Experience

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  Gartner

  • Senior Account Manager

    • Jul 2008 - Present

    Senior account manager covering Business intelligence and Information Management.

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  Canon Communications

  • Director of Sales

    • Jun 2006 - Jun 2007

    Managed a group of trade events on annual basis and supervised 13 sales executives. I was responsible for over 13 million dollars in revenue on a yearly basis.

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  Reed Exhibitions

  • Event Director

    • 1994 - 2006

    Managed and enhanced Reed Exhibition’s Events businessEnsured effective event productionManaged and developed events staffWorked with Reed Exhibitions to define engaging content for events and conferences Oversee Conference Sponsorships and Exhibition SalesBusiness development managementContributed to development of overall business strategyManaged three different show teams with full profit and loss responsibility for five industry events.Managed all departments related to the success of the business including, Sales, Marketing, operations, research, finance Sponsorship and Customer service..During my leadership period, five people were promoted to Sales Managers, three people were promoted to Sales Directors and one was promoted to Event Director with full profit and loss responsibility.Worked directly with affiliated associations and publications to help promote all events