Michelle Mcfall Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, California, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Cambridge, Cambs, Gb

Incline Village, Nv, Us

-Handled multiple administrative duties as a member of the college's development/fundraising department, coordinating all details of meetings and events and managing calendaring process -Aided in running several collegiate sponsored community events with up to 600 attendees, managing the registration processes, recruiting volunteers, sourcing and retaining entertainment, and arranging for catering-Verbally recognized by college staff members for efficient organization of events including smooth set up and adherence to timetable -Researched and recommended options for a new calendaring system that effectively met both Sierra Nevada's needs as well as partner University of California Davis -Developed a new online event request form, making it a more user friendly document for college staff

-Managed industry specific trade shows for 15 clients, including coordinating logistics and graphics, ordering/purchasing materials and giveaways, renting booths, and securing attendee hotel rooms -Partnered with clients in strategic planning for trade shows and special events, developing an understanding their key goals and providing guidelines on taglines and developing graphics-Collaborated with vendors to provide clients with ideas for booth theme tie-ins-Coordinated corporate off-sites, including managing registration, transportation and lodging, booking catering, hiring security, and executive scheduling-Created and managed membership and event databases which helped to drive attendance and communication/lead generation for future events-Handled administrative tasks and logistics for seminar series including registering participants, locating hotels, and posting press releases -Developed marketing plans, including setting budgets and creating/distributing marketing tools -Negotiated volume discounts for clients using strategies including consolidation of services with key vendors

San Jose, Ca, Us

-Handled tradeshow management for events with up to 1200 + attendees, developing program plans outlining awareness goals, target audience, key measures, management of objectives, and PR/show announcements-Negotiated advertising space with medical journals for Molecular -Devices, and worked with graphics for individual product lines -Collaborated with tradeshow management to identify cross-promotional opportunities, including designing seminars and workshops that aligned with tradeshow objectives and negotiating customized client packages

San Jose, Ca, Us

-Handled tradeshow management for events with up to 1200 + attendees, developing program plans outlining awareness goals, target audience, key measures, management of objectives, and PR/show announcements-Identified and secured a popular high tech author to conduct a book signing at a Xilnix trade show-Efforts helped Xilnix exceed their projected lead list by over 100Collaborated with tradeshow management to identify cross-promotional opportunities, including designing seminars and workshops that aligned with tradeshow objectives and negotiating customized client packages

-Stewarded details for "Code Jam", managing all logistics for this annual competition where 50 selected programmers are invited to solve increasingly complex algorithmic challenges in a limited amount of time-Handled flight arrangements, hotel reservations, local transportation, room set up, and closing ceremony details

-Managed Sanima-SCI's print and electronic collateral development from concept to production, ensuring collateral was accurately laid out for the printer -Collaborated with tradeshow management to identify cross-promotional opportunities, including designing seminars and workshops that aligned with tradeshow objectives and negotiating customized client packages

-Oversaw all details for multiple domestic and international trade shows, including pre-planning and post show analysis to examine ways to reduce costs and enhance procedures for future events-Managed budgets of up to $200,000, consistently meeting deadlines while staying within cost parameters-Organized user groups for 700 person trade show over four days, including contract negotiation, reservations, food and beverages, audio visual rental, evening events, and key note speaker management-Implemented booth refurbishment and upgrade process, saving $300,000 versus estimated cost of $600,000-Created and maintained content for internal employee website

-Coordinated annual all hands employee meeting at an off-site venue, including organizing technology support to enable company employees from other offices to attend via webcast-Aided senior executives with compiling and editing PowerPoint presentations-Assisted with backstage logistics including music and lighting-Updated internal website with current information, press releases, and photos