Sam P. Email & Phone Number

Event, Company & Production Manager with 20 years’ experience in end-to-end management of events for up to 100,000 patrons and 3,000 cast and crew. Completed over 50 festivals & over 50 events in last 6 yrs including AFL Grand Final Stage Management, Falls Festival National Production Logistics Management, Brunswick Music Festival & Company Management for the Victorian State Schools Spectacular (VSSS) and now Lightscape and Dark Spectrum across Australia.  Specialise in Arena Events, AFL Grandfinal, Street Parties, Community Festivals, Music Festivals, Concerts, Gala Dinners, Outdoor Festivals, Concerts, & multi-national Corporate Conferences 12 years engaging with executive stakeholders including Dept Directors, Board of Directors, Chairman, Creative Producers, Production Managers, & Festival Directors 18 years in people management, managing teams of up to 85 direct reports, & 200 indirect headcounts 18 years in customer-facing roles, building relationships with Client Event Managers, Management, Executives, Board of Directors, CEO, General Managers, & Venue Directors 18 years working with Suppliers & Partners, including Department of Education, AFL, Falls Festival Moreland City Council, & Melbourne Olympic Parks  6 years’ experience working in event governance with Emergency Services, Traffic Management Co., Risk Management Co., Staging Co., Local Government, Media, Dept of Transport, & Major Events Security Co.  14 years with accountability for P&L management, budgeting/forecasting, & payroll on budgets up to $500k OPEX Prepared 5 business cases for Local Government, Tertiary institutions, Professional Sporting Bodies, & C-Level Corporate Events