Phillip Cooper

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Encore

   Apr 1988 — Present

   CEO of Encore Productions for over 25 years. Started Encore in 1988 with Partners Bill Dayton and Larry Lee. Freeman Companies acquired our company in August of 2010. After 25 years Encore is a growing and Vibrant brand. It’s about strong and open relationships with partners and clients, and about surrounding yourself with people of like talents. My background is in technical theater and production. Working for years behind the scenes in films, television, the Las Vegas showrooms, and decades of convention and trade show production. We have worked in this business for the past 3+ decades and have pretty much seen it all. We have overseen Encore’s rapid growth since its inception, a success story chronicled in Inc. and dozens of trade publications. And through it all, I have stayed close to the trenches, producing hundreds of shows for the likes of IBM, Sony and General Motors and many others. Our talents are widely recognized and highly regarded, and we are often invited to speak at major industry gatherings on topics of event and presentation technology.

Education

• The Ohio State University

  Filmaking

  1974 — 1977

Skills

• Private Events
• Corporate Events
• Creative Direction
• Online Advertising
• Stage Management
• New Business Development
• Relationship Marketing
• Weddings
• Account Management
• Theatre
• Marketing Strategy
• Meeting Planning
• Live Sound
• Video Conferencing
• Social Media Marketing
• Projectors
• Social Media
• Festivals
• Social Networking
• Producing
• Public Relations
• Stage Lighting
• Audio Engineering
• Video
• Entertainment
• Parties
• Film
• Av
• Lighting
• Event Planning
• Video Production
• Lead Generation
• Television
• Event Management
• Marketing Communications
• Event Producing
• Sound
• Projection
• Lighting Design
• Trade Shows