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Paul Manjourides

Edison,NJ

Summary

Event Technology Director with over twenty years of production experience in a wide range of events, and a reputation for excellence with clients, venues and colleagues. Concentrations include project coordination, large scale logistics, on-site execution, event planning, and event proposal development.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Audiovisual Production Specialist

Tritech Communications
New York, NY
08.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for setup, monitoring, and breakdown of technology in 20+ meeting rooms in a large financial conglomerate in Midtown NYC
  • Coordinate with AV support department to meet the needs of employees of several individual companies within the conglomerate, all the way up to the CEOs
  • Manage both integrated "Zoom Rooms" (both through the Zoom dashboard remotely and in-person) as well as rooms where technology is set up "on the fly", such as wired and wireless microphones, monitors, and webcams
  • Provide live support for live webinars, making sure the needs of the coordinators, panelists, and attendees are met
  • Provide daily surveys of Zoom Rooms on multiple floors, and escalate any issues to the appropriate vendor for repair
  • Communicate with scheduling personnel on room capabilities and functionality

Director of Event Technology

KVL Audiovisual Services
Mahwah, NJ
11.2005 - 03.2020
  • Responsible for all audiovisual needs at two suburban hotels with 29 meeting rooms spanning almost 45,000 square feet of multi-use function space including three large ballrooms
  • Interacted and collaborated with freelancers and directed events within schedule and according to plans
  • Supervised daily setup and striking of audio-visual equipment for meetings and major corporate events with support of sales manager and audio-visual technicians
  • Managed inventory control and verified constant tracking of technology equipment
  • Interacted with event hosts and clients to maintain mutually beneficial relationships and exceeded sales and service expectations

Volunteer Conference Planner, Staff Manager

Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA)
Columbus, OH
01.2001 - 05.2019
  • Worked pre-show and on-site coordination of attendee and event registration
  • Provided on-site training to volunteers in several key event management functions
  • Assisted coordination and logistics for 1,000,000 square feet convention and exhibition

Event Production Manager

Future Media Concepts
New York, NY
01.2003 - 01.2005
  • Event Production Manager for leading producer of educational, conferences for film, television, video and web industries
  • Managed Digital Media for five-day conference and exhibition in Las Vegas with 167 sessions across 10 meeting rooms catering to over 1,200 attendees
  • Supervised staff of six technicians supporting on-site production for three to five events annually ranging in size from 200 – 1200 attendees

Education

B.A. - Art, Film & Video

University of Massachusetts
Boston, MA
1999

Skills

  • Crestron systems
  • Extron systems
  • Video projection
  • Audio engineering
  • Livestreaming
  • MS Excel
  • MS Power Point
  • Zoom
  • MS Teams
  • Webex

Timeline

Audiovisual Production Specialist

Tritech Communications
08.2021 - Current

Director of Event Technology

KVL Audiovisual Services
11.2005 - 03.2020

Event Production Manager

Future Media Concepts
01.2003 - 01.2005

Volunteer Conference Planner, Staff Manager

Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA)
01.2001 - 05.2019

B.A. - Art, Film & Video

University of Massachusetts
Paul Manjourides