Will Wise Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

London, England, Gb

Sales, business development, strategy, customer success, association partnerships, and team leader for Informa's $20 Million Enterprise IT Group (as of December 2024, is part of the Informa Connect division) including 6 in person events a year - in conjunction with community-based media platforms that amplify the event experience and results. Market Sectors:*Data Centers*AI*Security*CX & Contact Centers*Enterprise Communications & Collaboration*IT Service Management & Tech SupportEvent Brands: Data Center World, Enterprise Connect, Enterprise Connect AI, ICMI Contact Center Expo, HDI Service Management World, HDI SupportWorld Live. Events range from 500 to 5,000 attendees and 30 to 250 sponsors/exhibitors.

Satellite Beach, Florida, Us

Richmond, Surrey, Gb

General Manager responsible for a $60 Million Reed Exhibitions’ portfolio of in-person events, digital events and media across multiple markets. Events ranged from large scale trade shows with 700+ exhibitors/300,000+ net sqft and 30,000 attendees, to mid-size events with 200+ exhibitors and 5,000 attendees, to 500+ attendee conferences/summits.Event brands: ISC West (a Gold 100 event), ISC East, ISC Brazil, Expo Seguridad Mexico City, ITS America Conference & Expo, ITS World Congress, CNP Summit, G2E USA (a Gold 100 event), and G2E Asia.Responsible for team leadership, market sectors strategy, sales/business development and audience growth expansion strategies to drive revenue & customer success, 3-year strategy & process planning, P&L management, partnerships, event operations and experiences, conference program and keynotes planning, marketing & PR, and digital events/media platforms. Drove strong collaboration across the US and International teams, industry partners, customers, suppliers, markets and communities. Active collaborator with the RX M&A team to assess and profile potential acquisitions, for both US and International markets. Managed CNP (Card Not Present) media platform and launched ISC Security News as a year-round media platform.Managed partnerships with industry Associations, including the Security Industry Association (SIA), California Alarm Association (CAA), International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA), Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA), American Gaming Association (AGA), National Retail Federation (NRF) and with Government agencies, Universities, and Media organizations.Direct Reports: Senior Event Directors, Marketing Directors, Sales Directors, Conference Directors, Audience Relations Directors, Digital Content DirectorsMarkets: Physical Security, Public Safety, Cybersecurity, Emergency Management, Transportation & Supply Chain, Ecommerce/Retail, Casino Gaming

New York, Ny, Us

Head of launch IoT Institute portfolio media community, digital events, e-learning, research and the IoT Emerge conference - with an emphasis on Smart Manufacturing, Smart Buildings, Transportation & Supply Chain, Smart Cities and IoT Engineering sectors. P&L management, business planning/operations and strategy, hiring and training a launch team, leadership, sales and marketing strategy and sponsorships development, content development, customer success, and go-to-market collaboration with top underwriter sponsors such as Cisco, Avnet, Autodesk, SAS and SAP. Partnerships with the Industrial Internet Consortium and CMO Council, and with other Penton Media brands including IndustryWeek, IWCE, Urgent Communications, Aviation Week, American City & County, Electronic Design, and Machine Design. Acquired by Informa in January 2017.

London, England, Gb

Senior leader for sales, business development and partnerships for UBM Tech Business Technology & Engineering worldwide events: $70 Million portfolio, 15 venues. -Global Geos: US, Canada, Europe, India, China, Japan-10 Sales Director/Sr. Account Manager direct reports, and directly managed the global events partnerships with Cisco and Microsoft.*Interop Las Vegas, Interop New York, Interop Tokyo, Interop London (launch/flagship for London Tech Week), Interop Mumbai (launch) *Executive Cloud Summit (San Jose), Cloud Connect Silicon Valley, Cloud Connect Chicago, Cloud Connect Bangalore, Cloud Connect Shanghai, and Enterprise Cloud Summit @ Interop (all were launch events)*GTEC Ottawa (Government Technology) event & Awards Gala*ESC (Embedded Systems Conference) Silicon Valley, Boston and Minneapolis, DesignCon, Designers of Things (launch), Arm TechCon*Collaboration on partnerships, content marketing demand generation campaigns, market research, digital events, and at in-person events content with other UBM brands including InformationWeek, Network Computing, Dark Reading, CRN and EE Times, and a variety of third-party media and content partners.

London, England, Gb

Managed sales team for Interop events and launched the Cloud Connect Silicon Valley, Cloud Connect Chicago, and Cloud Connect Bangalore events.

London, England, Gb

Sales/Business Development Management and Strategy for Interop events, and launched the Cloud Executive Summit.

London, England, Gb

SD (Software Development) magazine and Dr. Dobb’s Journal magazine, the SD Conference (San Jose), content marketing demand generation campaigns, and digital events sales leadership and partnerships management.