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Tracy Taylor, CMM, CMP
310 Brentwood Drive North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Email: tataylor0730@yahoo.com Mobile: 716.566.8242
INDEPENDENT EVENT CONTRACTOR Sept.2012- Present
As a self-employed event expert, I employ skills and expertise with clients who need
temporary and full-time event management in all aspects of hospitality. My contracts include
CWT Meeting and Events as M&E Planner and The Wow Factory. I handle full meeting
planning needs for clients in the technology, communications and pharmaceutical industries
with a specific focus on sourcing, negotiations, program development, registration
management and housing and on-site implementation. My clients included Hughes,
ConnectWise, AbbVie SMM, NPPA, and August Jackson. I have become well-versed in HCP
Compliance and Lanyon (StarCite).
SYNNEX CORPORATION, Greenville, SC June 2011-Sept. 2012
As Director of Events, I was brought in by the SVP of Marketing North America to mentor
and coach five (5) managers, event planners and content management staff as well as direct
internal and external teams for their largest customer and VIP events, trade shows and
incentive trips. I had full leadership responsibility for all of these events, including sourcing,
negotiations, expense accountability, registration, creative input, superior service level and all
event logistics up to and including on-site implementation. I was also responsible for creating
SYNNEX’s event “brand” including meticulous proposals, internal presentations and roll out.
Internal clients included IBM, Xerox, HP and Dell.
INGRAM MICRO, INC. 1994 – 2010
In my role as Senior Manager, Corporate Events and Travel, I led a team of ten (10)
managers, event planners and event administrative staff in Ingram Micro’s Western New York
and Toronto, Ontario offices, as well as direct internal and external teams for Ingram Micro’s
largest customer and VIP events, trade shows and incentive trips. Charged with full
leadership responsibility, these events all received the company’s highest survey scores
among attendees, with an average of 4.8 of 5. I maintained expense accountability with
single-event budgets exceeding $1.5M and over 1,200 events per year, as well as creative
input and all-inclusive event logistics from sourcing to on-site execution. I was responsible for
co-management of our preferred travel partner’s service (CWT) for both transient and group
travel, staffing, reporting and customer service. Internal clients included Apple, Microsoft, HP
as well as the full spectrum of large and small technology companies.
COMPETITIVE SKILLS
STRATEGIC SOURCING: I manage exclusive strategic partnerships with hoteliers, venues,
transportation suppliers, registration management suppliers, speaker bureaus, destination
management companies, freight companies and event/trade show decorators based on cost
and quality of service and product to control budgets while maximizing customer value
FULL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT: from sourcing, to BEOs to specifications, I am intricately
familiar with the day to day of pre-event and on-site management. Registration, menu
development, activities, transportation, audio-visual, speaker management, shipping, exhibits,
site selection, budget management and contract negotiation
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: I implemented process improvements to tracking systems for
program management, project assignment, budgeting and reconciliation, monitoring effective
project distribution according to availability and skill level. . Established templated services
with strategic partners to enhance efficiency and service levels
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy - University of California, Irvine - 1992
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) since 1998
Certified Meeting Manager (CMM) since 2007

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  • 1. Tracy Taylor, CMM, CMP 310 Brentwood Drive North Tonawanda, NY 14120 Email: tataylor0730@yahoo.com Mobile: 716.566.8242 INDEPENDENT EVENT CONTRACTOR Sept.2012- Present As a self-employed event expert, I employ skills and expertise with clients who need temporary and full-time event management in all aspects of hospitality. My contracts include CWT Meeting and Events as M&E Planner and The Wow Factory. I handle full meeting planning needs for clients in the technology, communications and pharmaceutical industries with a specific focus on sourcing, negotiations, program development, registration management and housing and on-site implementation. My clients included Hughes, ConnectWise, AbbVie SMM, NPPA, and August Jackson. I have become well-versed in HCP Compliance and Lanyon (StarCite). SYNNEX CORPORATION, Greenville, SC June 2011-Sept. 2012 As Director of Events, I was brought in by the SVP of Marketing North America to mentor and coach five (5) managers, event planners and content management staff as well as direct internal and external teams for their largest customer and VIP events, trade shows and incentive trips. I had full leadership responsibility for all of these events, including sourcing, negotiations, expense accountability, registration, creative input, superior service level and all event logistics up to and including on-site implementation. I was also responsible for creating SYNNEX’s event “brand” including meticulous proposals, internal presentations and roll out. Internal clients included IBM, Xerox, HP and Dell. INGRAM MICRO, INC. 1994 – 2010 In my role as Senior Manager, Corporate Events and Travel, I led a team of ten (10) managers, event planners and event administrative staff in Ingram Micro’s Western New York and Toronto, Ontario offices, as well as direct internal and external teams for Ingram Micro’s largest customer and VIP events, trade shows and incentive trips. Charged with full leadership responsibility, these events all received the company’s highest survey scores among attendees, with an average of 4.8 of 5. I maintained expense accountability with single-event budgets exceeding $1.5M and over 1,200 events per year, as well as creative input and all-inclusive event logistics from sourcing to on-site execution. I was responsible for co-management of our preferred travel partner’s service (CWT) for both transient and group travel, staffing, reporting and customer service. Internal clients included Apple, Microsoft, HP as well as the full spectrum of large and small technology companies. COMPETITIVE SKILLS STRATEGIC SOURCING: I manage exclusive strategic partnerships with hoteliers, venues, transportation suppliers, registration management suppliers, speaker bureaus, destination management companies, freight companies and event/trade show decorators based on cost and quality of service and product to control budgets while maximizing customer value FULL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT: from sourcing, to BEOs to specifications, I am intricately familiar with the day to day of pre-event and on-site management. Registration, menu development, activities, transportation, audio-visual, speaker management, shipping, exhibits, site selection, budget management and contract negotiation PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: I implemented process improvements to tracking systems for program management, project assignment, budgeting and reconciliation, monitoring effective project distribution according to availability and skill level. . Established templated services with strategic partners to enhance efficiency and service levels EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy - University of California, Irvine - 1992 Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) since 1998 Certified Meeting Manager (CMM) since 2007