Axiom Event ProductionsPeople
Meet the team members of Axiom Event Productions
Neal Armstrong
Owner
About
Neal is a seasoned event and volunteer management professional with 17 years experience and over 120 large-scale events produced. Neal enjoys designing and producing creative, efficient and budget-conscious operation plans that build successful, memorable and sustainable events. Neal’s professional goals are to create fun and productive partnerships, focusing on the client relationship and mission in his approach to business.
Fun Facts
Other Interests:
- Art projects and exploring nature with the kids
- Toastmasters International
Dream Event to Work On: The WEEKLY Sunday Parkways event series
Suggested Fun Reading: Radio Lab Blogland
Brad Nelson
Owner
About
Owner Brad Nelson has a passion for events and the experiences they create. With over 15 years of event work, he has an eye for the details, the small stuff that few see, but are important to a memorable event.
Fun Facts
Other Interests:
- Nisus Gallery – Owner (closed 2015)
- Disjecta CAC – Former Board Member
Dream Event to Work On: The World Cup
Suggested Fun Reading: FastCoExist
Winnie Kane
Chief Financial Officer
About
Professionally, Winnie likes to push herself to make any organization she works for operate as smoothly as possible. To that end, she has a wide variety of non-profit experience as both an employee and board member. In her personal time, she enjoys scuba diving, salsa dancing, zip-lining, and (to be determined) aerial performance.
Fun Facts
Life Advice: Camp, Explore, Be Present
Dream Event to Work On: Burning Man
Phil Barber
Operations Director
About
Phil has organized events, volunteers and communities for 16+ years. A native of Washington, DC, he studied and practiced political science, conflict resolution and community organizing around the world before making Portland, OR his home in 2006. Since then, Phil has focused on local politics, bicycle activism, disaster management and event production.
Fun Facts
Other Interests:
- Backpacking the Columbia Gorge
- Living architecture and urban permaculture
- Community disaster response
Dream Event to Work On: The Summer Olympics
Suggested Fun Listening: 99% Invisible
Erin Roden
Production Manager
About
Erin comes to event management from a background in outdoor education. Erin managed staff and ran programs for OMSI’s outdoor school and summer camp programs for 10 years; working with students and teachers, hiring and training staff, and planning programs. She also spent 2 summers at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Green Show as the deck manager.
Fun Facts
Other Interests:
- Putting small animals on my face
- Roller Derby
Tonya Oyala
Event Manager
About
Tonya is one of the rare Portlanders that was born and raised the area. She has a deep appreciation for the region and the outdoor activities that are so abundant here. Tonya brings over 13 years of various types of event experience to the team. She lives and breathes athletic events—having worked on cycling and running events since 2012, and as an avid participant in triathlons, running, and cycling events of all distances.
Fun Facts
Other Interests:
- Her abnormally large and fluffy cat, Finn
- Green practices/sustainability
- Volunteer work in youth athletics
Dream Event to Work On: Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kona
Suggested Fun Reading: The Onion
Brynn Seely
Volunteer Manager
About
Originally from Massachusetts, Brynn came to Oregon to earn her M.A. in Communication Studies at the University of Portland. A people person at heart, Brynn values the reciprocal relationship between events and volunteers.
Fun Facts
Favorite Authors:
Judith Butler
Michel Foucault
J.K Rowling
Favorite Portland Hotspot: Scrap PDX
Sean Baston
Event Production Manager
About
Sean believes in a world where people can come together as a community of self expression in fun, creative, and free street theater. A native of the Pacific North West, Sean has been involved in interactive street art events here in Portland for nearly ten years. As board president of Stumptown events, Sean has experience organizing tours, backpacking trips, and costume-themed dance parties.
Interests:
- Mountaineering
- Scuba Diving
- Hiking, Backpacking, and people that know the difference
Dream Event to Work On: Burning Man
Recommended Website: https://www.stumptownevents.org/
Dylan Mackey
Production Manager
About
Dylan spent the last 20 years as a Front of House engineer and Tour Manager, working with over 60 bands including M.I.A, Ratatat, Modest Mouse, and Bright Eyes. In 2005 Dylan started The Norman Music Festival, a non-profit music festival with over 50,000 attendees in his home town of Norman, Oklahoma. He once managed a couple of bands and swears never again.
Fun Facts
Other Interests:
- Digital
Suggested Fun Reading: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin