I arrived in Las Vegas 11 years ago from my hometown of Anchorage, Alaska and quickly fell in love with the Las Vegas nightlife and entertainment industry. I first found work at V-Bar, Las Vegas’ first ultra-lounge and helped open the venue as a destination venue for both tourists and Las Vegas locals. The success and reputation of V-Bar quickly enabled me to create, market, and promote several new venues and special events in and around Las Vegas.
My first nightclub job was given to me by Chad Pallas, the creator of Rehab, handling weekly street promotions for Baby's Nightclub inside the Hard Rock Hotel. Then I moved on to promoting house music events at Polo Towers' Hush Nightclub. Hush was owned by Steve Davidivici who is now one of the premier nightclub operators in the country and owner of Pure Management Group here in Las Vegas. In 2002, I was approached by the Light Group to help oversee some of the weekly promotions at they’re nightclub, Light inside The Bellagio.
In 2003 I helped form CliQue Entertainment Las Vegas, a lifestyle marketing & promotional company. Our first big break in the scene was landing a consulting deal with Risque Nightclub inside the Paris Hotel & Casino in which we were responsible for overseeing the weekly marketing, promotions and talent booking. In addition, we produced numerous weekly and monthly parties at Sevilla, Prana, Ice, the Hard Rock pool (pre-Rehab) and Tabu, including the successful La Dolce Vita Thursdays. While at CliQue, I introduced the nightclub celebrity hosted format to Las Vegas and regularly promoted events hosted by Andy Dick, Ali Landry, DJ AM, Ice-T, Gene Simmons and many more.
In 2004, my brother Ray and I produced Rok Box, a monthly party inside Tabu Ultra Lounge. Rok Box started the Rock / Hip-Hop phenomenon, “mash-up”, that is now the most popular music format at nightclubs in Las Vegas.
Later in 2004, Pure Management Group offered me an opportunity too good to not pursue. After several years of working as an independent promoter, I joined the Pure Management team as the Director of VIP Marketing & Promotion. I helped to book numerous events hosted by Mariah Carey, Kanye West, and Carmen Electra to name a few. Because of events like that, Pure Nightclub quickly became the most popular nightclub in Las Vegas, and the #1 nightclub in America.
In May 2005, I was ready for a new challenge. I realized one afternoon that I could translate my marketing & promotional knowledge, and enormous contacts into a variety of businesses that did not require me to work 80 hours a week or be a slave to my blackberry. At 28, I was the master of filling the hottest venues in Las Vegas with beautiful people from across America, creating the perfect vibe and atmosphere for thousands.
In June 2005, I joined forces with the Las Vegas multi-media company Wendoh, the parent company that owns 944 Magazine, Las Vegas Printing Press, Vegas Passport and SpyOnVegas.com. As Business Development Manager, I helped launch 944 Magazine and turned Wendoh into an industry standard, providing advertising, invitations, and media exposure throughout the nightlife industry.
Currently, I am working with Angel Music Group as the Director of Marketing for the United States. Angel Music Group is the powerhouse of promotion behind such companies as Gods Kitchen and events like Global Gathering. My industry contacts and business relationships have helped to make me a natural fit with the company.