CANDIDATE NAME Darren Holland

DATE OF BIRTH 11 – 10 – 74

NOTICE PERIOD None

LOCATION USA

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Career History

Daily /Server and VIP Host -Rebecca jean Catering-San Francisco- May 2015 I began this role as a server to start-up companies serving various daily meals prepared at our site in San Bruno. My job was to package and deliver the food on time and in shape to the various clients (mostly start up companies) based in financial district all day.

• After one month I was good enough to run my own site and then began to upsell to the client successfully converting them from a 3-day client to a 5-day client, which equaled more profit for the company.

• This was done with a gradual growth in client relations using the method that people buy from people first.

• I worked alongside a great team and manager and really enjoyed this job my first in catering.

• I was also seconded to work special events as either a host or captain and regularly worked long shifts.

• I was punctual and presentable every day, which was paramount in such a time sensitive environment.

DJ Instructor Music Lifestyle Instructor – Guitar Center-Emeryville and San Francisco- Jan 2014-

• I was hired as a DJ instructor to cover the entire SF bay area. I became one of the most successful tutors in the country.

• I did both a scheduled Spin Lab once a month and private lessons.

• Whereas most of the other studios closed their program mine remained open for over a year and was the last one left available in the entire US.

• The age ranges where from 8-60 male and female and I never missed a lesson and had a average 9.5 our for 10 rating by students. I went on to form my own music business survival course after attended by some previous guitar center students.

Soccer Analyst (Part time)- Match Analysis LLC Aug 2013- Dec 2014

• This work involves the Digital Tracking of Soccer players in the 2 different world recognized leagues.

• I used a tablet and electronic pen and also assist with the final product with a Quality Assurance review.

• This role required much attention to detail and meeting of deadlines daily and weekly in a high-pressured environment.

• All deadlines were met and the business has grown since me and a strong team was hired.

Project Consultant and Manager/Brand Ambassador – Apr 2013 -

• As a part of the pre-planning process I did some Corp sponsorship liaison work for Paxahau who are the group in charge of the Movement Festival in Detroit which went as planned.

• More recently I attended the EDC in Orlando in an event management and execution capacity.

• At the actual festival itself I was conducting merchandise sales at the ground level to revelers interested in Dance Music related wear and accessories for jojoelectro.com.

• I also did the merchandise work at the Spring Awakening festival in Chicago. This involved face-to-face direct selling of dance music merchandise for 13 hours per day for 3 days straight.

SAE Institute Guest Tutor Apr 2013

• I was invited to do a workshop for Music students explaining the life of an international DJ and the first step to take in a career.

• This was a 3-hour session and my first and was received well by my class of 11 up and coming producers and DJ’s.

Sennheiser Tour DJ and Artist Recruiter Nov 2012- Dec 2012

• This was activated in Florida- High End Retail Locations in Miami, Tampa and the University of Miami and then nationwide.

• I was asked by Sennheiser to assist with their tour of Florida, which consisted of a live DJ set all day (set up and break down of the equipment each of the full DJ rig.

• The hours were 4 days on 4 days off for a month. • I also help select the live paint artist for the activation that also

worked out well. I also helped hire the sound equipment and saved the project over $10,000 in all.

DJ Consultant and Recruiter- Aug 2012- Sept 2012

• InMusic Brands and Guitar Center (Hollywood, New York, Boston, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta)

• I was asked last minute to hand pick the right and biggest local DJ’s in the afore mentioned cities for the launch of the IDJ Pro Launch.

• Thankfully all launches went well and the DJ’s were on time and very professional.

• I have been a CES show attendee the past two years.

Owner and Director of Operations- Live DJ Underground Jan 2011- Apr 13

• Created a successful blog about DJ Headphones and subsequent proposals for Corp investment all of which were successful.

• This is also is how Sennheiser sponsored me to this day. • The website had investment from Sennheiser, Logitech,

Adidas Originals and Gemini. Just had new investment in from Numark.

• It showcases what DJ’s use/wear and play with. We have also live-streamed events from around the world.

• I have had the chance to travel and work in my industry and experience many different sides to dance music and pop culture.

Owner-Baldeelox Records and Promotions -March 2006-

• I currently run my own record label and promotions company, which is still running.

• I have attached a list of clients on a separate doc with DJ’s, Corp brands that I have worked with since 2001.

