Event Manager

SHERIE LYN HAFALIA

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OBJECTIVE

Seeking a challenging career increasing opportunity to leverage my engineering/technical education and take advantage of my attention to detail and creative nature.

EXPERIENCE

PILI LANI EVENTS

Wedding and Events Planner April 2011 to Present

Research event goals, determine specific event needs and create estimated budget

Research venues, organize site inspections as needed and maintain specifications such as room sizes and layouts, parking options, food and beverage options and audio-visual capabilities.

Negotiate and secure venue contracts that meet client requirements within budget

Negotiate and coordinate with outside vendors including food and beverage, audio-visual, florist, photographer, videographer and other requested vendors from client

Coordinate with venue staff to ensure proper planning and execution of the event

Act as a resource to all vendors about key data during the planning, execution, and post-event phases of the program

Manage post-event processes including client satisfaction reporting and cost analysis

DISHCRAWL

Events Manager January 2014 to January 2016

Organize and manage large private events, i.e. Google City Experts, Love Begins At, DevOpsDay

Research, negotiate and secure venues, vendors, determining event needs based on specified budget and meet client requirements.

Organize site inspections, manage room layout, audio-visual needs, and all event logistics

Manage and coordinate staffing for setup, event logistics, and strike at each event to ensure proper execution of the event.

Manage post-event processes including client satisfaction reporting and cost analysis

Research large and small event goals, determine specific event needs and create estimated budget

Partner and negotiate with local restaurants to produce distinctive gastronomic and social experiences while maintaining specified event budget

Promote and market ticket sales for events thru social media and traditional media outreach

Post event blogs highlighting neighborhood culinary hotspots and experiences

1000 FINE EVENTS

Director Events & Wedding Planner April 2012 to April 2014

Manage planning and logistics of all events

Manages sales meetings and venue walk-through with all potential clients

Maintain and manage all invoices and proposals

Assist in event production, set up and tear down.

BRANCH OUT FLORAL AND EVENT DESIGN & PASSIFLORA DESIGNS

Director of Events (Contractor) April 2012 to April 2015

Manage planning and logistics of all events

Develop and create efficient record keeping system using Google Docs

Manages all sales meetings and venue walk-through with all potential clients

Maintain and manage all invoices and proposals

Assist in event production, set up and tear down.

IXYS CORPORATION

Product Marketing Engineer August 2007 to September 2011

Created and maintains current product database for the IXYS Power division.

Primary reactive point-of-contact for sales force on new product releases.

Provide quoting to sales managers for special pricing, with daily usage of Microsoft Excel.

Drive product line marketing efforts, assisting in the defining of products, pricing strategies, customer interface/tech support. This includes the development of marketing collateral, press releases, __advertisements, product roadmaps and training materials.

PICKPOINT CORPORATION

Installation and QA Engineer October 2003 to August 2007

Develop and document standard operating procedures for engineering department, installation and technical services for this start up pharmaceutical device company.

Technical lead during product installation.

Train customers to efficiently use our system to meet their needs.

Develop, maintain, and execute test cases.

Ensure the quality and stability of the FlexRx System, a java based program

Develop internal software tools and automate build scripts.

In-house technical support on complex phone system.

Provide customer technical support on entire product line – hardware and software.

Work with the sales department to assure technical issues at customer sites were addressed

Technical sales assistant at national trade shows.

Built a strong rapport with customers during product installation.

Designed, wrote, and updated product User Manuals.

Created sales presentations and collateral for the sale team.

Update website

CISCO SYSTEMS

Consultant November 2002 to October 2003

Analyzed processes and functionality of Cisco’s internal sales credit web-based application (STT) in order to increase program automation and optimize efficiency.

Consulted with field administrators and sales managers in the resolution of sales credit and sales order related issues on a worldwide level.

Tested the Simplified Sales Credit Engine and performing quality analysis of program output.

3COM

Marketing Engineer Intern June 2001 to November 2001

Conducted performance benchmark testing using Chariot.

Performed marketing competitive analysis between launching 10/100 Ethernet LAN products.

Interacted with product line managers, product managers and engineers and presented the data to the marketing team.

Published reports on the competitive analysis benchmark testing.

INTEGRATED PACKAGING ASSEMBLY CORPORATION

Quality Assurance Intern June 1999 to September 1999 and June 2000 to September

Edited engineering technical specification documents.

Assisted the Vice President of Quality Assurance with Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.

Organized and plotted AutoCAD drawings of marketing outlines, substrates, and bonding diagrams for Quad Flat Packages (QFP) and Ball Grid Arrays (BGA).

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES

Quality Assurance Intern June 1998 to September 1998

Developed automated scripts for performance and regression test cases.

Tested voice mail system during the alpha testing phase.

Presented the project to the engineering team.

TELLAN SOFTWARE

Technical Support June 1996 to August 1997

Assisted customers in using MacAuthorize and PCAuthorize software.

Helped resolve customer complaints with software and modems via phone and email.

EDUCATION

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, June 2002

SKILLS

Very strong written and visual communication skills

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Self-motivated with a can-do attitude

Excellent people and management skills to interact with clients, vendors, and colleagues

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