Mesha Bailey, Mis, Mba, Csm, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Crete, IL, US

Oversee all pieces of the conference planning process. Support flawless delivery and superior attendee experience across the portfolio of conferences by implementing project management methodologies to improve efficiency and streamline processes. Manage highly collaborative staff, budgets, A/V, lead cost negotiations, proposals and contracts and constantly.

Provide expert oversight to clients during various phases of events management from pre-planning by establishing goals and project plans through final execution of onsite management, and post show event follow-up of reports, analysis, budget reconciliations and recommendations. Services include conference management, marketing and recruitment support.

• Research, plan, manage and execute industry events, webinars and tradeshows, while working in tandem with Events/Campaign/Marketing Managers to leverage membership/ sponsorships.
• Collaborate closely with the Industry Events Manager, Product Marketing colleagues and Campaign Managers to ensure event goals, objectives messages and tactics align to support campaign strategies and overall brand.
• Manage timelines, budgets and deliverables for various events, tradeshows, sponsorships and webinars across multiple lines of businesses.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders/partners including supporting vendor onboarding and contract processes needed by scheduling and leading meetings, submitting, reviewing and approving creative requests for.
• Travel to events to troubleshoot and solve pre, onsite and post event issues regarding service orders, shipping and logistics.
• Create and support events/sponsorship ROI measurement processes ensuring each event has measurable goals and that KPI’s are tracked throughout execution.

• Manage and maintain project timelines and workflow through focused attention to detail.
• Collaborate with teams across the organization, and develop a deep understanding of each team's skills and responsibilities.
• Collaborate with Account Manager to understand new business opportunities and develop tasks in a project management tool.
• Schedule and conduct meetings as necessary for each project, and provide ongoing updates to internal stakeholders as required.
• Use internal web-based project management tools to ensure development processes are followed.
• Responsible for ongoing reporting related to expense reconciliations, and post-event reporting (outcomes, registration, and overall project performance).

• Planned, coordinated and executed FourKites’ 2-day Global Virtual Customer Conference that resulted in a memorable and productive customer experience.
• Managed internal stakeholders to come up with creative concepts for the conference focused on US & EU markets.
• Served as the main point of contact for external VIP speakers. Managed presentation and speaking deliverables, and external approval processes.
• Created and maintained all event schedules and timelines as well as coordinated and managed external production staff efforts.
• Maintained project budget, monitored and reported on expenditures versus budget actuals.
• Coordinated with Executive Leadership, Customer Success, Implementation, Sales and other Marketing team members, as well as external clients to establish and meet project expectations, deliverables and goals.

• Project Management and oversight for diverse portfolios of events, which includes all degrees of complexity.
• Supplier Management of vendors and designers to ensure successful execution of deliverables for 20+ events each year.
• Orchestrated multiple flagship events, including large-scale initiatives, designed to achieve sponsorship revenue goal of $650K, and 10% increase in membership.
• Managed new hires, internal and external stakeholders and production teams for in-person and virtual events.
• Technical Competencies: InDesign, Photoshop, MS Office, Typeform, WordPress, SurveyMonkey, QuickMobile, LiveInsights, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Asana
• Strategized recruiting efforts for virtual events and managing live stream production for viewers ranging from 600 to 1000.

• Floated to different companies to assist in short term projects and aid in staffing apprehensions.
• Accessed computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts.
• Formulated, prepared, issued and collected upon invoices to ensure efficiency of cash flow.
• Received, approved and paid vendor invoices for products or services rendered to contribute to functionality.
• Reconciled bank accounts and distribute money within departments.

• Completed journal entries, reconciled accounts, generated ledger reports, entered data in company systems and performed clerical duties to safeguard records and ensure the functionality of the society.
• Reviewed expense reports and invoices to monitor that monies are allocated properly and voucher production is free of error.

• Created a procedural manual on processing legal documents to make the training process effective and easier to track each month.
• Composed spread sheets to track over 80 subpoenas and summonses to ensure documents are processed within 30 days of receipt as regulated by state laws.
• Used AS400 to place memos and holds on accounts pursuant of court orders to alert employees in 90 branches of cautions and take notices on accounts.

• Demonstrated flexibility by working with nine different teams of employees, managers and servicing different customer bases to aid in staffing apprehensions.
• Promoted to Legal Document Processor for exceeding expectations of flexibility and dependability.

• Balanced teller drawer daily to the penny with cash ranging from $7,500-$15,000
• Achieved personal goals of five checking accounts a month by recommending needs based products and linking benefits to each customer
• Promoted to Professional Resource Staff within first eight months of employment for outstanding sales accomplishments and being a team player

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, General Studies

Master’S Degree, Information Systems Mis, Business Analytics