Regina
Portee

A global enterprise technology company needed a senior event leader to own the full strategy and execution of their flagship annual customer conference — a multi-day program serving thousands of enterprise technology leaders across multiple tracks and business segments.

I served as the senior cross-functional program lead, serving as the primary liaison between executive leadership, marketing, sales, and external partners. I owned every phase from content planning and abstract management through sponsorship coordination, vendor negotiations, production oversight, and post-event ROI reporting.

Comprehensive workback schedules, speaker management workflows, cross-functional alignment processes, and post-event reporting frameworks. I developed booth activation strategies and ancillary event programming designed to create meaningful commercial touchpoints throughout the conference.

Delivered a cohesive, high-impact program aligned to commercial objectives. Applied data-driven insights to improve session engagement and experience design, providing leadership with clear evidence of program ROI. The operational frameworks built during this program were designed for repeatability and scale.

A major federal health agency required a senior program manager to oversee a high-volume portfolio of national and international public health conferences, training programs, and multi-agency meetings simultaneously — with strict compliance and audit requirements throughout.

I directed multi-agency programs from full content and logistics planning through onsite delivery and post-event reporting, while maintaining audit-ready compliance documentation across every program in the portfolio.

Structured project plans, risk mitigation frameworks, resource schedules, master event trackers, and speaker vetting and compliance documentation systems. I led federal approval processes for speakers and program content within highly regulated environments.

Managed 100+ programs per year across multiple CDC divisions without compliance failures. Built the tracking and documentation infrastructure that kept complex, high-stakes programs running smoothly under tight regulatory requirements and multiple stakeholder groups.

A major fintech company's flagship user conference needed a Lead PM to direct execution across a complex, multi-workstream program with tight budget accountability and executive-level reporting expectations.

I served as Lead PM, directing execution across seven cross-functional workstreams — Marketing, Product, Sales, and Technology — while aligning all teams to a single commercial program vision. I owned budget management, vendor contracts, sponsorship packages, and executive reporting.

Scalable project plans, approval workflows, and KPI dashboards that improved delivery efficiency by 20%. I also led the speaker program and session content strategy, and championed DEI-focused programming that translated organizational equity commitments into conference content and learning tracks.

20% improvement in delivery efficiency. Operational infrastructure and documentation that outlasted my tenure. A conference agenda directly aligned to business growth objectives, with branded merchandise, collateral, and signage coordinated in partnership with marketing and content leads.