Experience

Meeting Minds Experts

• United Arab Emirates
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Event Project & Ops Manager

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  - Handling high end healthcare clients for conferences and exhibition across the Middle East - Taking care of venue, stands, sponsors, floor plan, conference logistics, setup - Internal communication with Marketing design and sales team - Overlook onsite operations and managing venue - Managing client and the entire project - Handling high end healthcare clients for conferences and exhibition across the Middle East - Taking care of venue, stands, sponsors, floor plan, conference logistics, setup - Internal communication with Marketing design and sales team - Overlook onsite operations and managing venue - Managing client and the entire project



Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa)

• United Arab Emirates
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Event Operations Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Jan 2023

  * Event management at Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2022 (https://sharjahef.com/) • Overseeing the agency designing and building production structures * Venue liaison, space planning, hospitality management and F&B • Managing and liaising with AV (sight, sound & lights) and overall technical services with the main contractors • Overall onsite management - Internal and external with team • Supporting and managing with Directional Plan; road signage & traffic management – valet parking at VIP entrance; marshals for general parking & shuttle service • Supporting and leading the startup and exhibition spaces • Overseeing logistics • Overseeing the team of security; barricading & crowd management • Post event supplier management Show less



SPICONX

• Saudi Arabia

• Event Ops Manager

  • Sep 2022 - Oct 2022

  Management of overall Onsite operations for Saudi Pipeline International Conference and Exhibition (SPICONX) • Leading the onsite team • Ensuring H&S measures as per the expo policy and required additional measures to be followed by the team • Managing the venue, Contractors, booth contractors, AV, stage, F&B, etc • Leading the logistics of the entire show internally and externally • Hiring manpower and training • Performing the post event show down activities for the entire venue Show less



The Great Minds Group

• United Arab Emirates
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Event Operations Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Jul 2022

  - Managing the overall operations for the MENA region events portfolio - UAE, KSA, Jordan & Africa - Responsible for onsite ops ideation and overall look of the conference or exhibition - Supervising team as per company protocol - Taking care of training, hiring, appointing and assigning members for the event as per company requirement and approvals - Point of contact for pre, onsite and post event deliverables & managing external stakeholders, suppliers and vendors and maintaining contractual agreements - Event planning, budgeting, and taking acre of overall logistics of the Event - Planning and achieving operational event budget at the minimum level & - Managing team as per assigned events and leading it in different locations - Taking care of the financial aspects of the different projects and submitting to the accounts time in given time frame for approvals - Managing daily operational requirements as per upcoming events and other projects - Reducing expenses and making sure to increase the revenue generated - Lesioning with all departments like Sales, Design, IT, Media, videography etc whenever required in order to complete the project on time and take care of the daily operational challenges - Handling and responding clients and sponsors spontaneously - Making sure about the daily progress of the ongoing projects and events with helping in strategizing new plans for the development - Conducting project meeting and communicating about it - Managing day to day activity of team members and projects - Setting deadline for different projects as per required timelines set within different departmental activities Show less



Squareyards Dubai

• Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Event Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Jul 2019



FX United Events PRC Pvt. Ltd

• Mumbai Area, India

• Event Operations Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

  - Understand requirements for each event - Plan event with attention to financial and time constraints - Book venues and schedules - Research vendors (catering, decorators, musicians etc.) and choose the best combination of quality and cost - Negotiate with vendors to achieve the most favorable terms - Hire personnel - Manage all event operations (preparing venue, invitations etc.) - Do final checks at the day of the event (e.g. tables, technology) to ensure everything meets standards - Oversee event happenings and act quickly to resolve problems - Evaluate event’s success and submit reports Show less



Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times of India)

• India
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Project Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Dec 2015



Indiabulls Group

• India
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Marketing & Events Executive

  • May 2013 - Jan 2014

  - Meeting all the promotional event requirements - Planning and organizing event with the team - Looking for new suppliers during the tenure - Raising budget invoices for approvals to teh head of the department - Finding alternate solutions for promotional activities nad venues - Meeting all the promotional event requirements - Planning and organizing event with the team - Looking for new suppliers during the tenure - Raising budget invoices for approvals to teh head of the department - Finding alternate solutions for promotional activities nad venues