Experience
Strategy, execution, and the experience to connect them.
My experience spans the full event lifecycle—from portfolio strategy and financial management to sourcing, production, attendee experience, technology, and measurement.
I’ve led meetings and event programs across corporate, association, government, scientific, and professional-education environments, working with executives, boards, government agencies, cross-functional teams, instructors, vendors, and other stakeholders to turn organizational objectives into successful experiences.
I approach events as business initiatives, not isolated programs. Throughout my career, I’ve led high-stakes meetings and complex event portfolios, balancing organizational objectives, audience needs, budgets, resources, stakeholders, vendors, and operational requirements.
High-Volume Portfolio Leadership
Led event and professional-development portfolios exceeding 300 programs annually, managing competing priorities, resources, stakeholders, instructors, vendors, and operational requirements.
Growth & Experience Strategy
Helped grow meeting participation from approximately 150 to 525 attendees by evolving the program and experience in response to organizational objectives and audience needs.
Executive & Stakeholder Partnership
Advised executive leaders, boards, government agencies, and organizational stakeholders on event strategy, operational priorities, resource allocation, and complex event decisions.
My experience spans executive and leadership meetings, large conferences, incentives, professional-development programs, roadshows, and complex multi-day events. I’ve managed programs for intimate executive audiences and events reaching thousands of participants.
Conferences • Executive Meetings • Leadership Programs • Incentives • Roadshows • Training Programs
Professional Education • Multi-Day Events
Large-Scale Conferences & Events
Directed conferences and complex events for audiences ranging from executive groups to 5,000+ participants, coordinating the attendee journey across registration, housing, speakers, vendors, production, logistics, and onsite operations.
Multi-City & Roadshow Logistics
Managed multi-city programs and touring productions involving routing, travel schedules, transportation, lodging, production logistics, equipment, personnel, and tightly coordinated schedules across multiple destinations.
Live Production & Program Execution
Led speaker and content operations from advance planning through live execution, including presentation management, rehearsals, backstage operations, production vendors, audiovisual requirements, and show calling.
Scientific and medical meetings require a particularly high level of precision, coordination, and attention to program requirements. My experience includes scientific programs, medical meetings, pharmaceutical programs, and specialized environments requiring careful orchestration of people, venues, vendors, travel, production, and logistics.
Scientific & Medical Programs
Managed scientific and medical meetings requiring precise coordination of venues, participants, speakers, travel, audiovisual production, vendors, schedules, and onsite operations.
Specialized Medical Meeting Logistics
Coordinated complex medical programs incorporating specialized requirements, including wet-lab environments, where venue capabilities, equipment, schedules, vendors, and participant logistics had to work together seamlessly.
Pharmaceutical Meetings & Programs
Supported pharmaceutical meeting programs ranging from smaller dinner meetings to larger professional and scientific gatherings, managing logistics, venues, vendors, participant experience, and program execution.
Strong events require strong financial and contractual foundations. My experience includes venue sourcing, contract negotiation, master budgeting, housing, vendor procurement, concessions, risk management, deposit schedules, expense allocation, and financial reporting.
$750K+ in Documented Savings
Negotiated 65 venue contracts in a single year, generating more than $750,000 in documented savings while protecting program requirements, service standards, and budget integrity.
High-Volume Venue Sourcing & Contracting
Led an 18-month sourcing initiative for 80+ meetings ranging from 40 to 500+ participants, managing venue research, RFPs, negotiations, contracting, concessions, and program requirements across a complex meeting portfolio.
Financial, Contractual & Risk Management
Managed event budgets, vendor procurement, deposit schedules, housing, expense allocation, government per diem requirements, and contractual provisions, including cancellation, attrition, and force majeure, balancing financial discipline with operational needs and risk.
My experience includes professional development portfolios, instructor and speaker management, adult learning, continuing education, certification preparation, and the intersection of conferences, education, and credentialing.
2,000+ Professionals Supported
Developed and delivered CMP education for more than 2,000 meeting professionals, helping candidates build the knowledge, judgment, and confidence required to prepare for the Certified Meeting Professional credential.
Instructor & Education Leadership
Provided operational leadership to 30 instructors while managing professional-development programs, including instructor coordination, program delivery, learning resources, schedules, and participant experience.
Certification & Learning Strategy
Designed and delivered certification-preparation and professional-learning experiences across live, virtual, and on-demand formats, integrating adult-learning principles, content strategy, technology, and participant feedback to strengthen the learning experience.
I use technology to make event operations more scalable, consistent, measurable, and attendee-focused. My experience spans registration, virtual events, event applications, CRM and learning platforms, workflow automation, reporting, and process improvement.
Event Technology & Digital Delivery
Managed event technology across in-person and virtual programs, including registration, check-in, mobile event applications, virtual platforms, participant communications, session delivery, Q&A, content sharing, recording, and onsite technology operations.
Systems, Process & Workflow Improvement
Developed scalable processes, operational frameworks, and technology-enabled workflows to improve consistency, efficiency, communication, reporting, and attendee experience across complex event and professional-development programs.
Data, Reporting & Technology Integration
Used spreadsheets, CRM, LMS, AMS, event platforms, and automation tools to manage event data, budgets, registrations, participants, learning programs, workflows, and reporting—including advanced Excel functions such as formulas, VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, data validation, and conditional logic.
Cvent • OnArrival • Zoom • Microsoft Teams • Excel • Monday.com • HubSpot CRM • FileMaker Pro • Zapier
LMS Platforms • AMS Platforms • Mobile Event Apps
AI & Emerging Technology
Use AI tools for research, analysis, content development, workflow improvement, and problem-solving, applying verification and human judgment to AI-assisted work.
Looking for experience that connects strategy with execution?
I bring together event strategy, operational leadership, financial discipline, production experience, professional education, and technology to create meetings and event programs that deliver against organizational objectives.