Responsible for developing practical procedures ensuring all meetings and events are well planned and efficiently executed. Instrumental in advancing sponsor revenue growth to sustain allocated budgets. Developed and implemented highly effective cost reduction tools and trained departmental staff on their purpose and use. Proactively supervised, coached and mentored meetings team while driving loyalty initiatives. Orchestrated strategic relationships with third party vendors including production companies, trade show contractors, venues and destination management partners. Key accomplishments included:- Business process redesign of all fiscal areas related to meetings including contract negotiations, budget preparation and tracking, income and expense reconciliation.- Worked closely with internal departments to develop efficient process for maximum circulation of information at meetings.- Coordinated with Web team to develop web site capable of information delivery and event registration/hotel reservations.- Delivered top fight leadership competencies allowing for strong and sustainable team performance gains by simplifying assignments and business process re-engineering.- Oversee sponsorship structure redesign resulting in revenue growth

CA World Transportation Manager

Full range corporate meeting planning services .

Planned, scheduled and managed all activities related to successful event operations.

Managed the day to day operations of the upscale Rockefeller Center restaurant.