Team

Ceili Rian
Office Administrator

Prior to RealTime Productions, Ceili provided admin support in a number of industries including hospitality, retail, insurance, education, medicine, architecture, computer security, & telecom. Her curious nature propelled her to travel the world and study a wide range of subjects including Expressive Arts Therapy. With over 15 years of administrative experience, Ceili has developed strong organizational and communication skills to contribute to RTP. Since 2007 Ceili has volunteered for the King County Shelter as a cat caregiver & volunteers as a Soldier's Angel.

Personally... "I am decidedly a PNW girl! Raised on the West Coast (including Alaska), I call Washington my home. Although I traveled the world (including a year studying architecture in London) I returned to where I was born. When I'm not working I'm usually hanging with my big sis and her grown kids. My extended family is firmly rooted in the area, so we see a lot of each other! My favorite activities include movies, dinner with friends, reading & keeping my Zuma score up! I'm a secret fan of Starbucks mugs (I even have one my nephew brought back from Kuwait)"

Nancy Marshall
Finance Manager

Nancy has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for thirteen years. After working for both CPA firms and a publicly traded company, she decided that what she really enjoys are the challenges that managing the finances of a small business entails. Nancy has had an interesting career path, which included working both as a horse trainer and scuba diving instructor. She currently lives on five acres in the Snoqualmie Valley, with her husband, three cats, eight hens and a large organic vegetable garden.

Karin Weltman
Senior Event and Project Manager

Karin has an extensive background in managing conferences, trade shows and events that bring strong value to RealTime Productions. Her calm demeanor has kept her successful through many challenging events, such as Microsoft's annual company-wide meetings, multiple Professional Developer Conferences for 8,000+, the MIX Web conference for designers and developers since its inauguration, and tenting the Las Vegas Convention Center parking lot during the largest tradeshow in America. She has worked on multiple city road shows, shareholders meetings, and product launches. Prior to RTP, she managed exhibitor sales, marketing, and communications for the Northwest Flower & Garden Show in Seattle, the San Francisco Garden Show, and the Seattle Interior Show. Karin also served as director of the Seattle Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, moving a tent city of thousands each day. She currently works out of Portland, OR.

Personally... "I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and came out to Seattle to work for the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk. I've been living in the Great Northwest ever since. When I'm not working, I'm usually hanging out with my daughter, friends and family, hiking, cooking, or traveling. My favorite places to visit are Italy, Ireland and Oregon's wine country and coast. I can watch the Food Network and HGTV all day long."

Erika Snyder, CMP
Senior Event and Project Manager

Erika brings more than fifteen years of event production and marketing knowledge to RealTime Productions. Her event experience ranges from managing multi-day conferences to trade shows and public festivals, including vendor and budget management. Erika's marketing experience includes sponsorship sales, business development, product and membership promotions, TV, radio, print and transit advertising, public relations, and direct mail/e-mail programs. She worked for the Port of Seattle, Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Downtown Seattle Association (DSA), Preston & Gates LLP law firm, and Ray's Boathouse Catering. During the DSA's Out to Lunch Summer Concert Series, she managed more than sixty entertainers for three months.

Personally...I'm a member of Meeting Professionals International, volunteer weekly at the Seattle Animal Shelter, play the violin and snowboard. I'm a Seattle native from Bainbridge Island, and I'm a Capricorn. When I'm not working I spend time at home with my house rabbits and taking my dog to play at local dog parks. My favorite food is cheese-every kind but the fake kind-and I like Classic Rock and Seattle Grunge from the 90's."

Kim Pratt
Senior Event and Project Manager

Kim has returned to RealTime Productions, the company she co-founded with Jeanne Berry, after raising a family in peaceful Buckley, WA. With former events experience on such major projects as the openings of Qwest Stadium and the Experience Music Project, she is diving right into work with both major corporate clients and individual private clients on projects large and small. As co-founder of RealTime, Kim was integral to all aspects of the company in addition to the logistics involved in large, corporate event management, such as the inaugural partnership on Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference. Prior to co-founding RealTime, Kim honed her sharp organizational tools and highly-dependable work style at Prestige Events and as an independent contractor before ultimately starting RealTime Productions.

Personally..."I am on committee with Young Life, a Christian-based organization that supports the wide array of youth who may not have a strong support network to guide them through their developing years. I grew up in Enumclaw and after living in Seattle for 14 years have moved back out to the country so my kids can be raised in a small town. The kids love living in the country where they see elk, deer, wild rabbits, owls, squirrels and of course a breathtaking view of Mt Rainier all in our backyard. I enjoy cooking and gardening when I'm not playing with my kids. I enjoy travelling internationally to see what else is out there and can't wait to share some of my favorite international destinations with my children. I'm a secret fan of the Chelsea Lately show which is highly inappropriate but really gives me a good laugh and keeps me up to date with all the "critical" info found in trashy mags." *Photo courtesy of Alan Alabastro

Christa Barbas
Event Manager

Christa is a detail-oriented, results-driven Event Manager with over 9 years of total event experience. She brings a diverse event management background including, logistics, ancillary events, registration, transportation, and the highest level of guest services. Prior to joining the RealTime Productions team, Christa was a vital player to the Microsoft CEO Summit core planning team for the past 5 years and helped guide the program to the success it is today. She also brings to RTP an extensive background in planning multi-city road shows, Executive Summits, and high level retreats. She is recognized as a dynamic, professional team leader and team player with a proven track record in all phases of project management. Christa immerses herself in the program from start to finish and communicates her expectations effectively to her team and vendors.

