Roland Deangelo Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

At Durango Casino and Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Self-employed creating, producing and managing all aspects of contracted events. Created business plans and sponsorship opportunity packages for upcoming self-produced future events.Various other opportunities as the pandemic has placed a moratorium of live in-person conferences and events and the closure of hospitality and entertainment venues.

Los Angeles Corporate Offices

• Overall focus on multiple business line experiential marketing events, sponsorships, and incentive events including strategy, tactics, project plans, vendor negotiations and management, contract negotiating, ROI, budget creation and management, staffing, on-site management during all phases, maximizing efficiencies and returns as well as post event analysis and summary.• Spearheaded two functional task force initiatives including RFP, analysis, and execution of rebrand of over 500 marketing incentive items for all business lines as well as hard scape marketing items before, during, and after the rebranding of the primary organization.• Strategic development and tactical implementation of programs targeting maximum ROI of marketing events and employee incentive programs using sophisticated event registration software, high security clearance firewall clearances, travel consolidation and contract negotiations, and attendee tracking resulting in budget savings and economies of process.• Senior lead/project manager on almost all CEO and senior executive level events, the top yielding client events which included multiple exclusive five-star golf tournaments, and senior executive and high-end client retention events at the annual USGA U.S. Open in multiple cities.• Created and implemented successful employee incentive programs across multiple brands as well as all facets of year-end award programs, sales conferences, CEO town halls, foreign dignitary visits, and government official-attended events while be culturally, socially, and politically sensitive and inclusive, respecting and celebrating diversity and other cultures.

Self-employed while overseeing and managing logistics and operations for various local area events and parties including the annual Variety Screening Series at Arclight Theatres, Hollywood, the Accenture private screening at KCET Studios, Los Angeles, and the Delta Tau Delta National Convention at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.

Administering, overseeing and managing all aspects of three operational units (Event Scheduling, Event Operations, Summer Conferences) with a combined staff total which grew in size from thirty six to over 140 over the nine year period. Initializing, creating, and enforcing event and meeting policies and facility use guidelines.Producing all operational aspects of the annual commencements for the Westchester campus (25,000 attendees) and Loyola Law School (9,000 attendees), and any president’s office, high-profile events and conferences.Marketing, managing, and scheduling of campus facilities and including over 140 meeting, event, sports, theatre, and banquet facilities and over 2,400 single overnight guest rooms to meeting planners generating $450,000 of gross revenue in 1995 to over $1.7 million during the last full fiscal year employed.Interfacing with all on-campus departments to ensure client and customer satisfaction and event schedules and details.

Managing and overseeing all logistical and operational aspects of multi-venue sites throughout the United States with regards to producing and staging nine Opening Ceremonies and the Final Game Closing Ceremony for worldwide live broadcasts, the Rose Bowl Fourth of July event in Los Angeles, and live video half-time shows for 52 international World Cup games. This included all ancillary special events, sponsor and marketing partner participation and exposure, and any handling of VIP access, amenities, and access for all venues.Monitoring and managing all aspects related to policy, procedure, and execution of accreditation, transportation elements, food services, in-kind and sponsored production elements, security issues, administrative procedures, venue city staff interfacing, host committee involvement, as well as budgetary and production management duties on location.

Managing and overseeing all aspects of air travel, ground transportation, and hotel accommodations management, coordination, and budgeting for over 200 personnel per production, special event planning and coordination, administrative procedures, food and beverage coordination, security and accreditation systems guidelines and execution, production schedule coordination, celebrity contact and logistics, organization of host community or country committee structure, as well as production management duties on location.Supporting the development and management and final approval of all special event productions including six years of live annual domestic and international major network specials (MISS USA, MISS UNIVERSE, MISS TEEN USA) and all facets of event coordination and management leading to airdates throughout multiple domestic locations and overseas including numerous cities in Mexico, Thailand, and Taiwan.