• Baldeelox promotes music releases, clubs and brands through street promotions, event management, journalist reporting and Internet marketing through a network of Music Business professionals. London Baldeelox owner Darren Holland is a successful DJ, promoter and label owner, and a respected international liaison.

• We span many genres in the music business span many

genres, specializing in underground music and the house music community.

• Baldeelox affiliated producers, brands and DJ's toured Miami, Ibiza, Italy, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, the Bay area, Netherlands and London.

Club Sin Jan 2006- Apr 2007. Marketing and Events Manager

My primary role was to get new music into the club and help manage all promoter accounts and nights at the club as well as be resident. Club Sin became one of the premier clubs in central London in my time there.

• Managed all online promotions and accounts. • Identified and brought in new promoters to great effect on new

unused days. • Implemented new Club policies to gain revenue and improve

clientele. • Stayed within budget in every instance of advertising costs. • Was the acting GM in charge on weeknights. • Created new accounts and liaised with all events at the venue

not just club promotions, which included corporate events and other clients such as photo, shoots and live music.

• Also performed as a resident DJ and promoter for my own resident night successfully also.

Dontstayin.com Ltd- March 2006-August 2006

Web/’Marketing and Promotions Officer

• Performed various roles for the UK’s biggest club/nightlife

website. • Main role was to gain revenue from advertising and give advice

on how to use the site. • Manage admins for the site and liaise with gained new business

from promoters abroad and companies who wanted to promote various products on the site.

• Created my own sales and clients and created other roles within the company in an advisory capacity.

• Moderated several groups all with over 10,000 users.

Part time-Telephone Interviewer/Market Research roles June 2005- Jan 2011

• I worked for 5 separate Market research companies in which I conducted surveys over the phone.

• Campaign were both national and international and required odd working hours. As a casual work capacity for all 5 companies and was only asked to work when campaigns were live.

• Projects Included:

• Playstation 3 Games clinic, Facebook Customers, HSBC,

Barclays Bank, Hewlitt Packard, Student Life studies, Orange. Purchasing & Supply Chain Ltd. Dec 2004-May 2005 Recruitment Consultant. My role was not only to perform as a consultant but also to help grow the company, which was still in its early stages.

• I helped implement a number of processes including the system Colleague and valued members of staff.

• I helped create a number of relationships with other companies’ not just recruitment related. Generated over 100k in one year.

• Established a strong database for the company of clients and candidates.

• Provided Successfully generated leads for myself and colleagues alike.

• Updated all advertising boards where our roles were posted.

Global Resourcing Ltd April 2004 – November 2004

• Performed as an IT Resourcer (Contract 40% & Permanent 60%) for a successful and expanding Recruitment Company. In a short space of time I have established myself as a hardworking valuable and reliable team player with good eye and ear for the right candidate. I have resourced 6 placed candidates to date and have had over 15 interviews throughout Europe, 6 of which are outstanding.

• Day to day activities:

• Successfully resourced candidates through job sites, referrals

and head hunting. • Worked throughout UK and Europe. • Maintain and post adverts on the company website and on the

job sites. • Registered new candidates (permanent and contract), maintain

existing candidate details and keep the database updated. • Establish and maintain a good working relationship with

candidates and clients in a part consultant capacity. • Successful in lead generation, averaging 5 new leads per week. • Arranged interviews for candidates. • As part consultant I have experienced the full cycle. • Chased references where applicable. • Played a major part in 6 successful placements, all permanent,

1 very high profile. • I currently work all of the SAP Modules, Development, .Net,

Java, J2E, Unix and various other disciplines. Clientel UK March 2003 - February 2004 Sales Support

I was brought on board to establish an outbound calling floor for a new call centre based in North London. Day to day activities:

1* Help recruit sales staff. 2* Train new staff on a 1 on 1 basis. 3* Verification of sales and sales reports. 4* Assist Sales Director on a daily basis. 5* General sales administration.

Green Dragon Media January 2002- February 2003 Marketing and Project Manager Promotions Day to day activities:

6* Overlooked all aspects of running the GDM record label and assisting with all marketing strategies and subsidiary projects (Studio hire, design and print services and event promotions).

7* Worked alongside various companies in and around the music industry both here and abroad.

