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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon, United States

Plan corporate functions, nonprofit galas, weddings, and social events in Portland and beyond, with a focus on food and beverage and event design.

Portland, Oregon Area

Produce corporate events, vendor markets, conferences, and social events, owning all aspects such as client budgets, venue selection, and vendor negotiation and planning.o Produced two $100,000 corporate winter parties, each with 225 attendees; responsible for all details including venue selection, vendors, event design, and budgeto Directed food, beverage, and volunteers for the One Moto Show, teaming up with two colleagues to produce this three-day, 23,000-person evento Ran vendor logistics for multiple My People’s Markets (MPM): MPM 3 with 150 vendors and 7,500 attendees; MPM 4 with 90 vendors and 4,000 attendees; and for MPM 5, produced the entire event, both vendor logistics and venue/setup, AV, power, lighting, and waste managemento Planned food & beverage for a 200-person, 1-day tech conference in San Francisco; also developed the event app in CrowdCompass; worked on registration in Cvent; and supported graphics, transportation, and hotel booking

Portland, Oregon Area

Planned corporate functions, nonprofit galas, weddings, and social events in Portland and beyond for the largest catering company in the Pacific Northwesto Planned more than 300 events a year, up to 5 events a day, with 10 to 1,000+ attendees o Generated annual revenue of more than $2.2 million in 2017o Produced more elements of events, beyond just food and beverage: venues, rentals, and furniture, décor, centerpieces, activities and entertainment, as well as detailed timelines, event flow and floor plano Managed clients and contracts in the CRM program Caterease; designed floor plans in Social Tables; and created winning client presentations in PowerPoint

Portland, Oregon Area

Managed projects, analyzed data, and performed field work for this energy efficiency consulting firmo Generated $300,000 in revenue in 2010 by writing winning proposalso Calculated savings on the servicing of hundreds of commercial rooftop air conditioners; presented and defended findings to 30 peers at seven Regional Technical Forum meetingso Performed hundreds of onsite audits in commercial and industrial buildings in Phoenix, Chicago, and Washington State to inventory HVAC equipment and building characteristics and verify custom, HVAC, and lighting measure implementationo Reviewed and edited hundreds of engineering analyses and reports on prescriptive, custom, and retro-commissioning project savings

Managed the Building Commissioning Association (BCA) and assisted the director in planning the organization’s annual conferences, and supported the engineering team in a technical roleo Planned two annual multi-day conference/trade shows for 300 attendees. Set up registration in RegOnline; planned conference, reception and offsite mealso Planned a two-day conference for 35 international attendeeso Performed technical reviews of final reports for California utilities’ retrocommissioning programso Implemented Salesforce for the team, developing specifications for the team’s site

Established Vibrant Table’s residence as sole caterer at the Portland Art Museum, which tripled the company’s revenue, developing event procedures and building and maintaining relationships with Museum personnel, also functioning as event manager for all high-profile events.o Planned and ran the two-day opening weekend gala, with five events and more than 3,000 attendeeso Led up to 5 events a week, ranging from 250 to 600 guests and up to 50 staffo Input budget and event data, ran reports in Caterease; created floor plans in Roomviewer

Responsible for all front-of-house food and beverage operations for the 450 member golf course with a fine dining restaurant, and a members-only lounge. Also planned and managed all events in the club's five event spaces.Reported revenue, costs, and budget to the club owner each week. mplemented a point-of-sale system for the club. Created an employee handbook and established an employee training program.

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