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• Founded company to deliver sponsorship-focused advisory services to diverse portfolio of live entertainment venues/companies and independent clients throughout North America, including White Oak Music Hall, Joy Theater, Home Run Dugout, Spectrum Sugar Land Festivals, TSE Entertainment, Broadway Across America ,Sports Facilities Companies, JKM5 Holdings Redevelopment of Gulf Greyhound Park, and The Point New Orleans.• Leverage innovative strategy and vast industry network to close deals with vendors and manage corporate sponsorships and promotional events. • Manage mission-critical stakeholder relationships to streamline communications and tailor sponsorship solutions. Mitigate compliance risk by analyzing and negotiating sponsorship and vendor contracts.

Woking, Surrey, Gb

ATG is a global leader in live theatre and the owner/operator of 50 venues. Here, I built the entire corporate sponsorship program including all strategy, and structure from the ground up, driving multimillion-dollar corporate partnerships throughout North America. During the entire Covid-19 pandemic I navigated industry closures to maintain key sponsorships. and integrated innovative approaches to generate new partnerships during the worst economic downturn in the industry. Select Contributions:● Design tailored and integrated sponsorship solutions, overseeing sponsorship inventory, budget, and forecasting. Negotiate and manage long-term sponsorship engagements for all North America markets.● Secured naming rights for Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land● Collaborated with executive team to design sponsorship platform, including sponsorship levels and components such as video, signage, marketing platforms, concessions, and naming rights.● Execute name-in-title partnerships for Texas and Louisiana Broadway Across America markets (Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, New Orleans).ATG NORTH AMERICA DIVISION WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY ACE THEATRICAL GROUP NORTH AMERICA

New York, New York, Us

John Gore Organization (formally Key Brand Entertainment, Live Nation, Clear Channel Entertainment) is a live entertainment producer including Broadway Across America. Here, I drove corporate sponsorship activities through multiple acquisitions and related rebrands, evolving my role from live music events to Broadway productions. Select Contributions:● Managed sponsor acquisition, contract negotiation, and relations, collaborating with venues to ensure effective activation of contractual obligations. ● Successfully secured and managed sponsorships in restrictive environments, aligning acquisition and terms with brand, goals, and mission of venue/organization. ● Partnered with national touring organization and Broadway shows to secure sponsorship elements, driving buy-in and approval. Executed name-in title partnerships and identified nontraditional revenue streams.● Oversaw corporate sales forecasting/analysis and formulated strategic plan to establish nontraditional revenue streams. Managed relationships with advertising agencies and cable television sales teams. JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY KEY BRAND ENTERTAINMENT, LIVE NATION AND CLEAR CHANNEL ENTERTAINMENT.

Houston, Texas, Us

Leading a dedicated sales and marketing team, I directed team sponsorships and established/led an integrated marketing/advertising program for seasonal sponsorships with long-term annual contracts.Select Contributions:● Contracted with research firms to compile target market demographics and profiles, designed sponsorship proposals/presentations, and oversaw budgets for sales/advertising.● Developed promotional products, created market-wide promotions and special events, and crafted broadcast programming plans. Negotiated and managed contracts, alongside connected relationships.● Increased sales by 24% within two years and established major corporate sponsorships with brands including Coca-Cola, Whataburger, Dodge, Reliant Energy, and Memorial Hermann Hospital Systems.

I played an instrumental role in the development of Fox Sports and regional network sponsorship programs, growing sponsorship revenue while leading a team of sales representatives geographically situated across Houston , Dallas and San Antonio. Select Contributions:● Directed network sponsorship and advertising aired during major league games for teams including Astros, Aeros, Rockets, Rangers, Spurs, Mavericks, and Cowboys. ● Partnered with region executives to enable goals through sponsorship, driving market execution of partnerships. Led regional marketing and special event teams overseeing activation and promotional events.● Promoted from initial role as Account Executive (1992-1997), delivering annual sponsorship revenue for NBA, MLB, UIL, and local sports programming in Southwest region.● Established first Astros pregame show in collaboration with television partner, and secured title sponsor.FOX SPORTS NET WAS PREVIOUSLY PRIME SPORTS AND HOME SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT.

Los Angeles, California, Us

● Surpassed sales goals year over year, ranked as top performer in sports sponsorship for Rockets and Astros sales. Created kids’ program with Mc Donald’s which became a fixture on afternoon station programming.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us