Marcos Nicolas Michaelides Resume

Professional Work Experience

06/2013 WRC: Rally Acropolis 2013 - Greece
www.acropolisrally.gr/EN/2013/
Crowd control safety operations / Volunteers Supervisor

01/2012 – Today PLISSKEN LAB – Athens, Greece
www.plisskenlab.com / www.plisskenfestival.gr
Production Manager / Venue Coordinator & Founder of the LAB*

- Production Coordination
- Vendors’ Coordination & Supervision
- Operational Planning
- Safety Procedure Management
- Venue Operations Management
- Staffing Coordination

*The LAB is the first non-profit academy in Greece that provides theoretical and practical training to volunteers in the Live Music Business Industry

Projects/ Concerts:
Plissken Festival 2012 & 2013, Greece / This Will Destroy You, Greece / Swans, Greece and more

02/2009 – 12/2011 ELEVEN CONCERTS – Athens, Greece
www.elevenconcerts.com
Concerts Department Managing Director

- Producer
- Promoter’s Representative
- International Business Relations
- Project Planning & Management
- Business Plans
- Artist Booking
- Putting together and supervising the team of professionals to meet the event’s needs
- Production Coordination
- Operational Planning
- Safety Procedure Management
- Venue booking & Venue Operations Management
- Staffing Coordination
- Budgeting & Pricing Policy
- Sponsorship, Marketing & Promotion Supervision
- Vendors’ Coordination & Supervision

Projects/ Concerts:
Carlos Santana, Greece /Alice Cooper, Cyprus / Beyoncé, Greece / 50 Cent, Greece / Rihanna, Greece/ Aerosmith, Greece/ The Cranberries Reunion, Greece/ Patty (Laura Esquivel), Greece/ Bon Jovi, Greece/ The Asteroids Galaxy –Heineken Corporate event, Greece /Family the Label Tour / D. Vandi


08/2008 – Today NENA PRODUCTIONS LTD. – Worldwide
Founder & Managing Director

Nena Productions provides integrated services in the field of the Live Entertainment business to its partners worldwide.

Projects /Concerts:
Jennifer Lopez Greece on behalf Max Productions, DJ Tiesto and Whitesnake Cyprus on behalf of Moonlight Show Productions www.moonlightshow.com


12/2006 – 07/2008 ASHLEYWORLDGROUP /LE SPOT/ HOT BEEZ - Athens, Greece
Producer / Live Events Project Manager

- Project Planning & Management
- Business Plans
- Artist Booking
- Recruitment & Supervision of the event team of professionals
- Production Coordination
- Operational Planning
- Safety Procedure Management
- Venue Booking & Venue Operations Management
- Staffing Coordination
- Budgeting & Pricing Policy
- Sponsorship & Promotion Consulting
- Vendors’ Coordination & Supervision

Projects /Concerts:
George Michael, Greece / James Blunt, Greece & Cyprus / Michael Nyman, Greece/ Blue Oyster Cult, Greece/ Fly Beeyond Festival 2007 & 2008, Greece: Tori Amos, Avril Lavigne, James, Air, Pink, Sugababes, Massive Attack, Sex Pistols, The National, Gogol Bordello, New York Dolls, The Courteeners, etc.

11/2005 – 11/2006 MAX PRODUCTIONS SA / AENIMA LTD. – Athens, Greece
Producer / Live Events Project Manager

- Project Planning & Management
- Business Plans
- Artist Booking
- Recruitment & Supervision of the event team of professionals
- Production Coordination
- Operational Planning
- Safety Procedure Management
- Venue booking & Venue Operations Management
- Staffing Coordination
- Budgeting & Pricing Policy
- Sponsorship & Promotion Consulting
- Vendors’ Coordination & Supervision

Projects /Concerts:
All in Greece: Shakira / Deep Purple / Scorpions & Whitesnake

11/2004 – 11/2005 ASTRA PROMOTIONS / ENCORE GREEK BOOKING - Athens, Greece
www.gagarin205.gr
Live Events Project Manager

- Production Coordination
- Safety Procedure Management
- Venue and Operations Management
- Staffing Coordination
- Budgeting & Pricing Policy
- Sponsorship & Promotion Consulting
- Vendors’ Coordination & Supervision

Projects /Concerts:
All in Greece: Scorpions/ Deep Purple / Megadeth / A-HA/ Kraftwerk/ Machinehead/Eric Burdon/The Fuzztones/Apocalyptica.

03/2004 – 10/2004 ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES / CSC HELLAS S.A. – Athens, Greece
www.csc-usa.com
Spectator Services Venue Manager

- Planning and implementation of crowd management, risk management, pedestrian flows, queue management, spectator marshaling, access monitoring, ticket-taking, ushering
- Recruiting, interviewing and hiring project staff
- Presenting pre-packaged training sessions to volunteers

Venues:
Marathon / Triathlon / Athens Road Race

11/2001 – 03/2004 DIDI MUSIC SA. / BIG STAR PROMOTION - Athens Greece
www.didimusic.gr
Marketing Manager

- Media & business partners’ relation development
- Event promotion & event advertising
- Sponsorship planning & contracting
- Internet based promotion & research
- Production assistance

Projects /Concerts:
All in Greece: Joaquin Cortes / Jethro Tull /The Cure/ Moby/ Manu Chao/ Placebo/ Motorhead /HIM /Queensryche / Bruce Dickinson / The Dandy Warhols / Soulfly / Paradise Lost / DIO / Sepultura / Madrugada / Misfits / Savatage / Iced Earth Energy Dance Festival: Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Deep Dish / / etc.

