Dustin Fabian

• Maintained finances, projections, and overall cash flow.
• Reviewed finances for individual projects and COGs.
• Developed and negotiated contracts for clients and vendors.

Achievements:

• Restructured operating expenses during initial financial impact of COVID-19 including vendor negotiations.
• Maintained positive cash through during initial impact of COVID-19.

• Full-service production company focusing on live and virtual meetings and events.
• Plan directly with client to ensure positive delivery of meeting message and ensure proper execution.
• Develop and pitch presentations to potential clients.

Achievements:

• Planned meetings and events with Super Bowl Host Committee for upcoming Super Bowl 2017.
• Executed 3,400 attendee pop up meeting within one week.
• Made sure city was aware of moving numerous people at once across Minneapolis, ensured all vendors that were needed to be in place were confirmed, and all other needs in large scale event planning.
• Client wanted to host event across numerous facilities while keeping consistent message and look.
• Worked closely with team members at large to make sure overall design, look, scope, and setting was consistent across all venues.
• Developed virtual production plan and capabilities during initial impact of COVID-19.
• Transitioned multiple clients in-person annual events to virtual experience.
• Selected best suitable platform for event.
• Went back to initial conversation of event purpose and develop virtual program from there.
• Maintained budgets for clients during their financial uncertainty.

• Full-service production company focusing on live meetings and events.
• Oversaw events onsite.
• Managed event staff, main contact for client.
• Prior to event conceptualized events that met what client was looking for.
• Above everything else made event success top priority.

Achievements:

• Client wanted to increase intimacy each year to make their executives feel more open to ask questions and be open to deep conversations.
• Evaluated room design and layout and transformed ballroom to meet their needs.
• Increased overall production budget from $275,000 (2013) to $500,000 (2015).
• Client wanted to build another room to demo new products.
• Selected furniture, lighting, installed temporary carpet, and created mobile air conditioning unit that would transform addition into home like space.
• Client was able to truly demo their product in their wanted setting.
• Last-minute event came up in NYC and needed to purchase additional items for specific event. Due to weather current vendor was unable to complete delivery on time. Called another partner vendor not impacted by weather and arranged pick-up and delivery to NYC venue.
• Connected four different locations throughout US each with keynote speakers to both in room and virtual audience.

• Department specifically planned and executed wide range of university events and managed outside clients who utilized university venue space.
• Oversaw event space, conducted event space sales, and managed/planned client events.
• Managed 100+ events per year.

Achievements:

• University president was hosting Swedish Delegation. During which a false fire alarm occurred, and power was lost campus wide coupled with minor earthquake. Calmed delegation down. Called power company for expected ETA on resolution to keep president up to date, transitioned plated lunch into outdoor BBQ, as indoor catering facility was no longer operable without power. Event was still successful.
• Clients expressed desire to create "one stop shop" combining event space and catering. Worked with catering director to create full-service packages that allowed us to meet needs of different sized meetings and different levels of meetings.

• Managed and maintained residence hall that held conference guests with up to 1,100 occupants. Served as liaison for conference services to guests from all over the world including Bay Area Mitzvah, International Children's Games, and Adventures Cross Country.

Achievements:

• Served as on-call crisis management staff. Liaison between support staff and clients by mediating and making decisions that would resolve high stress situations and critical issues.