Brian is a certified, award winning producer of corporate meetings and live events throughout North America. He is an authority on large scale, high profile and complex events, having produced shows and meetings internationally for 28 years with his company, VIP Events. As the proud owner of a cell phone, laptop and an AMEX card, he is a master at creating the right team for every event.
Brian travels the country producing everything from 20 person dinners to technical productions for 250,000. Wearing the hat of Meeting Planner and Technical Producer; dealing with unions, VIPs, national talent and crews is just another day in the life of this Producer. Brian’s experience allows him to speak both “Tech” and “Client” languages bridging the gap between the two.
He is passionately involved in the Industry having served on the Special Events Magazine Advisory Board (3 years), the SEARCH Foundation (7 years) and on the ILEA (International Live Events Association) Board of Governors (12 years) including serving as the
2013-2014 ILEA International President.
Focusing on corporate and specializing in large-scale, logistically complex live events:
- 40 years’ experience of creating and leading diverse teams of client internal resources, vendor partners and freelance specialists.
- Strong communication skills and relationship development with diverse stakeholder groups including C-Suite.
- He speaks tech, client and meeting planner languages with a proven track record of turning ideas into successful reality.
- Deep experience in planning and pre-production including creation and management of multi million-dollar budgets, RFP creation, vendor selection, agendas, production schedules, run of show, content management, national talent, union labor, risk management and all levels of government security.
- On-site skill set includes technical producer and director functions.
- Events industry leader with an unmatched international network of personal relationships built through service to the industry.
- Team member and/or Leader of 42 Event Industry Award Nominations and 31 Wins.
- Certified Special Event Professional.
