Global Events And Integrated Field Marketing Professional
New Delhi
Summary
Dynamic global marketing leader with 14+ years of success driving high-impact B2B and B2C campaigns across Fortune 500 companies . Shivam Sharma brings deep expertise in integrated events, field marketing, and digital strategy—specializing in end-to-end event execution (live & virtual), sales enablement, and customer marketing. Known for delivering measurable ROI, he excels in cross-functional team leadership, stakeholder management, strategic planning, and market expansion. His diverse experience spans marketing communications, partner/vendor management, and organizational transformation, making him a versatile asset in today's evolving business landscape.
Skills
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Manager - Events Marketing
Dassault Systèmes
05.2024 - Current
Plan, manage, and execute a strategic annual calendar of physical, virtual, and hybrid events (e.g., conferences, roadshows, webinars, tradeshows) that align with India's go-to-market objectives and global branding.
Drive demand generation and pipeline acceleration by integrating events with multi-channel marketing campaigns, collaborating closely with sales, product marketing, digital, and PR teams.
Deliver measurable business impact through targeted lead generation, campaign execution, and post-event nurturing using tools like ON24, Cvent, Salesforce, Eloqua, Hubspot & Marketo.
Proven expertise in strong communication, stakeholder management (including global), negotiation, and project management.
Manage all aspects of event logistics including budgeting, vendor coordination, speaker management, venue sourcing, promotional content, and on-site/online execution to ensure flawless delivery.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors/partners to develop compelling content, secure participation, and maintain high-quality brand representation across all events.
Analyze post-event data to evaluate performance, attendee engagement, lead quality, and ROI, providing strategic recommendations for improvement.
Maintain fiscal control over event budgets, track spending, and ensure efficient resource utilization while meeting business goals.
Stay informed on event marketing trends, competitor activity, and customer engagement best practices to continuously innovate event strategies.
Manager - Global Field Marketing & Events
Browserstack
09.2022 - 04.2024
Heading Global Field Marketing & events strategy (comprising of Industry Conferences, Large Scale IP Events, Tradeshows, webinars, roundtables & other special events focused on supporting sales with leads in order to foster business growth.
Responsible for end to end strategizing, planning & execution of both Attended/Sponsored conferences (Industry Tradeshows/conferences) & Hosted events (Conferences/webinars/roundtables & other relative special event formats) virtual, in person & hybrid format.
Work with industry bodies and associations to collaborate in different event engagements focused to spread awareness & drive business adoption.
Expanding cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across departments/stakeholders on priorities, functions and common goals.
Focus on performance measurement of different campaigns in order to optimize and improvise the campaign performance (Paid/Organic etc.)
Coordinating with vendors, agencies & AV/Hospitality partners for all outsourcing needs.
Ensure all events and marketing campaigns are delivered on time and within budget, measure and report on the cost effectiveness.
Help Create, expand, and accelerate sales opportunities through regional and account-focused events marketing execution and managing campaigns that promote our products, within the defined events marketing strategy.
Drive decision making and discretion regarding event and campaign selection and planning in support of regional sales goals.
Helping in pipeline generation & demand generation activities through different event types/tactics.
Take care of speaker sourcing & delegate recruitments as well.
Driving automation activities related to events via leveraging Martech.
Scope & execute regional/global event and campaign strategy, decision making, and onsite management.
Assistant Manager, Meetings & Events, Marketing
Cvent
09.2018 - 09.2022
Successfully roadmapped & executed 1000+ Marketing/Internal (live + virtual) events & Trade shows annually with expected spend of close to $4M+ yielding 3x ROI.
Take care of all internal events & Trade shows starting from conceptualizing & onsite execution ending with post event program management with expected audience size of 2000+ people.
Sponsor coordination for all Tradeshows/Events & Large Sized conferences including HNI's.
Some key skills include - RoI driven Initiatives, Vendor,Partner, Speaker/Sponsorship Management, Onsite Execution (production/show flow & console management), Webinars/Virtual Solutions Offerings, Budgeting/Spend Management, Campaign Management, Creatives/EDMs/Event Related Demand Management.
