Oversee budget for the event, ensuring all agreements and costs work within the provided budget. Work with all budget holders to ensure their departments are in line with allocated expenses. Liaise with the finance department and Live Nation to process all approved payments. Work with the insurance agent, collecting certificates of insurance and ensuring all appropriate coverages of vendors and artists are in line with requirements in legal agreements.Oversee all vendor and staff agreements from conception to collection of the signed agreement, ensuring any compensation associated with agreements align with invoices provided by vendors.

Catering Management for Bonnaroo 2022 in Tennesee; Format 2022 in Bentonville, AR. Vet out and solidify the catering company appropriate for the festival. Oversee advancement of all catering needs with staff, vendors and in some cases, artists. Track catering budget, identifying cost savings. Hire and oversee the catering team and operation on-site at the event.

Festival budget development and oversight. Vet out and hire managers and key staff. Assist with design and oversight of event timeline. Oversee contracting for vendors and staff. Work directly with finance to ensure that only approved payments are processed. Act as primary contact for the insurance company. Act as primary contact for payroll company. Oversee the administrative department. Oversee advancement of the event.

Assist with the structure of internal operations for Gridlife, helping to set up processes and procedures in business affairs.

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Assist with budget development, solidification and oversight along with Festival stakeholders. Work with department head budget holders on budget tracking, ensuring costs are reallocated as needed, avoiding going overbudget. Oversight of staffing of events, including the hiring of all festival managers and their management. Event site development and mapping. Oversight of administration department, including vendor and staff agreement creation, distribution and collection of signed agreements, finance and insurance paperwork. Oversight of festival advancement (assets, credentials, lodging) and solidify all required on-site needs.

• Develop and implement event protocols and procedures, applying to all departments.• Oversight of entire administrative department & staff, including: Contract creation, distribution, digital collection of all legal paperwork (executed agreements, certificates of insurance, tax documents) invoice and financial tracking.• Oversight and management of staff for artist contracting process, financial tracking and advancement.• Oversight of advancement for all on-site staff and vendors, including travel, lodging, ground transportation, parking, on-site needs (heavy equipment, office needs, radios), catering and credentials.

• Assist with development of the Culinary Department’s operational protocols and procedures, working with other team members to create a comprehensive and efficient method of culinary partner development, selection, contracting, operational advancements, as well as on site execution. This includes design and maintenance of digital format data collection, partner tracking and distribution.• Agreement development and distribution, approximately 75 culinary vendors.• Design operational advancement portal for all culinary partners to submit to as they are brought on board, allowing collection of required information for on-site operations as well as ability to easily share information with required parties on the KAABOO team. • Balance advancement requests from clients with their actual logistical needs, managing the client’s expectations, to ensure event days are smooth and as described to partner.• Act as primary contact for the San Diego Health Department, ensuring all culinary vendors, bars and caterers on site are permitted and operating within the codes instilled by the Health Department.. • Oversee and distribute a detailed welcome letter containing all pertinent details for Culinary Vendors at the Event. • Oversee the load in of all culinary partners and ensure operations are run well once event is operating. • Work with San Diego Health Department and Fire Marshall to ensure all vendors are in compliance with codes and their requirements.. • Manage operations staff while at the event, ensuring they are taking care of their assigned zones of vendors.

• Develop and implement event protocols and procedures, applying to all departments. • Oversight of entire administrative department & staff, including: Contract creation, distribution, digital collection of all legal paperwork (executed agreements, certificates of insurance, tax documents) invoice and financial tracking.• Assistance with staffing and oversight of Human Resources at Event.• Oversight of advancement for all on-site staff and vendors, including travel, lodging, ground transportation, parking, on-site needs (heavy equipment, office needs, radios), catering and credentials. • Design & develop an event vendor & staff informational website (using Wordpress), providing up the date information needed for them to work successfully once on site at the Event.• Act as primary contact for insurance agency, including certificate of insurance coordination, incident reporting and claims post event.• Oversee production office staff once onsite. Also, assisting with last minute paperwork, cash flow projections, and working as a primary liaison for event payroll. • Design and distribute post-event feedback form for all staff, vendors and department heads.

• Oversight and management the “Indulgences Building” at the Event, which focused on spa and luxury services.• Work directly with Sponsor to ensure 30+ Exhibitors participating at the event had all their operational needs advanced in order to set-up and operate successfully once on site.• Act as part of the Corporate Partnership Team for the event, building digital advancement portals for all Corporate Partners to use, aiding in collecting the required information to ensure all parties were advanced properly to build successful activations once on site.

Advise former employer on all facets of Business Affairs and Administration for their Festival Events, in the United States & Canada.

