Diane DeVoe

• Built out Meeting and Event functional area.
• Initiated and executed first Commercial participation in large and small congresses.
• Created and rolled out Meeting Management Standard of Practice.
• Revamped existing meeting planning process focusing on efficiencies.
• Created Congress Planning Standard of Practice.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to determine meeting and congress objectives for each event.
• Collaborated with Medical teams to ensure a non-siloed approach to meeting and congress activities.
• Partnered with Legal to ensure compliant meetings and congresses.

• Built the infrastructure and led the strategic and logistical planning of commercial meetings including national sales, POA, training, and others through two franchise launches.
• Led the planning efforts and execution of two, new franchise national congress calendars from the ground up.
• Identified best practices and created internal processes for the cross functional planning of national congresses. Partnered with the various professional associations to secure booth space, lodging and other meeting opportunities.
• Vetted, onboarded and partnered with vendor partners as appropriate.
• Led cross functional project management for the planning and execution of sales meetings and congresses.
• Managed and mentored direct report, Congress Manager and four contract planners.

• Led organization planning efforts and representation at major medical conferences.
• Created alignment amongst cross functional team on strategy and opportunities at conferences.
• Collaborated with leadership to organize and manage national and regional sales meetings.
• Executed conference/meeting registration, housing and ad hoc meeting requests.
• Evaluated and recommend vendors and venues.
• On site execution, including staff management.
• Budget management and oversight responsibility.
• Managed one FTE Meeting Coordinator

Contracted to oversee and project manage client's annual summit through cross functional team management in the following areas:

• Securing and managing track session and keynote speakers.
• Agency management.
• Budget management.
• Promotional activities.
• Tracking and reporting on revenue goals.
• Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.

Oversaw the day to day operation and team of five meeting planners to deliver best in class pharmaceutical meetings.

• Thought leader and primary point of client contact.
• Coached and mentored internal team members.
• Oversaw 80 meetings per year with varying budgets .
• Developed and activated best practice processes.
• Meeting types included all commercial events as well as medical Advisory Boards and Speaker Trainings.

• Developed and managed Patent Pool Meetings held globally and attended by a high-level, international audience.
• Planned and executed more than 20 international meetings annually, rotating between North America, Europe and Asia.
• Implemented new technology within event registration to facilitate a better user experience.
• Defined event goals and strategies to ensure best in class events.
• Traveled on-site to execute on all meetings.
• Coordinated off-site events during meetings.

• Hotel site sourcing and contract negotiation for large meetings.
• Contract meeting planner for various clients.

• Planned and executed corporate meetings and events including:
• National Sales Meetings
• Tradeshows
• Holiday events
• IPO events
• Managed Program Coordinators per project.