Tom Buel Email & Phone Number

Peoria, Il, Us

Provide services to businesses and nonprofit organizations including operations management, event production, trade show exhibition, and website and marketing collateral production.• Launched and maintain back office operations for non-profit including accounting, legal, board and corporate matters, and sponsor onboarding. (Innovate Pasadena)• Co-produced Envision 2014 Summit including management of search process for event production company, budget development and finance management, and development of sponsor packages. (Innovate Pasadena) • Produced all aspects of international symposium including budgeting, website, registration, and onsite management during multiday program. (Materia)• Developed USAID proposal that was awarded a $300K grant to meet food security and nutritional needs of underprivileged children in Peru. (Children’s Hunger Fund)

Pasadena, Ca

Managed operations for non-profit organization including accounting, board and corporate matters, and supervision of staff.

Directed marketing communications for catalyst and advanced materials company including development of marketing collateral, building websites, and trade show exhibition.• Developed interactive game used at trade shows that increased booth traffic by 500%, educated participants on company’s technology, and provided post show promotion of logo and product.• Conceptualized and built website that established company as an industry leader in area of olefin metathesis catalysts. • Managed partnership with brand agency to develop corporate identity, product name and logo.• Managed design and production of trade show booth and marketing collateral to support product launch.

Managed operations for loudspeaker manufacturer start-up including accounting, dealer activation, fulfillment, and websites.• Directed development of corporate website and e-commerce dealer port.

Directed all aspects of production for a publishing company that produced and distributed family-based resources in over ninety-five countries including audio, video, print, and marketing materials.• Developed marketing material for product upgrade that generated over $1M in pre-release sales• Developed and edited revised facilitator’s manual for organization’s core curriculum which increased unit revenue by 60% over previous manual.

Managed product support for company’s parenting resources including establishing community parenting programs.• Produced national and regional leadership conferences that resulted in training of over 4,500 curriculum facilitators.

Responsible for post marketing/sales activity of a state of the art digital facility that specialized in animation sound and music recording and mixing.

Managed all technical departments of an independent television production company that had an in-house audio and video post production facility and produced over 500 half-hours of programming for network, syndicated, and cable markets.

Bachelor Of Arts

Certificate Fundraising & Institutional Advancement