Our Team | WebEvents Global

MEET OUR WEGers

Our team is our biggest differentiator and our most important asset. We are located around the globe and celebrate our diversity in skills, passions, and cultures. Often recognized as the team of foodies (we can recommend a eatery in any city), we love to travel and experience new things, thrive on challenges and adversity, and above all, connect with empathy, care, and authentic purpose.

Melissa Wilson

Holly Stacpoole

Bia Shimizu Data Analyst	Sofia Shimizu Project Coordinator	Rosa Becerra Project Manager - Finance
Nicola Hayhoe Project Manager - Finance Finance Lead Hampshire, United Kingdom Nicola loves time with family, sunshine, baking (and eating!), a good Gin&Tonic, being a dance mum, learning Latin & Ballroom, keeping active and let’s not forget she has a spreadsheet for everything! Hates: Marmite, Brussels sprouts, beer, doing nothing	Erica Lee Developer	Austen Chen Developer Bay Area, California Aspiring racing car driver. Avid traveler to Japan. Petrent (pet parent) of Kayla.
Stephanie Lauziere Developer Charleston, South Carolina Loves to travel, never turns down good food and drinks, and always up for a new adventure. Will always ask to see photos of your pets and will eventually get a cat.	Geometric Ceiling	Hooman Behnia Developer
Tiago Carnizello Developer	Charles Tang Developer	Wayne Lou Developer

Stephanie Lauziere

Hooman Behnia

Wayne Lou

Charles Tang

Nate Liu Sr. IT Manager		Becky Grcich Senior, Human Resources Manager Burns Harbor, Indiana Avid Runner and Triathlete, Loves to spend time with family and friends, Enjoys going to see live music, will find any excuse for a beach vacation, and is addicted to chocolate.
Kim Brady Corporate Finance Manager Roseville, California Kim loves hanging out with her family (especially her grandbabies!!), Nina (19 year old chihuahua), and Ballerina (1.5 year old cat). She finds nothing better than a glass of wine while watching a hoard of horror movies.	Chrissy Brunkau Sr. Project Manager Timmendorfer Strand, Germany Chrissy originally worked for a favorite client and joined WEG in 2016. She is one of the content specialists who supports our EMEA events. She loves traveling to warm sandy locales with her husband and spending time with her American Quarter-horse.	Fred Takiya DBA/Data Developer
Bill Chen Developer

Nate Liu

Kim Brady

Becky Grcich

Fred Takiya

Chrissy Brunkau

Bill Chen

Karis Takiya President and Principal Architect Roseville, CA Karis Takiya is the founder of WebEvents Global and has over 30 years experience working in the event solutions industry. Under Karis’ leadership, the company has grown consistently, delivering a broad scope of events globally. Karis is keenly interested in working directly with clients to provide the most value from their event data to further their business priorities.	Tracy Barrett-Franken EVP - Operations	Simon Gillmore EVP. General Manager San Francisco, CA Simon has 30 years of experience working with technology products, integration and the role of technology as a business enabler. Over the past 20yrs, Simon has managed hundreds of event engagements with a keen focus on the role of technology delivering event, marketing and business outcomes.
	Michelle Swyers Director of Services and Solution Management Dallas, Texas Michelle is a certified PMP who has worked in the event industry since 1992. She is the original WEG Project Manager and currently provides oversight and direction to WEG products, including Content, Speaker and the Sponsor management suite of solutions. Michelle loves spending time with family and friends, road tripping throughout the US and exploring new and interesting international cities.	Abstract Architecture Director, Project Management Roseville, CA As a lover of all things fast and fun, I have found that this industry fits the bill. We work hard but smart and I want nothing more that to cultivate a strong relationship with our clients. Outside of work, you can find me glamping in the dunes with my husband and 2 boys. Multi-tasking is the way of my world and you will find exercise, personal growth, working, and family time as a daily staple.
Katie Asadi Director of Project Delivery Chicago, Illinois I’ve found the only thing that feels better to me than crushing a to-do list, sipping a green smoothie after a killer workout, or having an Aperol spritz on a faraway beach is hearing my baby girl laugh.	Richard Newell Director of Project Development Bay Area, California Lifelong WEGger who enjoys writing and producing music. Avid football (soccer to you Americans) fan and coach. Blessed to have spent all of my kids' lives at home with them.	Julie Ramirez Director of Solution Development
Russel Liu VP Product Development	Bev Evans Director, UK Operations Maidenhead, UK A townie with a dream of country living. Love spending time outdoors with my husband and our two spaniels, baking (and eating) cakes and working with a great bunch of people!	Alessandro De Luca VP Account Management Nice, France Passionate about data, about WEG and supporting meetings & events just as much as making pizza, tasting and rating italian wines, strumming acoustic guitars and attempting to be the man my family needs!

