Michael Wohlitz

About Michael Wohlitz

High performing leader with over 30 years of live event industry experience• Motivated team leader with exceptional coaching and mentoring skills• Visionary leader that is well-versed in business transformation• Accomplished educator and presenter at industry events• Diverse knowledge of business development, design and operational deployment• Extraordinary leader for top performing teams• Experienced in transforming strategic aspirational into measurable, tactical execution• Experienced in managing platforms and software solutions so to maximize their utility in the sales, invoicing and daily operations of the company• Thrives on opportunities for development and improvement

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, Design & Delivery

   Freeman Company

   Aug 2018 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

   Leads a team of designers providing diverse solutions for a wide variety of live events including Agency and Corporate clients, Show Organizers and Exhibitors• Responsible for converting Enterprise strategic objectives into actionable projects with key deliverables and measurable results• Develop, deploy and maintain consistent processes aligned with platforms to simplify and support the workflow of Design and the Enterprise• Responsible for the forecasting, resource utilization and the financial success of Design• Primary collaborator with other lines of business within Freeman, including Sales, Marketing, eCommerce, Graphics, Fabrication, Demand Planning and Operations• Support business development for significant sales opportunities, particularly with broadcast implications or involving complex venues or deliverables• Key contributor working alongside CDO Bruce Mau to develop, deploy, train and deliver Freeman’s OFBD™ Design Process• Servant leader defining the operational and cultural character of Design

Skills

• Production Managment
• Hospitality
• Video Conferencing
• Television
• Stage Management
• Event Management
• Meeting Planning
• Stage Lighting
• Event Planning
• Lighting Design
• Entertainment
• Video
• Sound
• Lighting
• Live Events
• Video Production
• Av
• Corporate Events
• Trade Shows
• Projection