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NAME: KRISTEN GOEMAN TITLE: ENTERPRISE SALES & MARKETING MANAGER HOMETOWN: REDMOND, WASHINGTON (I CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE PORTLAND, OREGON AREA WITH MY HUSBAND MARK, 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ABBY AND 3-YEAR-OLD POODLE MIX NAMED LEXI)

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What is/was Your Biggest Mentor or Inspiration in Your Career?

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My mentor was my first Director of Sales & Marketing I had at the U.S. Grant Hotel in beautiful San Diego, California. I was fortunate to get a Sales Management Trainee position right out of college and was asked to shadow all the department heads of the hotel as part of my Trainee program. After spending time in each department, I was then able to shadow our veteran DOSM in sales where she took me under her wing. She was from the south and didn’t mince her words. She was very professional, tough, extremely hard-working and taught me so much. I was then promoted to one of the BT sales manager’s and then again as a Group Sales Manager handling state association and state government group. We had 280 rooms and 33,000 sq. feet of meeting space, so it was definitely a challenge as a newbie, but I had the time of my life.

Recent Work History…. I was previously the Director of Sales & Marketing for the Embassy Suites Portland Airport. I was thrilled to get hired and started on February 17, 2020, but just 1 month later was furloughed due to COVID-19. I was then hired again with the exciting new inaugural ESO team. I also previously worked for Atrium Hospitality (and JQH) as Director of Sales with the Holiday Inn Portland Airport from December 2012 until May of 2016. I won Manager of the Quarter for Q3 of 2014 and then Manager of theYear 2014, which was super exciting. This is my 3 rd Embassy Suites Hotel that I have worked at. I was a Sales Manager at the Embassy Suites in Dallas,TX – Galleria area for 1 year and was the Director of Sales & Catering for the Embassy Suites Seattle,WA – Bellevue for 6 years. I have over 20+ years in hotel sales and have worked in downtown, beach front, airport, suburban and resort destinations.

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