Event Manager

Laura Wittrup

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Summary

Resourceful and detail oriented Event Planner with more than 10 years experience professionally planning and executing corporate, department, not for profit, and competitive events. Adept at managing multiple projects and people simultaneously in a fast paced and fluid environment. Excellent time management and organizational skills with a high level of integrity and sound judgement. Strength in resolving unforeseen situations as they arise in a calm manner. Effective communicator across multiple levels of the Company and functional organizations.

Professional Experience

Events Program Manager, Advanced Resource Services 5/2014 Present

● Manage and grow our Customer Meetup global program by providing detailed on site and off site resources for event coordination including: task lists, speakers, agenda topics, catering, facilities, venue selection, contracts, schwag, creatives, printing, and budgets.

Increased attendance, number of events, and number of countries by 55% in 1 year, while maintaining a $25 per person average cost per event.

● Maximize online Customer attendance and satisfaction for our quarterly confidential event by identifying the best broadcast medium, improving internal and external communications, and streamlining event production processes by creating a single project plan.

Realized the most successful attendee satisfaction results since June 2014 with an 8% increase in June 2015.

Management Analyst, BMI Imaging Systems, Inc. 10/2009 5/2014

● Successfully determined project planning and resource scheduling for ~200 projects requiring 40 day and evening staff from multiple California locations.

● Proactively developed project and resource scheduling standards to reduce rework and decrease completion time by 50%.

● Improved accuracy and generation of job cost and revenue reports 75% by implementing standardized reports and information capture.

Event Coordinator, C alifornia Trucking Association 10/2007 12/2008

● Coordinated successful high profile corporate conferences, quarterly member award banquets, and competitive events throughout California.

● Negotiated contracts, selected venues, arranged travel and hotel accommodations, tracked event budgets and expenses, and coordinated with vendors for: catering, decor, AV, facilities, and transportation.

Office Technician, S acramento Municipal Utility District 5/2004 10/2007

● Successfully executed space planning for 360 employees by developing a streamlined process to improve coordination with facilities, telecom, ergonomics, IT (hardware and software), and management.

● Efficiently managed a team of 12 peers across four departments in the development and standardization of a new company wide business process while co managing a multi million dollar vendor contract.

● Coordinated travel and managed expenses for 180 employees.

● Improved process workflows 95% by converting four existing manual workflows to computer automated workflows.

Marketplace Resources Coordinator, Right Management Consultants, Inc. 5/2000 5/2004

● Effectively lead eight staff in the planning and execution of 29 two day workshops and a job fair for 450 attendees in six weeks.

● Coordinated out of state trade show activities, booths, and materials.

● Scheduled and published monthly training calendar, managed registration and materials, and provided online and offline support.

● Increased class registration and attendance 60% by transitioning to an internet based registration process.

● Improved networking opportunities for clients 75% by co developing a regional contact database accessible via the internet.

Education

B.S.,Business Administration, Concentration in Entrepreneurship California State University,Sacramento

A.A.,Liberal Arts

Sierra College

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