Team lead for:Transportation Sector – served on city transportation committees (PBOT: Private for Hire), Retail and Maker Sector - Involved with Little Boxes, Portland Business Alliance and Business DistrictsSports Events and Festivals – strategically enhance the experience of large-scale sports events and festivals in collaboration with internal departments. For all of these, I convened quarterly stakeholder meetings, developed program plans, and acted as liaison for internal departments Business Development Partnership Engagement:Developed and maintained programming and content updates, organize neighborhood tours, issue monitoring per district, and act as business development support. Scheduled regular meetings with district managers and design collaborative programming to maintain a robust network of tourism facing businesses engaged with Travel Portland, and identified place making opportunities in assigned districts.Project and Program Leadership:Google Maps Program - Developed program, collateral, external and internal relationships  Managed vendor and vendor contract Accountable for signups and all communication efforts Managed program budget Evaluation of program effortsMarketing and PR Workshops - Built and developed curriculum Discovered and contracted with content experts Developed messaging and communications  Managed program budget Evaluation of program efforts

Grow and maintain the two way partnership model between Travel Portland and local Portland businesses that serve tourists, meetings and conventions. Streamline internal processes and database management along with cross departmental collaboration with 'What's New' in Portland.

Oversaw the Logistical Operations of the non-profit dedicated to the sport of Track & Field. In charge of the day-to-day operations and budget for multiple global logistics and planning initiatives, including IAAF World Indoor Championships (7K spectators/1.5K athletes from 212 countries). Identified improved solutions, saving over $50K by negotiating contracts with new vendors. Personally connected with local officials, the governor’s office, mayor’s office, Portland Bureau of Transportation, Portland PD, Transit Police, and Department of Homeland Security with no major problems during the event. – Coordinated the 4-day event at the OR Convention Center with 26 distinct events. Developed local relationships with key business partners (Uber, MTR, PDX, Hilton, Lloyd Center Business Association, Marriott).– Saved $47K by implementing the innovative idea of contracting with Uber for transportation rather than the traditional model of utilizing a carpool. – Started each event on time (ø delays) and resolved complex budgeting issues and communications challenges.

International production company. Managed a 4-month marketing and promotions tour in support of a rebranding of Tribe Hummus. Produced 50 total events and supervised Brand Ambassadors in a wide variety of venues including the NYC Pride Parade, Solstice in Times Square, and the Boston Life is Good Festival which drew > 30K fundraisers and 300K attendees. Duties included client relationship management, inventory management, and operations management.

– London 2012 Olympics & Paralympics (London, UK): Trained and oversaw an extremely experienced team of 250 international staff over a 9-month period, and held multiple ‘Readiness Reviews’ for outer London venues helping to align partner organizations. Initially brought in to manage the transportation hub. Chose to model the space after a train station and designed all the signage – integrating the look and feel with existing parking signs for uniform branding. Quickly triggered crisis management protocols complete with undercover surveillance of suspicious individuals.

Held 4 contract roles over 2½ years at Game Day. Assigned to the company’s biggest contracts and trusted with relationship building and complex event planning logistics for extremely high profile events. Built a reputation for strong verbal and written communication skills, self-motivation, problem solving, and interpersonal skills. – Vancouver Winter Olympics & Paralympics: Coordinated a massive security overlay into the athlete transportation system that included tight credentialing, bomb-sniffing dogs, and local police. Managed 15 employees on the ground and successfully navigated a highly charged political environment, winning allies throughout the International Olympic Committee.– Super Bowl XLIV (South Florida, 2010) & XLV (Dallas, 2011), and XLVI (Indianapolis, 2012): Worked in a variety of roles including NFL Corporate Marketing Coordinator and Systems Manager. Supervised a team of 4 event personnel and delivered daily briefings regarding all transportation routes, transportation staff, and customer transportation. Retained oversights of police escorts for the Half-Time Show and VIPs. Stationed in the Command Center for 30K-50K seat stadiums and was one of the 1st event managers on the ground during planning.

Sales Associate and Realtor responsible for the procurement of new home sales. This included using direct mail, cold calling, and standard marketing to unite buyers with their new home and community. Rookie of the Year with the NMHBA and won several JD Power & Associates awards for customer service satisfaction levels and strong leadership. Learned the construction process in order to walk homeowners through the process on what to expect and when.

Known for assisting in the creation of the popular “Best of City” Annual party and was instrumental in increasing subscription rates by 50% in only 1 year. Came up with creative ideas that set the magazine apart, and credited with attracting 8K attendees to the party the 1st year. Supervised all marketing material creation including photographers, graphics team, and marketing collateral.