• Lead Meeting Planner for the WBR Connect Division: created SOPs for the department; trained and managed Meeting Planners and Event Coordinators • Scheduled, managed, and executed 400+ 1:1 meetings for C-Suite executives, per event• Maintained and regulated 75+ C-Suite executives’ calendars, per event• Sourced, negotiated and contracted venues and room blocks for domestic and international B2B conferences• Provided advice and consulted on legal and financial risks related to contract language• Maintained and reconciled financial data and created financial forecast reports for budget planning• Ensured vendors and venues complied with contract terms and service level agreements• Managed hotel room blocks, BEOs, audiovisual, staging, production and meeting and event design• Organized, planned, budgeted, and executed corporate conferences with 500+ attendees, revenues exceeding $1.5M and budgets over $250K• Talent acquisition: sourced, screened, interviewed, short listed, verified, offered, and welcomed employees

• Budgeted, organized, planned, and executed internal colleagues' attendance and housing at domestic conventions and international congresses• Negotiated event contracts to obtain meeting space, hotel accommodations and hospitality for Pfizer associates • Ensured vendors and venues complied with contract terms and service level agreements• Created registration web-sites for attendees and sent ancillary meeting correspondences in reference to both housing and convention needs via event software CVENT• Managed meetings with budgets over $200,000 • Evaluated budgets and reconciled all final bills from each vendor for review and payment

• Sourced, selected, negotiated, and contracted venues and room blocks for domestic and international conferences• Maintained and reconciled financial data and created financial forecast reports for budget planning• Ensured vendors and venues complied with contract terms and service level agreements• Organized, planned, budgeted and executed corporate conferences with 200+ in attendance and budgets over $50,000• Liaison between marketing, sales, and production departments to achieve seamless conferences• Assisted the Division Head of Meeting Planning and Coordination with company's annual conference of 600+ in attendance

• Prepared, organized, budgeted and contracted vendors for 200+ social events • Achieved sponsorship from companies and brands (IZZE, Moe's Southwest Grill, Riazul Tequila, H&R Block, to name a few)• Managed a staff of 12

• Assisted Special Events Director and Event Coordinators with events and meetings• Cold called vendors and venues for participation on David's television show on WE tv, “My Fair Wedding Season 2”• Received vendors and venues'​ sponsorship for the television show (i.e. bridesmaids' dresses, fireworks, dance floors, to name a few)

• Experienced in a select service and full service hotel• Liaison between event, banquet, and front desk departments• Confirmed guest requests, rates, and reservations • Educated in PMS (Property Management System), FOSSE, and Micros