Experience

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  Goldenvoice

  • United States

  • Artist Lodging Goldenvoice Festivals

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • United States

    Manage hotel block inventory and coordinate day to day lodging for 150+ Coachella artists and 50+ Stagecoach artists.

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  Playa Luna Presents

  • United States

  • Artist Lodging Manager

    • Nov 2022 - Present
    • United States

    I manage all artist lodging for destination concerts in Cancun, MX

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  Newport Beach Wine & Food Festival

  • Newport Beach, California, United States

  • Director Of Operations

    • May 2019 - May 2023
    • Newport Beach, California, United States

    Coordination and procurement of culinary ingredients for all festival events as well as chef demos. Liaison to all food related partners/sponsors. Engage with all celebrity chefs. Menu planning, manage travel and accommodations for chefs, staff, etc. Coordinate all necessary deliveries to respective venues.Project manager at specific events.Coordinate Sponsor travel, accommodations, welcome suite, ticket allocations, etc.

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  Allure Eyewear

  • New York/California

  • National Account Manager

    • May 2015 - May 2019
    • New York/California

    Nationally branded eyewear programs managed at Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Dillard's. Responsible for new product launch, marketing, retail sales analysis, planning and order execution. Account management responsibility for private label and/or national programs at Kohl's, Shopko and Fred Meyer/Kroger.

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  FABNY

  • NY, NY

  • Senior Account Executive

    • Jan 2013 - May 2015
    • NY, NY

    Senior Sales Manager where I managed multiple categories sold into Target, Kohl's and JCPenney; categories included backpacks and lunch kits, luggage and travel accessories, kids accessories, kids room décor, and stationary items. I worked with a number of licensors as well as a design team that created proprietary and private label designs within the categories aforementioned.

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  Lantis Eyewear

  • National Account Manager/ Director of Sales

    • Jan 1989 - Jan 2013

    Account management responsibilities at Target, Kohl's, JCPenney, Fred Meyer/Kroger. Managed businesses with Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Macy's. Represented luxury eyewear businesses such as Donna Karan/DKNY, Missoni, Gianfranco Ferre, Gucci, Ray Ban as well as lifestyle brands such as Dockers and Jones NY. Also experienced with private label eyewear programs such as Mossimo, Merona, Candies, Mudd and SO. For several years, I was part of the Merchandising Services division (LMS) of the company as a Regional Account Manager and then eventually the Director of Sales. I managed over 2,000 part time merchandisers thru a network of Regional Managers while pursuing new service contracts outside of the company.