Experience

Smarter Shows (Tarsus) Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Event Director

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Brighton, England, United Kingdom Oversight of the Foam Expo and Adhesives & Bonding Expo portfolio- an international series of trade shows servicing the technical foam and industrial bonding supply chain across Europe, North America and China. Adhesives & Bonding Expo, Novi, MI- www.adhesivesandbondingexpo.com Foam Expo, Novi, MI- www.foam-expo.com Adhesives & Bonding Expo Europe, Stuttgart, Germany- www.adhesivesandbondingexpo-europe.com Foam Expo Europe, Stuttgart, Germany-… Show more Oversight of the Foam Expo and Adhesives & Bonding Expo portfolio- an international series of trade shows servicing the technical foam and industrial bonding supply chain across Europe, North America and China. Adhesives & Bonding Expo, Novi, MI- www.adhesivesandbondingexpo.com Foam Expo, Novi, MI- www.foam-expo.com Adhesives & Bonding Expo Europe, Stuttgart, Germany- www.adhesivesandbondingexpo-europe.com Foam Expo Europe, Stuttgart, Germany- www.foam-expo-europe.com Foam Expo China, Shanghai, China- www.foam-expo-china.com Top line responsibilities include product development (strategy & delivery), sales campaign development, revenue forecasting, budget planning, market mapping, stakeholder engagement.

• Exhibition Manager

  • Jul 2021 - Jun 2023

  Brighton, England, United Kingdom Managing the Adhesives & Bonding Expo portfolio- an international series of trade shows servicing the adhesives and industrial bonding supply chain across Europe and North America. Adhesives & Bonding Expo, Novi, MI- www.adhesivesandbondingexpo.com Adhesives & Bonding Expo Europe, Stuttgart, Germany- www.adhesivesandbondingexpo-europe.com Top line responsibilities include product development (strategy & delivery), sales campaign development, revenue forecasting, budget… Show more Managing the Adhesives & Bonding Expo portfolio- an international series of trade shows servicing the adhesives and industrial bonding supply chain across Europe and North America. Adhesives & Bonding Expo, Novi, MI- www.adhesivesandbondingexpo.com Adhesives & Bonding Expo Europe, Stuttgart, Germany- www.adhesivesandbondingexpo-europe.com Top line responsibilities include product development (strategy & delivery), sales campaign development, revenue forecasting, budget planning, market mapping, stakeholder engagement.



CloserStill Media

• United Kingdom
• Events Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Founder and Lead- DevOps Live

  • Mar 2017 - Jul 2021

  London, United Kingdom Launched EMEA's most comprehensive physical community of DevOps, software lifecycle and cloud-native specialists. Developed the community, and associated physical engagements, to span four regions, with upwards of 4000 system production & delivery leaders attending annual events addressing challenges and developing trends across the software lifecycle, DevOps and cloud-native space.

• Senior Business Development Manager

  • Sep 2015 - Mar 2017

  London, United Kingdom Cloud Expo Europe's (www.cloudexpoeurope.com) commercial lead, responsible for revenue generation via sponsorship and exhibition stand sales. Later responsible for feature and product development to sustain market relevance and identify/create new revenue stream opportunities.

• Business Development Manager

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2015

  London, United Kingdom Working on CloserStill Media's leading medical portfolio, responsible for commercial growth and sales strategy for launch trade shows. Top line focus in generating revenue through stand, education and sponsorship sales.



IQPC

• United States
• Events Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sponsorship Sales Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2014

  London, United Kingdom A top line remit to develop strategy and execution plan to drive year on year event growth in sponsorship revenue. Main focus to maximise rebook rates and develop new business through client partner networks and competitive analysis.



Worldwide Business Research

• United Kingdom
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sponsorship Sales Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Jun 2013

  London, United Kingdom Solely responsible for the commercial development and growth of numerous large scale events across the WBR portfolio. With planned growth ranging from 25% to 50%, delivered on revenue targets through a balance of account management and new business generation.

• Senior Delegate Sales Executive/ Project Manager

  • Dec 2011 - Oct 2012

  Project Leader responsible for driving revenue through the audience development of various conferences within the WBR portfolio. With events addressing multi-industry topics from Trade Technology to Defence Geospatial Intelligence, delivered the right balance of audience for these large scale, senior conferences.



IQPC

• United States
• Events Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Delegate Sales Executive

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2011

  Working for a sub-section, Defence IQ, as a Senior Delegate Sales Executive solely responsible for the international audience development of our defence sector conferences, with delegations of up to 350 people.