Amy-Marie Lemanski, CMP

Experience

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  Atrium Catering

  Apr 1999 - Jun 2002

  Account Executive

  Atrium Catering International was the In-house caterer for International Market Square in addition to offering Off-premise catering needs for corporate and social events.My responsibilities as a Catering Manager:• Achieved annual sales of $1M for both in-house and off-premise events.• Coordinated event logistics and collaborated with outside vendors and service providers to ensure seamlessly executed events.• Maintained customer relationship throughout booking, coordinating and execution of event and follow up to develop long-term relationships for future business.• Solicited new business through networking, sales calls, industry organization involvement. Show less

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  Boston Scientific

  Jul 2002 - Jan 2008

  Meeting Planner

  Boston Scientific is known as a leading manufacturer of less-invasive medical devices around the world specializing in a variety of areas of medical treatment, most noted in the Twin Cities is their Cardiovascular division.My responsibilities as a Meeting Planner:• Planned, staged and executed internal and external meetings that achieved initiatives, goals and objectives for both domestic and international clinical meetings and with the Marketing organization.• Achieved desired meeting objectives through utilization of product and market knowledge throughout the planning process.• Well-versed in the AdvaMed Code of Conduct. Show less

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  Capella University

  Jun 2008 - Feb 2011

  Event Manager, Specialized Residencies

  Capella University is an accredited on-line university dedicated to providing access to high quality education for adults who seek to maximize their personal and professional potential. They accomplish this by delivering innovative programs that are responsive to the needs of adult learners and involve active, engaging, challenging, and relevant learning experiences offered in a variety of delivery modes.My responsibilities as an Event Manager:• Partnered with the academic leadership and subject matter experts (SME's) to strategize in the development of new residencies and redesign of existing residencies. • Successfully launched a new Doctoral residency program and Dissertation Writers Retreat which both achieved attendance and residency revenue goals. • Managed budgets to achieve desired gross margins.• Developed on-site service model to manage on-site staff and deliver top level service to on-site faculty and learners.• Responsible for coordination and execution of all event logistics and details. Show less

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  Century College

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2013

  Adjunct Faculty Instructor

  Century College is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities System. Century is two-year college offering a high-quality and affordable education. It is Minnesota's largest provider of Continuing Education and provides a comprehensive list of programs and classes for individual enrichment or customized training for business needs.My role as a Part-time instructor:• Served as the Subject Matter Expert and created the outline and the content for the 6-week course• Teach the class in the Fall, Spring and Winter Quarters and have also instructed a group of Administrative Professionals at Medtronic• Create an outline for the Final Project for each class Show less

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  Nexstar Network

  Apr 2012 - May 2013

  Senior Meeting and Event Manager

  Nexstar Network is a business-development and best practices organization that delivers comprehensive business training, systems and support to independent home service plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical professionals across the continent, Canada, Australia and the Cayman Islands.My job responsibilities include:• Planned annual Calendar of Events of 30+ training events including dates, cities and venues• Managed events of up to 600 attendees and a $1.5M budget• Hotel Procurement and Site Selection• Contract Negotiations• Responsible for all event logistics and details• Interface with Event Registration software and compile appropriate event reports• Manage vendor relationships• Collaborate with member trainers on content development• Create cost savings and manage budgets to achieve desired margins• Created RFP's, Timing and Action Plans and other documents to improve processes and communication Show less

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  AML Events, LLC

  Sept 2013 - now

  Owner, Senior Meeting and Event Manager

  AML Events is a full service meeting and event planning company providing end-to-end solutions for your programs whether they are for 5 people or 15,000 people. We will take care of all the planning details so you don't have to. We specialize in large scale festivals and events, B2B & Annual conferences, C-Suite and executive meetings, education and training programs, tradeshows and ancillary meetings.Services:∞ Project management ∞ On-site management and logistics ∞ Site selection & contract negotiations∞ Vendor & speaker management∞ Speaker, VIP and Sponsor liaison∞ Sponsorships∞ Attendee EngagementList of Clients:∞ Norwest Equity Partners∞ Tactile Medical∞ Maple Grove Days∞ CommScope / Ruckus Networks∞ Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency Conference∞ TeamWomen∞ Northwestern Health Sciences University∞ Liberty Diversified International, 100th Anniversary Gratitude Tour∞ Johnson & Johnson / Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS & Janssen Pharmaceutical∞ NMR Events∞ Super Bowl LII; Media Party & Media Lounge∞ NCAA Men's Final Four, Special Events∞ Salesforce∞ Total Expert∞ Republican National Convention, Delegate Aide∞ Magnet 360∞ CSI∞ Cetera∞ Animal Humane Society Show less