I am considering changing careers I am 45 with 10 yes of experience doing Events, from weddings, concerts, holiday Party's, fundraisers, as well as Major Sports events such as Rugny worldcup, Superbawl 50, NBA for the warriors, Stanford games, JACK daniels tor the NBA, Moët Henessy, Intel 50 anniversary, Lucas Film 40 years anniversary, Salesforce, Google Summit, Zen desk conference Apple/Fame of Thrones, International Wine conference at Presidio, to name a few

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