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Ashland, Oregon, United States

Serves as the Manager of Contracting and Procurement at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), where he leads the development and execution of comprehensive contracting and procurement processes across all departments. Strategizes with directors to negotiate optimal terms for OSF, maintains existing contracts, and creates flexible, artist-centric administrative processes.Key Responsibilities:-Leading the development of documentation and digital systems for managing vendor contracts and procurement.-Strategizing and negotiating contracts, ensuring timely and efficient processes for payments, housing, travel, and onboarding.-Supporting potential revenue generation opportunities through strategic contractual structures.-Overseeing union relationship management and negotiations for Collective Bargaining Agreements.-Championing OSF's commitment to social justice, antiracism, and inclusion, integrating these values into all operational practices.In this current role, he has expanded his scope to include all departments, taking on greater responsibility and leading significant improvements in contracting and procurement systems. His goal is to support OSF's mission by ensuring smooth and effective operations that center around OSF's artists and their unique needs.

Remote

Managing the offer and negotiation process for Artists across disciplines. Drafting and executing contracts for the Artistic Programming, Innovation & Strategy, and New Work, in collaboration with Artistic Leadership and Producers.

New York, New York, United States

A hybrid digital and in-person live theatrical performance of Anton Chekhov’s famous play, THE ORCHARD is conceived and adapted by Igor Golyak. Featuring Jessica Hecht and Mikhail Baryshnikov, audiences elect to either experience the production live and in person at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York, or in an interactive, browser-based online journey.Serving as the production’s Associate Producer, I coordinated teams across six design disciplines to create a beautifully rendered, three dimensional world where audiences uncover lost echoes of a past life, including Chekhov's letters, memories, and ultimately the play, live, in progress at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

The Louisville Blockchain is building a thriving, learning community of people and organizations using and investing in blockchain, web3, DeFi and NFT across Louisville, Kentucky. Goals: • To leverage the unique innovations afforded by public blockchain technologies to improve the lives of all Louisvillians. • To build a community of people across Louisville who are interested in or working with public, open-source blockchain technology. • To spread a more widespread understanding of the benefits and function of public blockchains & web3 to Louisville residents, businesses and organizations. • To turn Louisville into a crypto and web3 innovation hub. • To advocate for crypto, web3 and innovation-friendly legislation and public investment at the local level.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

As a member of the Theatre's senior leadership, managed the daily strategic and tactical operation of the artistic departments, including long-term budget and programmatic planning, shepherding new work from inception of idea through final release. Managed exploration and implementation of emergent performance technologies and partnerships.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Prepare and process contracts for directors, actors, musicians and other artists as needed, in compliance with all union regulations and at the direction of the Associate Director and/or the General Manager.•Lead special projects within the Artistic department, including workshops, panels, readings and new programming initiatives. • Assist the Artistic Director, Associate Artistic Director and Associate Director as neededwith daily activities such as scheduling, travel, communications, etc.• Follow up on all “new hire paperwork “necessary to expedite the correct payment of all artistic hires• File AEA and SDC union reports and maintain records for auditions, concessions, workshops, etc.• Assist the Associate Director and the Company Manager with reporting of administrative and artistic budgets/expenses in a timely manner.• Assist Associate Director in scheduling actors for auditions and manage Equity and non-Equity auditions for specific productions at the direction of the Associate Director, Artistic Director and/or Associate Artistic Director.• Assist Production and Literary departments as needed to facilitate design / production meetings.• Assist the Literary staff as needed to ensure that information about plays and playwrights is communicated to the full staff and to assist with the organization ofpanels and other audience engagement opportunities.

Brooklyn Academy Of Music

Coordinated all transportation, housing and other accommodations for a large touring company. Maintained the health and safety of the company and coordinated ticketing, house seat, budgeting, expenses and other logistics needs with commercial producers, artist services and patrons.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Assist company directors in producing the Apprentice/Intern Company season and lead in producing A/I Company independent projects. Support the recruitment process, including coordinating more than 2,000 auditions nationwide for the 2014-2015 Apprentice Company. Redesign Apprentice / Intern Alumni website to include photos, videos, bios and contact information for over 1,000 alumni of the program over the past 40 years. Manage and fundraise for $30,000 Apprentice Showcase fund and act as chair of the Intern Humana Networking Project Build an interactive digital map of alumni around the world to promote networking and communication.

Chapel Hill, Nc

Lead initiative to improve collection methodology and consistency of theatre’s marketing, development and ticketing data to support executive decision making. Compile and distribute relevant training materials for use of the Tessitura Arts Management Software Suite. Create and manage new tools for tracking important performance metrics.

Chapel Hill, Nc

Production Assistant for in-house Residency with 'THE TEAM' and Taylor Mac in June 2013. Transcribed and recorded devised pieces for future productions.Production Assistant for world professional premiere of "The Parchman Hour" by Mike Wiley.Production Assistant for in-house Residency with 'Pig Iron Theatre Company' in June 2011. Transcribed and recorded devised pieces for future productions "No-cost House".

Chapel Hill, Nc

Stage Manager for April 9th and May 8th staged readings of "8" by Dustin Lance Black, Directed by Jeremy Skidmore and Nathaniel P. Claridad respectively

Chapel Hill, Nc

* Manage inner workings of a theatrical company modeled after a professional company.* Select and produce a season of 12 fully-mounted faculty, guest artist and student shows. * Assist in casting of shows.* Participate in artistic and administrative development of Undergraduate Company.* Liaise between the administrative board and the publicity, outreach, and technical teams.

Sheperdstown, Wv

Rotating Repertory Intern in the Studio Theatre The Exceptionals by Bob Clyman, Directed by Tracy BridgenBarcelona by Bess Wohl, Directed by Charles Morey

Ba, Dramatic Art

Activities and Societies: Minor in PhilosophyHonors and Awards: 2012 Richard and Christopher Edward Adler Award Recipient 2010 and 2011.

Business Essentials Certificate Program

Education record

program in cinematography, film directing, and script writing.