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Bellevue, Washington, United States

-Stood up new division comprised of (3) media brands, (9) industry research service areas, (1) large-scale conference & expo, (1) online video library, (1) in-depth training brand, and 50+ employees, owning commercial leadership, P&L, and strategy to accelerate revenue growth through, and post-pandemic-Developed roadmap for aligning and integrating a.

San Francisco Bay Area

-Oversee all aspects of strategy, planning, management and execution of the Game Development portfolio (Game Developers Conference, VRDC/XRDC and Gamasutra) and its team of twenty multi-disciplinary staff-Portfolio P&L owner, consistently grew revenue YOY by an average of 10% annually, reaching record revenues-Steward for the GDC brand, ensuring its.

San Francisco Bay Area

-Lead, manage, coach and train the Event Services department in support of their flawless planning, execution and marketing of 100+ global and domestic events supporting The Linux Foundation’s Collaborative Projects (open source projects that need a neutral governing body)-Partnered with Collaborative Project executives, and planning committees, to design.

San Francisco Bay Area

-Leadership and management of the Cisco Global Sales Events and Talent account-Client services lead-Lead producer for Cisco Global Partner Summit, a traveling annual conference with 4,000 external partner attendees -Lead producer of Cisco Global Sales Experience (GSX), an annual internal sales meeting with 17,000 attendees

San Francisco Bay Area

-Lead all aspects of strategy, planning, management and execution of DesignCon, an award-winning B2B conference/tradeshow with 5,000+ attendees, 150+ exhibitors and revenue of $1.5mDeveloped and lead all aspects of Designers of Things, a launch event targeted to the entrepreneurial side of wearable tech, 3D printing and IoT, with revenue of $510k and 1,000.

San Francisco Bay Area

-Develop event's growth strategy: inclusive of profitability, new audience segments and complementary content areas -Plan and oversee the smooth and efficient execution of event through leading cross organizational teams, resulting in year-over-year increases in: profit of +54%, contribution of +13%, attendance of +8%-Manage $1.2m P&L-Strong working.

-Plan, implement, manage and evaluate multiple conferences with an annual budget of $1 million with up to 4,000 attendees-Orchestrate call for abstracts, speaker selection, program creation & scheduling, printed event guide while meeting P&L expectations-Partner with key stakeholders to ensure all departmental and company requirements are met resulting in.

-Plan and execute all aspects of 60-90 audio, web and live professional development programs for PR professionals with attendance up to 300-Create and implement marketing and PR strategies designed to drive attendance to events-Strategic planning to include budget creation, topic development, speaker recruitment and new product development-Manage.

Tigard, Oregon, United States

-Negotiate food and beverage prices, function space, and hotel services for corporate, social, government and non-profit events ranging in attendance from 10 - 500-Collaborate with sales staff to service and solicit new business through inquiries, site visits and client presentations, consistently developing top lead results-Coordinate floor plans, menus.

Production Resource AssistantWDW Show Development and Production-Create and maintain master list of 100-200 arriving and departing cast members to the department annually detailing all requirements necessary for a smooth transition-Partner with other departments to fulfill event production staffing requirements while adhering to all union.

- Management of 18 docks and 400,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, pre-function areas, dressing rooms and green rooms- Organize all aspects of convention load-in and load-out through the coordination with outside contractors and production companies, as well as other hotel departments- Conduct site visits, pre/post-convention meetings and tie-down meetings

-Co-manage all aspects of event design, production and coordination for MusicFest Orlando and Contest of Champions- a total of 14 national high school competitions ranging in attendance from 100 - 1,000 occurring over 4 months-Oversee facility procurement, staffing, marketing and production of print needs-Saved the company $74,000 in operating costs in 2007

Ms, Hospitality And Tourism Management

Activities and Societies: Eta Sigma Delta Honor Society, Professional Convention Management Association, Association for Convention.

Bs, Business Administration

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