Event Management - Cvent, Aventri
Sandi Chudzicki
South Bend,IN
Summary
Seasoned and forward-thinking event professional with proven success in bringing large and small events to life through thought leadership, strategic development and risk management controls to drive success in meeting the sponsor's objectives within budget. Leader of cross-functional teams with proven success in team motivation, day-to-day management, mentorship, and coaching. Organized leader with outstanding written and communications skills. Ability to interact and influence stakeholders and business partners including the Board and C-suite level to achieve successful and measurable outcomes. A customer-centric mindset with strong analytical skills, and track record in making data-driven decisions to continually optimize performance and determine future investments.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Meetings and Events Leader
Crowe LLP
04.2019 - Current
- Led team focused on expanding and elevating the event execution process within the firm to achieve firm goals and increase lead generation.
- Identified need and managed implementation of Cvent including becoming a power user to ensure continuity of experience with shifting team members.
- Collaborated with other firm leaders to further define event strategy and expanded team from 3.5 to 20 employees.
- Continually identified opportunities for process and software improvement and persuaded leadership to sponsor projects for enhancement of processes both inside the event space as well as in other areas.
- Managed day-to-day operations of events team from concept to planning and through execution of best-in-class events while staying in budget and optimizing resources and processes
- Established relationships to become key partner to C-suite executives and senior stakeholders across business units to understand business objectives and translate them into experiential and event content strategies
- Improved event execution by partnering with a strategic production company to elevate the delivery of medium and large events
Communications Project Senior Manager
Crowe LLP
04.2014 - 04.2019
- Served as co-project manager of Annual Partner Meeting with budget of up to $1.5M to achieve project milestones and deliver high quality experiences.
- Managed office event efforts across all offices, creating consistent processes and training teams on variety of activities and software solutions.
- Managed firm's annual State of Firm Roadshow consisting of up to 19 live events and 1 virtual or hybrid event with up to 4000 attendees over 3 months at offsite venues near firm offices.
- Managed tactical execution and budget of firm-wide events sponsored by Communications team including contract negotiation for speakers and venues, logistics, technology, swag selection, procurement and delivery, communication and budget and project management.
Training Center Leader and Special Project Senior Manager
Crowe LLP
04.2008 - 04.2014
- Managed team of two supporting day-to-day operations of training center, while pursuing advanced project management and event management opportunities throughout firm.
- Implemented firm-wide software and processes to consolidate meeting room reservation process, providing both efficiency and effectiveness in scheduling and supporting events across 30-office footprint.
- Managed reservations, processes and policies around audio visual equipment across firm including selection of AV equipment and suppliers, video conference usage and tech support and deployment of new event-focused technologies.
- Served as project manager for several non-event related projects including firm-wide implementation of Concur, exterior signage replacement at multiple offices, portions of several office remodel projects and real estate projects, including design of conference spaces.
- Served as senior team member to support firm's largest event of 400+ partners for their 3-day Annual Partner's Meeting.
- Supported all C-suite webinars and other in-person meetings and events for leadership.
Training Center Manager
Crowe LLP
01.1997 - 04.2008
- Managed full suite of day-to-day operations of six-room Training Center with average capacity of 200 attendees daily.
- Optimized repeat attendee experience by tracking preferences to deliver targeted meetings and event experience.
- Implemented reservation software and processes to support efficient and effective meetings and events at South Bend office.
- Managed team of one, as well as small project teams, as needed.
Firm Compliance Associate
Crowe LLP
07.1996 - 01.1997
- Managed data entry requirements to certify attendee completion of courses required to maintain CPA license.
- Managed physical assets of self-study library including distribution, returns, inventory and reporting.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business, Managing Information Systems
Indiana University
South Bend, INAssociate of Science - Business
Indiana University
South Bend, INSkills
- Event Strategy and Deployment
- Cvent, Aventri, EMS and other event management tools
- Workfront
- Operational Excellence and Process Improvements
- Coaching
- Risk and Incident Management
- AV Technology Deployment and Troubleshooting
- Budget Management
- Contract Negotiations and Management
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Team Collaborator
- Data Management
Certification
- Certified Meeting Planner (CMP), 05/01/20
- Certified Meeting Manager (CMM), 09/30/21
Community Involvement
Habitat for Humanity
- Build Volunteer, 1998 - 2018
- Finance Committee Member, 2016 - 2018
- Mid-week Crew Volunteer, 2016 - 2021
- Carter Build Organizing Committee and Build Team Member, 2018
Rebuilding Together , 2015 - 2020
References
Available upon request
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeLocation Preference
RemoteHybridImportant To Me
Company CultureWork-life balanceFlexible work hoursPaid time offWork from home optionHealthcare benefitsPersonal development programs401k matchSoftware
Space Management - EMS
Microsoft Suite
Sharepoint
Project Management - Workfront
Concur
Workday
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