Zia Ur Rahman

• Lead weekly operations meetings with marketing, delegate recruitment, sales, editorial, and creative teams to ensure that events remained on track and stayed within budget • Collaborated with paid event sponsors to secure project deliverables and manage client relations • Worked with contracted venues on securing hotel rooms, room configuration, registration and meeting materials, and ordering of food and beverage and audio/visual equipment set-up • Managed event budgets and was accountable for final invoice reconciliation, check requests, and expense allocation • Successfully build new business through effective design and implementation of strategic marketing and branding plans. • Meet with trade and professional associations and other groups to promote and discuss conference, convention and trade show services • Negotiate contracts for services, approve suppliers' invoices, maintain financial records, review final billing submitted to clients for events and prepare reports.