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Greater Los Angeles Area

Guided Event Operations Team through planning and production of the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon and the Vans US Open of Surfing. Responsible for all permitting, venue design, budget management, event set up and tear down, staffing, and coordination and communication with local city agencies. Facilitated communication across all internal departments to ensure smooth and successful events.Key Accomplishments:• Led financial planning and forecasting of event budgets in the $7 million range. • Managed client expectations to guide activations to be in accordance with city rules and regulations. • Key liaison with corporate insurance, risk management, and legal divisions. • Implemented new department best practices for reporting expenses and project management progression throughout event production.

Santa Monica, Ca

Provide contract event services for a variety of clients. Activities to date include planning, budgeting, event set up and tear down, production management, staffing, and coordination of traffic and parking with local authorities. Handling all on-site liaison responsibilities for sponsors and service providers. Key Accomplishments:• Successfully planned, produced, or managed many fitness events, triathlons, half marathons, and 5k’s.• Skillfully managed brand, and product launches and activations, particularly for Nike.• Clients have included Easy Day Sports, LLC; On Board Experimental Marketing, Bad Ass Events LLC., Frontier Management Group LLC., Jive Live Entertainment LLC., 1908 Productions Inc., Renegade Race Series, and Michael Epstein Sports Productions, Inc.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Led event management including site logistics, marketing, staff, vendors, and contractors. Recruited and trained volunteers and interns for the marketing and logistics departments. Managed sponsor sales and fulfillment.Key Accomplishments:• Successfully operated many events with budgets in the $225,000-$250,000 range.• Led teams consisting of 60 staff and contractors, 150 volunteers, and multiple service providers. • Redesigned and added new elements to the Nautica Malibu Triathlon including live streaming of the event through wi-fi service and jumbo-tron displays.• Successfully maintain event sponsorships from Subaru, John Paul Mitchell Systems, and charitable partner Operation Gratitude; and signed Keyes Automotive Group as a new sponsor for the Down and Dirty Obstacle Race.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Routinely provided event support, business development and corporate contributions for obstacle races, triathlons and runs. Managed 6 Down and Dirty Obstacle Races with a series budget of $2.4 million, and supervised 22 directors, and 20 contractors.Key Accomplishments:• Engineered 6 new obstacles for Down and Dirty Obstacle Race Series.• Improved participant satisfaction by re-designing the parking plan for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon.• Expanded into 3 new markets for the Down and Dirty Race Series and the Chardonnay Run• Lowered Worker’s Compensation cost for employees and contractors nationwide by renegotiating contracts.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managed relationships with vendors and service providers. Built and followed timelines and production schedules for event logistics. Communicated with venue and managed staff.Key Accomplishments:• Coordinated logistics for 5 annual events an average participant count of 4,000 each.• Designed 5K and 10K run courses.• Represented MESP at the Running USA Conference and Triathlon Business International Conference.

Greater Denver Area

Planned and executed marketing campaigns and logistics for 14 Kick It 3v3 local and regional soccer tournaments for this former Best Experiential Properties company. Supervised 20 staff, 100 volunteers, 200 referees, and 40 part-time helpers that hosted up to 2,400 participants and 8,000 spectators.Key Accomplishments:• Sold local event sponsorship rights for $80,000.• Implemented agreements with national sponsors valued at $1.2 million from Nestle, Sport Authority, JIF, Radio Disney, GoGo Squeeze, Whataburger, Little Bites, Horizon, Recharge and Gwaltney.• Built 7 new Kick It tournaments from the ground up and grew the Affiliate Program from 6 to 20 events.

Greater Denver Area

Organized all local event activities for this former Team Championships International company including site and accommodations logistics, operations, and marketing for events averaging 200 teams. Hosted World Championships for Kick It 3v3 at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex ® involving 1,000 teams, 6,000 participants, and 40,000 spectators.Key Accomplishments:• Decreased spending on hotels by 75%, logistics by 25%, and facilities by 10% through in-kind partnerships.• Implemented agreement worth $800,000 from national sponsors including Nestle, Sports Authority, Champion, Kraft, Crocs, Carvel, and POWERADE.

Greater Denver Area

Aberdeen, Maryland