McKell Curtis Bills

Experience

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  Marriott Hotels

  Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  Event Management Internship

  Supported the catering department managers in conducting property tours, packaging Marriott Rewards materials, and numerous other assignments.Created and distributed Banquet Event Orders on behalf of catering managers.Assisted Sport Travel Plus representatives in reviewing the quality of hotel room accommodations in preparation for NBA sponsored Rocky Mountain Review.

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  Residence Inn by Marriott

  May 2005 - Nov 2006

  Sales Manager

  Collaborated with Director of Sales in planning and organizing four annual client events with over 150 customers in attendance.Increased special corporate account rates by 3% for 2006.Communicated with meeting planners to coordinate corporate meeting specifications and sleeping rooms.Proactively solicited and transitioned a new base business account, estimated to produce $125,000 in annual room revenue, from a market-leading competitor.Managed customer relations through bi-weekly visits in order to develop and maintain current relationships. Show less

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  Novell

  Nov 2006 - May 2012

  Managed Advanced Technical Training annual conference with over 150 + customers.Coordinated the catering, equipment, class materials, instructor travel, training location, expense tracking and online registration for 300 + customer training events which resulted in over $1.8 million in revenue.Collaborated with Marketing and Partner Enablement teams to create promotions to help drive customers/ partners to training classes.Negotiated contracts for catering menus, hotel room blocks and meeting space requirements. Show less

  • Direct Training Manager

    Feb 2011 - May 2012

  • Corporate Event Planner

    Nov 2006 - Feb 2011
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  Micro Focus

  Jan 2016 - Nov 2017

  Product Marketing Manager

  Manager of the Go to Market Launch team responsible for project managing product launches for all Micro Focus portfolios.Organized enablement podcasts for the sales teams and partners to educate them about new features in product releases.Acted as the catalyst for providing product launch details across several business units within the sales, partner and marketing organizations.Assigned by Vice President of Solutions Marketing to streamline the process for all product communications to customers, partners and sales teams.Selected to present at Micro Focus Techconnect partner event in Berlin regarding product release communications to the partner community. Show less

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  SUSE

  Feb 2018 - Apr 2022

  Enablement Project Manager

  • Responsible for project managing all Enablement commitments to Marketing, Campaigns, Sales, Pre-Sales and Partners.• Developed and maintained the Enablement team roadmap to effectively communicate teamactivities to internal stakeholders.• Project Managed the development and delivery of the Enablement team content for annual Sales Summit.• Collaborated with the Field Delivery and Partner teams to actively communicate the latest Enablement content and updates.

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  Micro Focus

  Apr 2022 - now

  Product Marketing Manager