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St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Skyline Exhibits is a solution-driven partner focused on brand strategy and marketing communications in face-to-face marketing. With 40 years of global experience, we have the capabilities of servicing every aspect of your trade show, event and branded experiences programs including creative design, in-house fabrication, logistics and on-site management..

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Business Development and Marketing Agency

Chicago

• 8 Days A Week is a nationwide experiential event staffing and event management agency.
• Developing new relationships with executives and key decision makers at major marketing and advertising agencies by prospecting through multiple channels.
• Implementing new business brand activations with Salesforce, Citi, Adobe, Lululemon and Remy Martin.
• Customized and launched Salesforce.com as the company's first customized CRM.

Chicago, IL

Web-based social site catering to the global Electronic Music genre. Digitize promotion and booking ("curation") of EM events. Innovative web-based platform that connects the artist, listener and the venue.

Chicago, IL

• Part of the integration team merging Milliken and Westex brands, teams, strategies and cultures with a formal industry launch in October of 2014.
• Creation and management of a 11 person global sales and marketing team to successfully get Westex brands specified in contracts by end-users in the utility, oil & gas, metals and commercial & industrial markets.
• Lead business development in emerging South American and Russian markets to a combined annual revenue of $15M over a 5-year period. Successfully built these markets by empowering and supporting new customers with.

Chicago, IL

• Planning and execution of a $1mm annual marketing budget. Responsible for selecting and managing the marketing services agency.
• Hiring, development and management of a 5 person internal sales and marketing team.
• Created a Customer 2% Co-Op Marketing Program to ingredient brand customers’ final product and marketing materials.
• Budgeted and Managed 500+ tradeshow including pre-show, at-show and post-show marketing efforts as the primary lead source for the sales marketing team.
• Maximized $2mm in industry sponsorships by negotiating contracts and creating customized deliverables. Highlighted by the creation and development of the NECA Safety Professional Conference Presented by Westex.
• Produced experiential testing events, educational seminar tours and customer appreciation events for global attendees.

Chicago, IL

• Produced experiential large-scale, multi-day testing events to educate global attendees. Full day events included a schedule of presentation by industry experts, first of its kind live demonstrations and hospitality.
• Organized, promoted and participated in hundreds seminars on flame resistant clothing by educating on the need to protect workers, details of industry standards and soft-selling product advantages. Seminars, in.
• Planned production pipelines and managed North American and European warehouse inventory to achieve 90% “2-Day shipping” by working with customers on six week and six month forecasts. Managed all aspects of customer.
• Created and Implemented Westex ISO 9001 Certification Program.

Bachelor’S Degree, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Miami University Student Athletic Board, Co-President 1996-1997

Education record

Education record