Worked as Individual Contributor for one of Trademark events at Cvent (Cvent Connect) with expected attendance of more than 5k In-person attendees & close to 10k Virtual audience w.r.t. their staffing & logistics (rooming) directly with Hospitality Partner. Also, handled onsite execution of virtual exhibition booths & meetings plus their marketing & promotional strategy.
Worked directly with senior management for maintaining BvA, Fiscal Projections, Sales Planning, Budget/ROI Projections & Analysis & other relative reporting frameworks.
Planning, Supporting & Executing Different Marketing Tactics through various channels (Social/Web/Event/Customer Marketing/Advocacy) etc. incorporating both Customer & Prospect persona.
Experience in project management and marketing execution across channels and markets. Work with CRM, Content and Customer Acquisition teams to drive retention.
Implemented and planned sales strategies and campaigns and marketing initiatives to meet sales goals and budgets.
Marketing & Events Specialist
International Data Corporation
09.2015 - 08.2018
Managed and executed HNI event campaigns & incorporating an audience inculcating CIO's/GM & VP's from Top Company Verticals (Fortune 500).
Coordination with Sponsors pre-event, on ground & post event ensuring recurrence in Client Relations.
Partnered with industry bodies like NASSCOM to plan and organize events within the specified timeline and budget.
Taking care of Sponsored as well as Internal Exhibition Booths starting from getting Floor Plan/Layout Made, Booth Allocation & Building Thematic Branding / Guidelines for Exhibit Area.
Wrote engaging and successful marketing, advertising and website copy/Content.
Identified appropriate marketing channels and target customers for campaigns.
Worked closely with Primary & Secondary Research teams for proper Market Analysis.
Developed campaigns and specific marketing strategies for clients.
Exceeded sales goals 20% by effectively applying analyzed data to marketing campaigns and sharing data interdepartmentally.
Planned and executed events and marketing programs, producing 3x times goal of qualified leads.
Serviced some IT (Vendor & Enterprise) clients like Hewlett Packard, Dell / HP Inc, Redhat, Intel, Oracle, VMware, Cisco just to name few including Digital Innovation Start Ups.
Maintaining good relations with the audience specially CIO's and people in-lieu who attend the event ensuring nice testimonials. Also, ensuring a sustained relation with these people socially.
Knowledge of hard-core production (fabrication / light n sound & stage setup, exhibition booth etc.)
Floating in RFP's & contracts from different vendors and their negotiated enclosure.
Have handled some Key Events like Product Launches (HP A3 Printer), Award Shows (IDC Insights Awards & DX Awards) which contributed decent amount to overall organization's revenue.
Manager - Business Development & Client Servicing
The Events Workshop
09.2012 - 03.2015
Developed Sales and Marketing Plans with the Director to increase sales and enhance brand name, boosting sales within 2 months.
Been a part of at least 50 Exhibitions with over 4 booths per exhibition on an average wherein my KRA's included Sponsorship Management, Booth Designing, Floor Plan Management, On Ground Exhibit Logistics & Compliance Management.
Generated Revenue with YoY growth of about 5x.
Explored & Executed new business growth verticals.
Being a part of all sorts of Integrated Events & Marketing Management starting from Conferences to Lifestyle Events, Exhibitions, Fashion Shows, Product Launches, MICE events by taking care of the planning & onsite execution.
Worked holistically with the organization by roping in business, executing it & handling overall P&L for the event.
Worked with some clients like - Benq/HDFC/FUJI/Indiabulls/UBM & leading Fashion Designers for lifestyle events.
Played a dynamic role which includes BD/CS/Execution & Finance.
Education
Bachelors in Journalism & Mass Communication - Integrated Marketing & Communications
MBICEM
Saket
04.2009 - 03.2012
High School Diploma -
N.C Jindal Public School
Punjabi Bagh
03.1997 - 03.2009
Accomplishments
Re-launched one of the Industry's largest Software Testing conference at BrowserStack i.e. Breakpoint.
Being Awarded as Marketing Catalyst & Most Valuable Player of the year within a span of 1.5 years at Cvent.
Being Promoted from a TL to an AM within 1.8 years at Cvent.
Got on-board from a contractual position to full time within an year at IDC.
Successfully handled one of the largest IP Events including 4k+ in-person attendees for the BIGGEST residential event at for the BIGGEST Event Tech Org. i.e. Cvent. (Cvent Connect).