• Manage business affairs and operations for Huka Entertainment Festival Division, including Pemberton Music Festival in Pemberton, BC, Canada; Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale, FL & Buku Music + Art Project in New Orleans, LA; some hosting more than 35,000 patrons. Contracting and managing up to 170 vendors, 400 staff and 116 artists for a single event. • Development and implementation of contract initiation process, which involves the distribution of event protocols and parameters to empowered managers, followed by a digital submission form of deal points. This submission process acts as a checklist, ensuring no important detail is overlooked. • Provide oversight and review of all legal agreements with event vendors, sponsors, independent contractors and short term employees, including agreement inception, negotiations and collection of all required paperwork (via digital processes). • Creation of financial tracking system and oversight of all payments attached to contracts. Serve as liaison to financial department & business managers to make certain payments are executed correctly and on time. • Manage artist agreement processes from initial offers, redlining agency contracts, to final negotiations between talent buyers and artist agents. • Establish advancement processes, such as the development of websites, to guarantee all artists, vendors and event Staff receive and provide required information to execute their responsibilities successfully. • Manage all administrative aspects of Events (such as payroll, human resources & volunteer services) as well as hiring of such positions as required.• Spearhead the collection, summarization and distribution of feedback from event vendors, staff and department heads post-event to ensure victories, as well as problems, are identified.• Develop and manage recruitment programs, including job fairs, which result in over 100 local hires, covering all departmental needs for event.

• Advise all departments on tax implications of foreign (U.S.) vendors and contractors working in Canada.• Develop and implement event protocols and procedures, applying to all departments. • Oversight of entire administrative department & staff, including: Contract creation, distribution, digital collection of all legal paperwork (executed agreements, certificates of insurance, tax documents) invoice and financial tracking.• Organization, oversight and execution of the local Job Fair, resulting in approximately 200 short terms jobs at the Event. • Assistance with staffing and oversight of Human Resources at Event.• Hire & oversight of event Volunteer department. • Oversight of advancement for all on-site staff and vendors, including travel, lodging, ground transportation, parking, on-site needs (heavy equipment, office needs, radios), catering and credentials. • Design & develop an event vendor & staff informational website (using Wordpress), providing up the date information needed for them to work successfully once on site at the Event.• Act as primary contact for insurance agency, including certificate of insurance coordination, incident reporting and claims post event.• Oversee staff and management of Event’s off site credential pick up office; collecting any outstanding paperwork before releasing credentials to vendors & staff. On site, assisting with last minute paperwork, cash flow projections, and working as a primary liaison for event payroll.

• Vet out and select Vendors needed to build a single stage, outdoor music showcase, accommodating 20,000 patrons.• Work with the city and parks departments, along with event organizers, to ensure proper permitting is acquired for the event to take place.• Oversight of the design and continuing evolution of the event site, along with conference organizers.• Design and implementation of the build schedule, ensuring all Vendor and Sponsor needs are advanced.• Oversight of all site elements of the event, and ensuring all final invoices are correct and original budget was adhered to.

• Coordinated with a team of 20 production managers, each assigned to different, neighboring zones of music venues (totaling approximately 300 venues) for the music portion of the international I.T., film & music conference, SXSW which hosts 2,200 music acts & 100,000 guests from around the world. • Oversaw six to eight volunteer stage managers who were assigned to zone of venues before and during the Conference.• Monitored and provided guidance during show advancement via weekly meetings with stage managers, other volunteers and oversaw their progress on the SXSW online advancement tool. • Managed shows on-site during the week of the conference, ensuring all production elements of the multiple showcases ran smoothly and assisted other production managers in neighboring areas, as needed.• Ensured all Venues and Performing Artists in my zone had all their needs met, resulting in a positive experience.• Assisted with post-Event wrap up and provided detailed post-mortem report to Production Director for Music.

• Executed wine training for James Beard recognized restaurant group by properly educating Staff on the wine & saké offerings, ensuring guests had the best beverage experience possible with their meals. • Provided direct guidance to restaurant guests, encouraging experimentation with lesser-known beverages, making their dining experience unique and memorable. • Met with wine representatives to vet out new products and participated in continuing education tasting groups with area wine professionals and collectors. • Served as a lead training representative to assist other Uchi resources in other cities.• Oversaw inventory tracking, end of night settlements & accounting.

• Managed the daily activities and complete organization of the Argentine music group, Los Pinguos.• Oversaw all business management, including business affairs, banking, business licenses and tax filings: city, state and federal and foreign.• Oversaw the branding of band, website development, maintenance, viral marketing and publicity (radio spots, in-store appearances, etc.).• Executed all aspects of tour management, which included collaborating with booking agent on public dates; developing and negotiating contracts for private bookings and built agendas, arranged all travel, tour budgets and nightly settlements with venues.• Worked with various music supervisors on song placements and executed music license agreements.• Coordinated with band’s publishing company and performing rights society, ASCAP, to help generate opportunities to exploit original material. • Spearheaded all merchandise development, production, online & event sales.

Production on new television series, "Sounds of Freedom: Blues" for Lifestyle TV (a division of Playboy TV Latin America)Found & booked blues musicians in various cities in the U.S. for docureality show on American blues musicCoordinated logistics for all interviews, sound recordings and locations

• Marketed, contracted and executed the rental of company-owned property for private events, photo and film shoots.• Managed all guest relations and supervised property staff.• Planned and executed all Company events, from music showcases to private parties.• Managed administrative staff, fielding general questions/problems from employees, creating and maintaining office budgets.• Drafted publishing contracts, reviewed music submissions and organized staff listening sessions.

Drafted contracts, reviewed music submissions, organized staff listening sessionsMaintained expense reports, travel arrangements, dictations & miscellaneous organizational dutiesWorked on various graphics for firm by designing logos, artwork for office, compact disc covers, etc.

Assisted various production managers in the concert division of SFX Entertainment at various music venues. Ensured visiting artist/band's production had everything they needed for show.Ticket distribution, helped with dressing room organization, airport and hotel runs