8* Produce weekly and monthly reports to all directors within the group. 9* Oversee all music projects taken on from start to finish.

NCO Financial Services October 2002 – January 2002 Customer Services / Credit Control Supervisor (Temp) Day to day activities:

10* Looking after a team of four to six people. 11* Dealing with all or customer’s client payment queries. 12* Complete credit control tasks through debt collection processes. 13* Processing of Direct Debits and credit card payment referrals processed

through the program SAP. 14* Liaising with all departments from sales to debt collection. 15* On the job training of new staff. 16* Collate daily figures and present them to the operations department.

Video Arts Ltd July 01 – Oct 2002 Sales Account Manager and Trainer

• I ran key accounts for the southern territory in the UK. • Sold business-training packages from training manuals to a variety of

companies from different industries. • Grew my territory sales by 50% in my first quarter. • Trained companies on best business practices.

News Now Publishing January 01 – June 01 Tele / Field Sales Agent Day to day activities:

·Cold calling prospective clients to buy news packages from us. ·Calling the target group Speaking to Marketing Directors / Managers in blue chip companies such as Toshiba, Arcadia group and Rolls Royce. ·Building client relations with field visits and being on call for them as extra customer care.

7C Consulting Feb 00’ – Jan 01 Account Manager (Dun & Bradstreet)

• I managed small to medium business accounts and sold business information to them via inbound and outbound sales.

• Achieved top sales in all depts and was invited to the Henley regatta by the top execs.

• My phone in particular was monitored at all times by the directors throughout Europe to assure top quality standards were met and I had at least 3 days where the Managing director of the UK branch came in and sat in on all of my calls and was very pleased with the overall standard of my business calls and sales skills.

Sitel Corp Nov’98 – Feb ‘00 Telesales Agent Nov ’98- March ‘99

• Was in the top 3 sales agents on two campaigns one a Utilities campaign and the other selling cell phones with over 100 agents on the calling floor.

• Progressed to management within 3 months. Quality Assurance/ Team Manager March ’99 – Feb ‘00 Responsibilities included:

• Hiring of new staff and creating a new recruitment policy to hire more qualified staff for the calling floor.

• Trained new and existing staff on both. • Monitoring of all sales and customer service calls inbound and outbound. • Completed and implemented a train the trainer course. • Managed over 600 calling floor staff and improved the level of call

handling quality and sales figures to meet the client’s requirements and beyond.

• Making sure all quality assurance work had to align with the iso-900 standard.

• Producing weekly and monthly reports to both our directors and clients Dream Dance Magazine. Jun 96 –Feb 98 Feature Writer and DJ

• I was tasked with visiting 3 events per week and reporting on them for a nationally sold magazine.

• I also had to identify the upcoming stars and interview them for the mag also.

From 1999 – present I have always worked as a DJ part time for nightclubs, hotels and special events. I have been asked to DJ at celebrity birthday parties and after parties for Fashion shows.

EDUCATION John Ruskin, East Surrey College BTEC National Diploma in

Media Studies City & Guilds 770 TV &

Radio Stanley Technical High School GCSE’s Maths English Science P.E. Drama Business Studies History Interests: I have a strong interest in music, films and gaming. I have a big interest in US sports as well as Football/Soccer. I love the entertainment and leisure industry and have worked in it for over 17 years now. In addition to my resume I have also:

• Lived in Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia, and the Bay area long enough to know the landscapes.

• Worked in 4 movies two of which I helped cast extras for. • I have assisted with fundraising and event management for Next aid and

the LLS over the last 7 years. • Played an integral part in building a fashion show in Miami where I was

also chosen as a celebrity guest DJ. • Helped Defected Record win both Best club night and Best Record label

at the last European version of the House Music awards. • Established many connections in the Music business • Attended many trade shows such as the Bar show, CES Show, ADE etc • I have been selected to choose from the top DJ’s in the world for projects

such as product launches. • Was one of the first DJ’s worldwide to be asked to do an Official Beatport

Mix for OM Records.

• Headlined at The Movement Festival 2014. • Worked with Live Nation and Insomniac Events for EDC Orlando in a

brand activation capacity. • Successfully began teaching and also want to continue in this path as well

high level consultancy. • For more on my music career please visit my public linkedin profile or my

resident advisor profile. I have a pretty good social handle.