proprietor1997 MEGAVISION @ SUPER BOWL & MARDI GRAS, NOLA Producer1997 MEGAVISION @ TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, Fort Worth, TX Producer 1986 NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL, Baton Rouge, LA Production Coordinator

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Advanced Studies In Radio And Television With Emphasis On The Live Event, Radio And Television

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Advanced Studies In Events And Broadcasting