Let Pinnacle Planning Services, Inc. be your one stop shop for planning and implementing events, meetings and productions.
 With nearly twenty years of experience in the field of event management, as well as a former event coordinator at the nationally acclaimed Indiana Convention Center & Lucas Oil Stadium, PPS will bring the expertise it takes to make your event successful. In four years with the ICCRD, We learned the lessons of coordinating over 200 events. Those events ranged from one day/one room corporate meetings for less than a dozen people to multiple day national conventions, concerts and tradeshows that brought tens of thousands of participants.
Prior to the challenges of the Indiana Convention Center & RCA Dome we grasped the rudiments of this business as both the Exhibit Manager and Chairman of the Exhibit Committee for Indiana Black Expo (IBE). In recent years we have had the opportunity to work within many venues across the country, large and small, from Baltimore to Los Angles. We bring you dynamic leadership, a natural floor leader who has both a flexible and assertive demeanor, perfect for this field.
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April 2001 – Present
Pinnacle Planning Services, Inc., President
- Consult with client with CVA negotiations and on selection of Venue and in principle layout work.
- From a set of “Production Points” develop Event & Production profile.
- Clients Representative in selection and contracting third party contractors, (i.e. Audio-Visual Companies, Exhibition Decorator, Production & Sound Companies and Security Companies).
- Develops Event Budget & Drafts Event Specifications.
- Coordination of Venue staff.
- Reviews all expenditures for settlement with Venue & third party contractors.
- Complete Event Review & Recommendations
- Certified - AutoCAD LT2000 & 2005, Concentrics, Microsoft Desktop Design & Publishing, Microsoft Office2000.
July 1997-April 2001
Event Coordinator
Capitol Improvement Board / Indiana Convention Center & RCA Dome
- Experienced in all forms of large public and private events
- Large and small trade shows, concerts, meetings, special meal events and outdoor events.
- Review and approve all billing as well as enforcement of all contractual requirements and facility policies.
- Coordinates all labor, i.e. setup, stagehands, housekeeping, security, electricians and other craft needed for events.
- Meeting with individual clients in the organization andcoordination and execution of their events.
- At times 24hr. responsibility of the entire facility.
- Supervised all related ICCRD staff and subcontracted companies.
- Coordination of events in facility under major expansion (ICCRD Phase IV Expansion).
- General knowledge of all needed computer programming i.e. Concentrics, Certified - AutoCAD LT2000, Microsoft Office2007.
- Responsible for Event Coordinators weekly work scheduling
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EVENT ACHIEVEMENTS
- The Local Organizing Committee for the NBA Draft (1994)
- The Local Organizing Committee for the USA Men & Women Olympic Basketball Team tour (1996)
- NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament Opening Round VIP Receptions, WISH-TV & CBS Studio set (98-99)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (98 –00)
- Center for Leadership Development Minority Business Awards Dinner (98 – 01)
- NCAA Men’s Final Four VIP Receptions,WISH-TV CBS Studio set (2000)
- Michigan State University Post Game Victory Celebration National Championship Celebration (2000)
- IUPUI Collegiate Job Fairs (98-01)
- Seventh Day Adventist (2001)
- IU vs. Kentucky Game - University of Kentucky Central Indiana Alumni Association Reception (1999)
- Indiana Minority Health Coalition Luncheon (98 –05)
RECENT EVENTS
- AME Quadrennial
(47th ) Indianapolis (2004)*
(48th )St. Louis, MO (2008)*
- Coca-Cola Circle City Classic (88 - 08)
- Church of God in Christ AIM Conference
St. Louis, MO (2001)
Indianapolis, IN (2002)
Baltimore, MD (2003)
Los Angeles (2004)
Kansas City (2005)
- Indianapolis Auto Show (98 – 02)
- Indiana Black Expo (88 – 09)*
- Radio One Women’s Empowerment Series (99 – 09)
- Emmis Broadcasting & Promotus Advertising Dodge Day on the Circle 2007 – HANK 97
- Radio One of Indiana Event Calendar (07-09)
- New Hope Media – Western Organic Food Show
Denver, CO (2007), San Jose (2008)
- Motivated Moms-Bellies & Babies Expo
- Promotus Advertising - ITPC(04-08)
* -Represents Presidential, Vice President or Presidential Appearances
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