Greg Coakley's Experience:
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Tour Manager at Stevie Wonder
June 2006 - December 2011Responsible for planning tours and moving Artist, Artist staff, band, production crew from state to state, country to country around the world (the equivalent of moving a small corporation around the world). Responsibilities include, budgeting, payroll, booking all transportation, and hotels. Advancing venue, show production, box office, and ticketing. Managing tour staff and personnel, security, overseeing tour brand, promotions, marketing, corporate sponsorship advertising and media. As well as liaise with promoters, booking agents, corporate sponsors, and local dignitaries.
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Project Manager at IFP
March 2004 - November 2005Primary administrator responsible for determining the allocation of labor resources, track production scheduling and costs, make any on-the-fly adjustments to the process, and coordinate any receiving of raw materials or shipping of final goods. Juggle a lot of different jobs at the same time and deal with any emergencies that come up.
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Consultant / Analyst Music Industry at The Coakley Group, LLC
September 1989Driven by curiosity and creativity, Mr. Coakley, emerged from formal education prepared to make sparks fly in the music industry. In the 1980's he worked under the tutelage of brothers Maurice and Verdine White establishing a footing in what he calls music 101, label management, artist management, artist development, Marketing, and concert touring. Always the entrepreneur he started "The Coakley Group, LLC" . Which expanded into a professional music consulting company. Allowing him to work with clients across a range of discipline. Delivering career development, management,production, business development, funding acquisition, social media marketing, and other consulting services. He has worked with the legendary Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, Usher, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Patti Labelle, Toni Braxton, The O'Jays, Sinbad, Usher, Alicia Keys, The Isley Brothers, Grace Jones, Prince, Miles Davis, Mandrill, Envogue, Luther Vandross, TLC, Ziggy Marley, P. Diddy, Bobby Brown, MC Hammer, Barry White, Outkast, Stephanie Mills, , Eric Benet, Frank McComb, Maurice White, , Faith Evans, Lisa Stansfield, Carly Simon, Babyface, Patti Smyth, Taylor Dayne, Jermaine Jackson, Sofia Nizharadze, Tim Finn Crowded House, Grover Washington Jr., The Isley Brothers, Ziggy Marley, Mandrill, Susan Anton, Maurice White, Motley Crew, King Sunny Ade, Arista records, Sony Records, Giant Records, LA Face records.