Personally... " I am a Seattle native who enjoys traveling, cooking, shopping, and going to movies with friends. Some of my favorite spots to travel include Greece to visit family and the Caribbean to enjoy the sun. Really wherever the sun is, I usually will try to follow it. When I'm not working, you can probably find me playing with my nieces or nephews and spending time with my family."

Sarah Gavin
Senior Event Coordinator

Prior to joining RealTime Productions, Sarah was an account executive at a small Public Relations firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although she is new to the events management industry, she has a great deal of experience planning small-scale corporate events. Her background in Communications and Public Relations provides RealTime Productions with a more diverse perspective when working with clients and determining their event and project management needs. She graduated from Marquette University in 2007 with a BA degree in Communication Studies.

Personally..."Born and raised in Olympia, Washington, I spent the previous five years living in the Midwest. I am an avid baker - it's almost a therapy for me. I can't sit still so whenever I get a free minute, baking is one of my favorite go-to activities. I also enjoy running, snow skiing, water skiing, traveling and reading. I never leave home without a good book... you never know when you'll get stuck somewhere. As for food, I love anything Italian, although my favorite is, hands-down, Spaghetti alla Carbonara. I'm a secret fan of the Twilight series. I guess I'm a sucker for teenage melodrama and vampires. Then again, who isn't?" *Photo courtesy of Alan Alabastro

Jennifer Omholt
Senior Event Coordinator

Jen comes to RTP straight from Santa Clara University where she achieved her Business Management degree in just three years. She began event planning in high school as a member of The Overlake School's social committee, and in college she developed her event planning skills further through leadership roles in her sorority, Alpha Phi. She took a position with a catering company while in college helping clients plan private special events, weddings, and various university events.

Personally... "I love playing Metallica's Enter Sandman on the drums in RockBand with my sister on guitar, and going on adventures with friends. I can always find something to laugh about, and laughing until I cry is an all time favorite activity! I absolutely love Mexican food; I commonly eat it for every meal of the day. I will never get sick of nachos, because I am obsessed with cheese!! I love all types of music and dream of planning Woodstock II some day. Really, how fun would that be?"

Cheryl Gordon
Event and Project Manager

Cheryl Gordon is a veteran in the event and marketing industry with more than 15 years experience in Corporate Events. Cheryl started working at Microsoft in 1990 in the Northwest District Regional office in Bellevue executing local and regional events, and then continued her career with the Corporate Events Group in Redmond at the Microsoft main campus. After 5 years with Microsoft, Cheryl started her own business Meeting Professionals & Associates an Event and Marketing Company. She continued to work directly with Microsoft producing conferences, tradeshows, seminars, roadshows and auxiliary events throughout the next seven years. Her company produced and executed 40-50 events with Microsoft and created renewable and sustainable relationships with Microsoft OEM Division, the Latin American Group and Developer Relations Group. Cheryl has also worked with Intel, Apple, Arthur Anderson & Co. Watt Silverstein, Info World Media Group and Silicon Graphics.

Personally..." I love creating end results to help others achieve their goals and ambitions. It can be the little things in life, helping to build a house Habitat for Humanity, teach a child how to achieve their goals through education or rescue animals that need care, this helps me to feel that I can make a difference. I am passionate about the animal world and have been for most of my life. Animals have taught me how to love, how to live in the moment and how to move on when the time is right. Currently I am in training to pursue a goal to run a marathon in Dublin, Ireland in 2012. The training is the achievement, the race is just to reaffirm you can do anything that drives your passion."

Robin Myers
Event and Project Manager

Robin is an events industry veteran with more than seventeen years of experience in managing trade shows, partner pavilions, conferences, booth production and build, road shows, and meetings. RTP staff worked with her while she was at PPI Exhibit Design & Fabrication on the Microsoft account for six years and Nth Degree as the labor representative managing the Northwest and three Western states for five years. Graduating from the University of Colorado with a double major in Psychology/Sociology, Robin now works for RealTime Productions out of Denver, Colorado.

Personally..."I spend my non-working time with family and canine at our cabin in the Colorado Rockies, skiing and hiking. I am also very involved with our neighborhood association and my kids' school, being the carpool mom. I never leave home without my cell phone and glasses. I'm a Pisces and a secret fan of Dermot Mulroney."

Katina George-Roohi
Event and Project Manager

Katina brings 22 years of hospitality, event and tourism experience to RealTime Productions. At a very young age, Katina was intrigued by culture, religion and geography. She combined her passion of tourism and followed three family generations of hospitality careerists and pursued her formal education at the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality. Her career and creativity has taken her around the world; from creating a black tie oasis in the desert of Dubai for top executives, team building in the Serengeti, chartering luxury ocean liners sailing the 7 seas for top sales performers, to using the Pacific Northwest as a backdrop for all manner of meetings. Creating one of kind, memorable experiences for her clients is what brings her the greatest career satisfaction.

Personally..."I enjoy the culinary arts and wine. I love to explore international cuisine and enjoy preparing the perfect dinner for my family and friends. Have passport, will travel! My favorite destinations thus far are; Dubrovnik Croatia, Dubai UAE, Italy, Germany, Honduras, Belize, Africa and sailing the blue waters of the Caribbean. I enjoy sharing my passions with the public and conducting travel seminars and continuing education courses at the college level. I am also involved in philanthropic organizations, serving as a mentor and educator to disadvantage youth in their pursuit of careers in hospitality and tourism."