11/1999 – 01/2001 MVN Consultants Ltd. – Athens, Greece
www.antennainternational.com
Sales Representative of “Antenna Audio SA” in Greece

- Antenna Audio’s interpretive tour guides management
- Marketing materials and sales tools development
- Vendor relationships management


BUSINESS TRIPS

Los Angeles / Detroit / Venice / Munich / Berlin / Dubai / Abu Dhabi/ London / Tel Aviv

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS / HIGLIGHTS

- Plissken Festival 2013 made it to the top 20 international festivals according to www.Pitchfork.com and is now nominated for 2 European festival awards.
- Foundation and implementation of Plissken the LAB
- 3 interviews in the Audience magazine for Beyonce’s tour in 2009 and Local Market focus
- Aerosmith stated in 2010 in The Rolling Stone that Greece was the highlight of their European tour
- First to introduce the Wall of Nations (Olympic Stadium Athens) as a site for festivals and concerts after the Athens 2004 Olympic Games; Fly Beeyond Festival 2007
- First to introduce in the local live music industry the necessity of a safety engineer and the process of safety management
- Zero audience accidents
- Employed and supervised staff: depending on the show / event: 60 – 950.

Dear Sirs,

I have worked in the field of the live entertainment and event business in Greece and Cyprus for the past 12 years. I have been responsible as a producer for the realization of some of the largest concerts and events that have taken place in Greece and Cyprus such as:

- Bon Jovi @ Olympic Stadium Athens
- Beyoncé @ Olympic Indoor Hall Athens
- Aerosmith @ Karaiskaki Stadium Piraeus Athens
- Shakira @ Olympic Stadium Athens,
- George Michael @ Olympic Stadium Athens,
- Rihanna @ Karaiskaki Stadium Piraeus Athens
- Carlos Santana @ Olympic Stadium Athens ,
- J-LO @ Olympic Indoor Hall Athens ,
- Fly Beeyond Festival @ Olympic Stadium Athens Wall of Nations and Karaiskaki Stadium
- Plissken Festival@ Foundation of Hellenic World
- Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Whitesnake, Tiesto @ Eleftheria Stadium Nicosia
For a complete list of events please see my resume.

Recent projects I have successfully undertaken include, Plissken Festival 2013, where I served as producer and WRC - Rally Acropolis 2013, where I served as the crowd control safety operations manager.

I started my career in DIDI Music/Big Star promotion, the leading concert promoter in Greece, in 2001. Contemporary Services Corporation hired me as a Venue Manager for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and since 2005 I have been active as a producer, managing director and project manager for several concert and event promoting companies in Greece, such as Ashley World Group / Le Spot, Encore, Astra, Max Productions, Moonlight Show Productions (Cyprus), Eleven Concerts, EMI Greece, PlisskenLab and more.

In 2008, I founded Nena Productions Ltd., a company oriented to provide complete solutions towards all aspects of live contemporary music performance worldwide.

The production services entailed, identifying and cooperating with the party willing to finance a unique show/ event or being interested in entering the business as a concert promoter.

Once the interest and the investment were in place and further to the party understanding and accepting the business’ framework, my role would be planning, budgeting, booking and ensuring that the legislation and policies, venue specifications, artist needs, promoter’s expectations, sponsor’s needs, stakeholders expectations, were all successfully met in addition to delivering the project plan according to schedule and budget, always within a safe environment for the audience.

The complete production services package included:

- International relations
- Department Management
- Creating a business plan according to budget and timeframe
- Analyzing competition
- Securing international connections
- PNL and decision making according to budget, period, venue capacity and sales expectance
- Vendors coordination and supervision
- Putting together and supervising the team of professionals to meet the event’s needs
- Funding process
- Booking process
- Promotion activities supervision
- Sponsorship deals process
- Pricing and Ticketing
- Venue booking and coordination
- Insurance contracts
- Meeting Artists and event needs
- Promoter’s Representation
- Coordination, supervision and implementation of all operational and production aspects
- Safety procedures (VERP, etc)
- Crowd Management
- Risk Management

A list of the entities as well as the professionals I have worked with on an international level are available upon request.

Project Management
Team Player

Greek / English / Spanish

10/2000 – 07/2001 University of Piraeus - Department of Business Administration
MBA Tourism Management
Piraeus, Greece
Thesis: Feasibility study on the construction and operation of a concert venue in Athens Greece

09/1995 – 06/1999 University of Piraeus - Department of Economics
Bachelor of Science in Economics
Piraeus, Greece

Books, Music, Concerts, Martial Arts