Manager Project

Résumé

Frank D. “Chip” Mayes III

**** ********** *****

Keller, Texas 76248

Mobile: 202-***-**** ******@***.***

Professional Objective/Goal: Produce, and direct events in the private and corporate sector as an Executive Director/Producer, or Technical Director/Producer

Experience: Over 30 years experience in and public and corporate events; Experienced manager of over 120 employees and union workers from 4 different sectors; Successful negotiator for union contracts in hostile environments; Successful venue, hotel, and destinations negotiator for events requiring over 22 breakout rooms and general session ball rooms for 4500 people and site manager for festivals with attendance exceeding 130,000. Experienced and proven systems designer for audio, lighting, video, props, trade show set ups, and staging. Select, buy and manage national talent for client’s events.

2009- 2013 Freelance Producer and Director Hickory, NC

Industry: Corporate and entertainment production

Position: Producer, Director, TD and site manager for major corporate conventions

Job Description: Design, spec, book production, and manage large format corporate events.

National women’s conference, National Surgical Heart Doctors Convention, American Urological

Association

05/2003 – 2009 Special Event Services, Inc. Winston- Salem, NC

Industry: Corporate and entertainment production

Position: VP Marketing, Special Event Producer and Director; Senior Project Manager

Job Description: Design and create promotional materials to increase company name

recognition in the industry and with new clients. Design and execute corporate events for

corporate clients. Buy and handle national talent. Hire and manage union labor and all support

staff.. Plan, secure, and manage all logistics involving equipment, trucking, transportation,

housing and tech crews. Obtained a Security Clearance for working with three United State

Presidents. Managed media for interviews, supplied feeds for networks. Represented the

company at media events in Hollywood.

04/1997 – 04/2003 The IEP Group Washington, DC

Industry: Corporate Theater, Conventions, and Entertainment Production

Position: Producer, Technical Producer, Technical Director

Job Description: Design and produce corporate meetings and entertainment events.

Associate Producer/Director for two of President Bush’s 2001 Inaugural events; Associate

Producer for the National Leukemia Foundation annual fund raiser. Producer for the Special

Olympics annual fund raiser. Annual Technical Producer and Director for Morgan Stanley

conference in Boca Raton, FL. with speakers and entertainment acts including President

Clinton, Former Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher, John Mellencamp, Jimmy Buffett, Huey Lewis,

Mayor Giuliani. Annual Associate Producer at the Phillip Morris Invitational; Featured acts:

Cher, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart, Bill Cosby, Elton John, Stars on Ice, and others; Responsible

for managing, producing and directing shows annually in excess of $5 million. Produced

international shows such as: USO Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, BBC Cardiff, Wales, Sheikh

Mohammed Al-Amoudi, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tours in Canada, MTV in the West Indies

Frank Mayes and Associates Sound and Lighting Atlanta, GA

Industry: Corporate Theater, Conventions, and Entertainment Production

Position: Owner

Job Description: Manage all aspects of business. Train new employees, R&D new

equipment. Produced shows and events for numerous national acts such as Vince Gill,

Kathy Mattea, The Greg Allman Band, ARS, Charlie Daniels, Sawyer Brown,

Foreigner, Merle Haggard, The Atlanta Symphony, Bill Cosby, REO Speed Wagon,

B.B. King, and many others.

Company yearly produced 60 + shows Pay rolled between 8 and 35 employees during

season. Technical Producer/Site manager/contractor for the Samsung Pavilion at the

’96 Atlanta Olympics Produced the corporate and public entertainment events for the

Martin Luther King Jr. Center for eight years working directly at times with Mrs. King

and the King family. The “go to” production company for the City of Atlanta,

producing events such as The Jazz Festival, and large scale events.

Education: University of West Florida Pensacola, FL

Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts Degree, minor in Education

Skills: Skill Name Skill Level Used/ Experience

PowerPoint

Expert

Currently used over 20 years

Room Viewer

Expert

Currently used 16 years

Office Publication

Expert

Currently used 20 years

Computer drawing and 3D animation

Intermediate

Currently used 8 years

Sound and lighting design

Expert

Currently used 30 years

Stage design and construction

Advanced

Currently used 25 years

References:

Reference Name: Jim Stevens Professional and Personal

Reference Company: SES

Reference Title: Production Manager

Phone: 336-***-****

Email: **********@***.***

Type: Professional

Reference Name: Robin Dickson Professional and Personal

Reference Company: Orchestrated Events

Reference Title: Owner

Phone: 404-***-****

Email: *********@**********.***

Type: Professional

Reference Name: Dick Hastings Personal

Reference Company: Bloom Manufacturing

Reference Title: Plant Engineer

Phone: 828-***-****

Email: ******@*******.***

Type: Personal

Current Career Level : Executive ( SVP, VP, Department Head, etc )

Years of Relevant Work Experience: More than 30 years

Work Status: USA –authorized to work in this country for any employer

Active Security Clearance: Secrete service clearance for working directly

with President Bush; Assigned a GS-14 rate for USO/Military work

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