Experience

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  Ilea Dallas (Formerly Ises Dallas)

  • Vp Of Marketing Communications

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  ILEA Dallas (formerly ISES Dallas)

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • VP of Marketing Communications

    • Jul 2016 - Present
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    Marketing events to ILEA Dallas members and guests for Educational Programs, Networking, Membership drives, etc. Includes maintaining ILEA Dallas website, facebook pages/events, email campaigns via MailChimp, etc.

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  Event Allies

  • Independent Event Planner

    • 2010 - Present

    Former Project Manager / Program Manager with volunteer experience at various non-profit events / organizations, now working in the Event Planning Industry. Available for hire on contract basis as Onsite Coordinator for day-of-event activities, or as Event Planner throughout the planning phase.

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  ILEA Dallas (formerly ISES Dallas)

  • Director of Fundraising

    • 2015 - 2016

  • Member Board of Directors

    • 2011 - 2015

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  Independent, Freelance

  • Independent Event Coordinator

    • 2010 - 2015

    Former Project Manager / Program Manager with volunteer experience at various non-profit events / organizations, now working in the Event Planning Industry. Available for hire on contract basis as Onsite Coordinator for day-of-event activities, or as Event Planner throughout the planning phase.Variety of event types – from 100-person wedding receptions to 200,000-person festivals, including corporate meetings / conferences / tradeshows, non-profit events / fund-raisers, special events / festivals.Broad range of responsibilities: - Soliciting exhibitor participation for festivals, - Soliciting sponsors and donations, - Volunteer solicitation and coordination,- Seating charts, - Coordinating speaker logistics, - Inventorying, organizing, and coordinating all aspects of silent auctions,- Event setup, décor, - On-site registration / check-in,- Creating / maintaining Excel databases, - Facebook updates for Marketing,- Miscellaneous onsite activities

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  Texas Instruments

  • Program Manager

    • 1997 - 2009

    Drove multi-year programs consisting of related IT (Information Technology) Projects to achieve overall program goals. Developed roadmaps based on technical interdependencies and resource availability.Pioneered the processes and developed methodologies to be used by the project execution teams. Managed global relationships with project sponsors, senior IT management, and Business users.

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  Sterling Society

  • Volunteer, Event Planning

    • 2003 - 2007

    - Solicited sponsors and donations. - Inventoried, organized, and coordinated all aspects of silent auctions.- Ticket sales for annual black-tie charity ball- Performed event setup, décor. - Hostess / meet-and-greet at all social events

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  Texas Instruments, Inc

  • Project Manager

    • 1984 - 2007

    Defined project scope, and planned activities required to achieve project goals. Maintained budgets and schedules to meet client’s expectations. Leveraged technical background and business process knowledge to influence systems design/architecture and to mitigate risks.