Dean Russo

About Dean Russo

I am an accomplished sales leader with over 20 years experience in the event and conference industry with a track record of driving new revenue growth in highly competitive markets. Experienced consultative selling style, effective at building and cultivating deep customer relationships, understanding client needs and delivering integrated customer solutions. Consistent achievement at developing new business through new event/product launches and strategic expansion into growth vertical markets. I have a history of developing and coaching top-performing sales teams and promoting individual professional growth.

Experience

1. Vice President of Sales

   Eventsquid

   Sep 2024 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   As Vice President of Sales at Eventsquid, part of the HotelPlanner family of brands, I lead strategic growth initiatives delivering innovative event registration and management solutions tailored to the unique needs of associations, government agencies, corporate clients, and event planners.Our platform enhances your event\'s registration process, improves attendee engagement, and simplifies logistics. Interested in learning more? I\'m always eager to connect and explore how Eventsquid can support your is a multi-armed SAAS platform that enables event planners, organizations and entire industries to bring attendees, vendors, sponsors and event hosts together in one place with a single system to handle simple or complex tasks including, registration, speaker management, communications, feedback, continuing education tracking, website creation and mobile app creation for their events.Eventsquid offers a simple, flat-fee licensing model and superior levels of support and has been recognized in the industry as a leading event management platform since 2017. More at

Education

• Ithaca College

  Bachelor of Science, Business Finance

Skills

• Leadership
• Marketing Communications
• Sales Management
• Marketing
• Sales
• Online Advertising
• Salesforce.com
• Strategic Planning
• Program Management
• Event Planning
• Project Management
• Account Management
• Sponsorship
• Trade Shows
• Start-Ups
• Social Media Marketing
• Market Research
• Public Relations
• Business Strategy
• Product Marketing
• Online Marketing
• Email Marketing
• New Business Development
• Social Media
• Corporate Events
• Business Development
• Lead Generation
• Business-to-Business (B2b)
• Advertising
• Strategic Partnerships
• Management
• Strategy
• Executive Management
• Brand Management
• Marketing Strategy
• B2b
• Budgets
• Event Management