Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
References
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Erik Distad

Erik Distad

Commercial Pilot/ Instrument Rating
Minneapolis,MN

Summary

Certified Commercial Pilot with extensive flight training and diverse aviation experience. Skilled in navigating complex airspace as well as taking actions to adhere to safety regulations. Proven proficiency in handling single-engine aircraft and conducting successful pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight operations with great attention to detail. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments. Recognized for taking proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with focus on optimizing processes and supporting team objectives.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Event Coordinator

National Sports Center
Blane, USA
01.2023 - 03.2024
  • Worked alongside a team to help set up and coordinate tournaments at the sports center in Blane, Minnesota
  • It is one of the largest event centers in the nation, so there was a lot of busy work and stressful times to make sure everything went according to plan

Manager Vikings Team Store

Legends Hospitality
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Managed associates throughout busy workdays
  • Communicated with the managers to help build the schedules and assort tasks throughout the employees
  • Was willing to help when needed while maintaining stability through the busy gamedays
  • Took critical thinking on how to get through a hectic gameday environment as a manager

Lead Pro Shop and League Coordinator

Minnesota National Golf Course
01.2021 - 12.2021
  • Worked alongside Golf professionals to organize several leagues and activates that the course offers, both existing and newly created
  • Also, assisted outside groups inquiring about stay and play events and followed through with lodging and other customer service needs
  • Used past experience to create events for leagues to take part in

Internship - Public Relations

Minnesota Vikings
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Helped the Communications staff of the Minnesota Vikings on various gameday responsibilities
  • Tasks included delivering starting lineup cards and statistics to the media press box and different broadcasting booths, helped facilitate on field broadcasting prior to the game, and transcribing multiple player interviews after the game for upload to the official Minnesota Vikings website

Internship

Central Casting Los Angeles
06.2016 - 08.2016
  • Assisted Casting Directors daily in their efforts to find background actors for TV shows
  • Answered phones, worked on gender/ethnicity/age spreadsheets, and thrived in a fast-paced environment

Education

Commercial Pilot, Instrument Rated -

ATP Flight School
12.2025

Sport Management - Journalism

University of Minnesota
12.2020

Skills

  • Total flight time- 2055
  • PIC time- 1233
  • Instrument Time- 583
  • Cross Country- 996
  • Night Time- 127
  • Microsoft Word
  • Excel
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Communication skills

References

Upon Request

Achievementsextracurricularactivities

  • Organized Intramural Flag Football/ Broomball/ Basketball – University of Minnesota
  • Member of the Theta Chi – Alpha Pi Chapter at the University of Minnesota
  • Served as Athletics Chairman – Organized and set up the fraternity’s athletics and determined by consensus throughout the chapter as to which sport league to participate in

Profileobjective

To obtain a position that will both display my skills that I have learned, as well as give me the opportunity to learn new skills that maximize my knowledge, abilities and strengths. I am a hardworking, reliable person with the necessary tools to be successful in a highly competitive environment. As my resume and references show, I would be an asset to your team now and in the future.

Timeline

Event Coordinator

National Sports Center
01.2023 - 03.2024

Manager Vikings Team Store

Legends Hospitality
01.2021 - 01.2022

Lead Pro Shop and League Coordinator

Minnesota National Golf Course
01.2021 - 12.2021

Internship - Public Relations

Minnesota Vikings
01.2019 - 01.2020

Internship

Central Casting Los Angeles
06.2016 - 08.2016

Commercial Pilot, Instrument Rated -

ATP Flight School

Sport Management - Journalism

University of Minnesota
Erik DistadCommercial Pilot/ Instrument Rating