Karis Takiya

Simon Gillmore

Tracy Barrett

Michelle Swyers

Chad Hymas Director of Information Technology	Erick Went Director of R&D / Innovation	Lauren Daniell Sr. Technical Project Manager
Vanessa Mobley Sr. Project Manager	Donna Tu Senior Manager, CMS Product Delivery SF Bay Area, California Stays calm under pressure. Food, wine, and travel motivate me. Enjoys board game nights with friends and family.	Kristi Moody-Raley Senior Project Manager Richmond, Texas At home with events but really in it for the data! Family is everything - three kids, two big dogs and a husband complete my circus. We love a good road trip - beaches in the Florida Panhandle, Colorado (summer and winter!) and hiking in the Texas Hill Country.
Stephanie Durrant Sr. Project Manager United Kingdom Baker of cakes, drinker of gin, terrible karaoke singer.	Melissa Wilson Project Manager Richmond, Texas A mom to 3 boys who loves playing tennis, relaxing on an amazing beach in Mexico with a good book, lifting up people’s spirits with my positive attitude, drinking a good chai latte and spending time with my kids before they’re all grown up.
Alli Bayless Project Manager - Sponsors	Alison Dolan Project Manager	Adam Tyndall Project Manager

Melissa Wilson

Holly Stacpoole

Bia Shimizu

Data Analyst

Sofia Shimizu

Project Coordinator

Rosa Becerra

Project Manager - Finance

Nicola Hayhoe

Erica Lee

Developer

Austen Chen

Developer Bay Area, California Aspiring racing car driver. Avid traveler to Japan. Petrent (pet parent) of Kayla.

Stephanie Lauziere

Developer Charleston, South Carolina Loves to travel, never turns down good food and drinks, and always up for a new adventure. Will always ask to see photos of your pets and will eventually get a cat.

Geometric Ceiling

Hooman Behnia

Developer

Tiago Carnizello

Developer

Charles Tang

Developer

Wayne Lou

Developer

Stephanie Lauziere

Hooman Behnia

Wayne Lou

Charles Tang

Nate Liu

Sr. IT Manager

Becky Grcich

Senior, Human Resources Manager Burns Harbor, Indiana Avid Runner and Triathlete, Loves to spend time with family and friends, Enjoys going to see live music, will find any excuse for a beach vacation, and is addicted to chocolate.

Kim Brady

Corporate Finance Manager Roseville, California Kim loves hanging out with her family (especially her grandbabies!!), Nina (19 year old chihuahua), and Ballerina (1.5 year old cat). She finds nothing better than a glass of wine while watching a hoard of horror movies.

Chrissy Brunkau

Sr. Project Manager Timmendorfer Strand, Germany Chrissy originally worked for a favorite client and joined WEG in 2016. She is one of the content specialists who supports our EMEA events. She loves traveling to warm sandy locales with her husband and spending time with her American Quarter-horse.

Fred Takiya

DBA/Data Developer

Bill Chen

Developer

Nate Liu

Kim Brady

Becky Grcich

Fred Takiya

Chrissy Brunkau

Bill Chen

Karis Takiya

Tracy Barrett-Franken

EVP - Operations

Simon Gillmore

Michelle Swyers

Abstract Architecture

Katie Asadi

Director of Project Delivery Chicago, Illinois I’ve found the only thing that feels better to me than crushing a to-do list, sipping a green smoothie after a killer workout, or having an Aperol spritz on a faraway beach is hearing my baby girl laugh.

Richard Newell

Director of Project Development Bay Area, California Lifelong WEGger who enjoys writing and producing music. Avid football (soccer to you Americans) fan and coach. Blessed to have spent all of my kids' lives at home with them.

Julie Ramirez

Director of Solution Development

Russel Liu

VP Product Development

Bev Evans

Director, UK Operations Maidenhead, UK A townie with a dream of country living. Love spending time outdoors with my husband and our two spaniels, baking (and eating) cakes and working with a great bunch of people!

Alessandro De Luca

VP Account Management Nice, France Passionate about data, about WEG and supporting meetings & events just as much as making pizza, tasting and rating italian wines, strumming acoustic guitars and attempting to be the man my family needs!

Karis Takiya

Simon Gillmore

Tracy Barrett

Michelle Swyers

Chad Hymas

Director of Information Technology

Erick Went

Director of R&D / Innovation

Lauren Daniell

Sr. Technical Project Manager

Vanessa Mobley

Sr. Project Manager

Donna Tu

Senior Manager, CMS Product Delivery SF Bay Area, California Stays calm under pressure. Food, wine, and travel motivate me. Enjoys board game nights with friends and family.

Kristi Moody-Raley

Stephanie Durrant