Staging producer for televised awards shows, live to tape music television and comedy, large, unusual, and logistically complex shows and events, spectacles with name entertainment, music videos, and virtual, recorded, and live corporate meetings and events. Participated from concept to completion on shows for 10 to 50,000 attendees across the U.S., Europe, and the Pacific Rim. Founder and former CEO of Complete Crewing, a production staffing and consulting firm based in Chicago and built on a foundation of global live production experience. Launched in 1991, sold company in 2018. Founder and co-director of 5600K Foundation. Completed a Master's program in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica in 2008. Key business learnings include improving process and leadership for productions involving large and disparate creative and technical teams, proactively encouraging clients to make the best decisions in a timely manner, and collaboration on creation and communication of clear visions of team goals for all involved. Specialties: Helping people want to do their best work and find joy and purpose from being on a great team and achieving audacious goals. Finding and hiring people to build joyful, effective teams. Seeing the big picture, then zooming down to the pixel level. Breaking down desired complex outcomes into sub-projects small enough to define, delegate, and see completed by a virtual team. Building and leading teams of experts, creating and managing project budgets, and creating a shared sense of purpose toward achieving successful outcomes. Expert in estimating and budgeting production labor for business meetings, events, and television production. Routinely designed, negotiated, and managed union labor projects exceeding $1 Million in weekly payroll. Strong background in labor relations and excellent relationships with theatrical trade unions in Chicago and Nationwide. Achieved great success for clients using non-confrontational methods with organized labor.