Gary Briggs

About Gary Briggs

Passionate about doing whatever it takes to make events happen, resulting in a very creative and diverse skill set. Accomplished technology leader and vital business partner with the proven ability to adopt and implement new processes, swiftly adapt to change, and manage concurrent (and often competing) priorities.Team builder and motivator focused on developing and training a highly effective, fun, and collaborative workforce.Quickly establish trust, develop good rapport, and foster positive working relationships with customers and vendors.Experience planning and producing over 100 gaming events, and hundreds of technical projectsFounder and President of an National Gaming Charity Organization. Having fun raising money for charity while providing exposure to sponsors in the gaming hardware and software industry.

Experience

1. Lanfest Founder Board Member

   Lanfest

   Apr 2006 — Present · Olympia, WA, US

   LANFest Founder/Director/Treasurer/President, 1/06 – present, LANFest Non-profit, Olympia, WAFounded largest non-profit charity gaming organization in the United States. Plan and lead the organization’s growth and strategic interests, moving from one event to 25 a year including potential international expansion. Work to negotiate sponsorship funding and marketing agreements. Develop marketing plans to engage enthusiast gaming communities to incorporate with LANFest. Develop marketing plans with limited resources; using word of mouth, social media and traditional media to attract attendees. • Founded charity dedicated to organizing enthusiast gaming events.• Organize an all-volunteer staff of 500 LANfest staff members. • Developed attendee base of over 10k enthusiast gamers, selling out all events. • Incorporated over half of US LAN gaming organizations into a single non-profit.

Education

• Pacfic Lutheran University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Technology and Innovation Management

  1998 — 2001

• Pacific Lutheran University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Mechanical Engineering
• Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Hardware
• Business Development
• Project Management
• Electrical Engineering
• Troubleshooting
• Servers
• Product Development
• Embedded Systems
• System Engineering
• Product Marketing
• Gaming Industry
• Competitive Analysis
• Event Production
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Regulatory Requirements
• Systems Engineering
• Nonprofits
• Debugging
• Program Management
• Event Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership