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
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
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
Serena Dressel
Community Engagement Manager
About
Serena Dressel is passionate about supporting community-oriented events through relationship building. Serena graduated from Portland State University with a B.S. in Environmental Studies and a minor in Indigenous Nation Studies, with her studies focusing on cultural and human geography, and community development. Serena was born in Lincoln City, Oregon and has spent all of her life in Oregon. Serena previously coordinated volunteers for Portland State University’s Student Sustainability Center Volunteer Program.
Fun Facts
Other Interests:
- GPSEN (Board member) and Sustainability
- Sense of Place (Research)
- Hiking with her Goldendoodle
- Traveling