Contracted program manager/planner/event producer for corporate meetings, incentives, conferences, and events of every description, large or small, high-end, modest, or shoestring budgets alike. Home-officed, with flexible rates to cater to fluctuating needs and salary budgets, which includes personal, on-site management of all contracted events.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
Contracted Planner/Program Manager	(Confidential)	2/2006 - 6/2007
Countrywide Financial Corp.	(Confidential)	6/2004 - 2/2006
Free-lance program/event manager	(Confidential)	4/1995 - 3/2001
Free-lance International Group Tour Manager	(Confidential)	6/1986 - 4/1998

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
Towson State University	Mass Communication	1985	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

Twenty years of combined experience in the travel industry, including seven years experience in intermodal tour management/operation, and ten years of experience in corporate meeting and incentive management. Expertise includes international, large-scale Fortune 100 incentives, senior executive meetings, conferences, and events, and high profile domestic and international tour management. Analytical, creative decision maker with excellent organizational and communicative skills. Recognized for ability to develop, cultivate, build, and maintain client and vendor relationships with mutual respect, trust, and admiration

Companies I like:

Virgin Group, Yahoo!, Google, Starbucks, Bank of America, Apple Computers, American Express, Disney Corp., PepsiCo, Whole Foods, NewsCorp

P&L responsibilities
Presentation
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Requirements Analysis & Specification
Leadership

• Meeting Planner
• Event Planner
• Free-lance corporate meeting planner
• Event Manager
• Event Producer
• Contracted planner/manager
• Contracted Program Manager
• Free-lance event planner
• Corporate meeting/Incentive program manager

Personally planned and managed 3 major incentive programs and numerous events with great success. Re-wrote or designed and implemented numerous documents,policies and procedures department-wide, which improved and enhanced access to shared information, streamlining operational productivity within the dept., and assuring better compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley accountability requirements.