Mitchell Hughes
General Manager, Technology Services - Smart City Networks, Orange County Convention Center
- Role
- General Manager Technology at Smart City Networks
- Location
- Orlando, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mitchell Hughes
I am an outgoing, goal-oriented individual dedicated to continual self-improvement and…
Experience
General Manager Technology
Mar 2005 — Present
Direct responsibility for providing quality telecommunications, internet and networking services for contracted events and in house providers at the Tampa Convention Convention Center. Manage marketing and sales functions of each event, manage technical and troubleshooting in order to provide the best solutions to event productions. Coordinate with the Tech Lead on daily operations. • Follow up with show administrative clients and exhibitors throughout each event to ensure quality control. Create annual budgets and update forecasts monthly. Report monthly to corporate headquarters on daily operations.• Supervise a team of up to 25 personnel, including their hiring, training, performance review, scheduling and compensation. General Manager - Technology ServicesOrange County Convention CenterJune 2024 - PresentGeneral Manager - Technology ServicesTampa Convention CenterMay 2014 - June 2024Operations Manager - Technology ServicesKentucky Exposition CenterMarch 2010 – April 2014General Manager, Technology ServicesOregon Convention CenterMarch 2007 – March 2010Lead Technician - Technology ServicesKentucky Exposition CenterMarch 2005 – March 2007Major Events include: Super Computing, IBM (Smarter Commerce and Amplify), Microsoft Tech Ready, Offshore Tech Conference, Presidential Visits (White House Communications and Secret Service), College Football (Fan Central and Media), Special Op Forces Industry Conference, Educational Testing Service, RVIA, National Farm Machinery, FFA, Plastics, Dynamic Communities Summit, American Association of Law Libraries, Geospatial, Nuclear Summit, Intel DTTC, Rails Conference, OS Conference, (Microwave Symposium and APEC), IBEX, ItWorks, Ashley Furniture, Southwest Airlines, Tony Robbins, Kroger Managers Summit, HIMSS, Super Bowl LV, Florida Music Education Annual Conference, HITEC, HOPA, Geospatial (GEOINT)
Skills
- Marketing
- Trade Shows
- Strategic Planning
- Computer Network Operations
- Hospitality
- Troubleshooting
- Fiber Optic Networks
- Ios
- Team Building
- Xirrus Wireless
- Process Improvement
- Convention Services
- Cisco Wireless
- Security
- Computer Repair
- Wireless
- Team Leadership
- Training
- Cli
- Management
- Analog Circuits
- Customer Service
- Wireless Net
- Data Circuits
- Microsoft Office
- Wlan
- Customer Satisfaction
- Pots
- Mac Os
- Technical Support
- Remote Desktop
- Telecommunications
- Wireless Technologies
- Convention Centers
- Sales
- Budgets
- Windows
- Forecasting
- Leadership
- Event Planning
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