Streamlinevents, a leading meetings management company, welcomes Ellide Smith to the company as vice president, event operations. In her role, Smith will lead and coach the organization’s event management and operations team with responsibility for the successful execution of all programs.
An executive with nearly two decades managing experiential global events, Smith comes to streamlinevents after stints on both the corporate and the agency side of the business. Most recently, she managed a portfolio of 240+ high-touch events a year for C-level executives. Now she’s excited to return to an agency environment, and the flexibility of interacting with a diverse group of people and clients, producing a variety of event types.
“Ellide knows what it means to deliver exceptional, high-touch events that leave clients confident they’re in the best hands”, says Annette Chinn, president and CEO of streamlinevents.
Smith prides herself in developing teams to realize their true capabilities, preparing team members for what’s next in their career growth. A large part of her focus will be directly coaching and mentoring her team, which she believes is vital to clients’ success.
“I’m excited to be joining streamlinevents, an organization with a reputation for outstanding values and capabilities,” Smith says. “I’m looking forward to leading and mentoring a matchless operations team because I know if you take care of your people, they naturally will do their utmost for their clients.”
Smith has a degree from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and has earned the Certified Meeting Planner certification.
Streamlinevents is a full-service meetings and events management company with a global reputation for planning and staging extraordinary events. The San Francisco Bay Area-based company was founded in 2002 by Annette Chinn. Streamlinevents’ team of experts works side-by-side with clients to deliver exceptional experiences, from large-scale conferences and meetings to exciting and inspired incentive programs to intimate events. Streamlinevents is recognized as one of the Bay Area’s fastest growing companies, and is a privately held, certified woman- and minority-owned business. For more info, visit www.streamlinevents.com.
