Years of experience mean every "i" gets dotted. Every "t" crossed.

Sound Planning's founder and President, Sue Eriksen, has more than 20 years of experience in the event management and hospitality industry. Since 1995, she's been orchestrating the day-to-day operations of the Sound Planning team which coordinates meetings, events and trade shows for gatherings of 50 to 7,000 attendees.

Prior to founding the firm, she worked as Event Planner and Director of Sales for a large Seattle catering company and as Program Manager for a Seattle destination management company. She also worked as Assistant Director in the convention division of the National Association of Realtors and for Hotel Sofitel, a luxury French hotel chain, where she held many management positions during her seven-year tenure. Sue has also taught meeting planning and tradeshow management at a Chicago-area university and has served on the board of Washington state's Meeting Professionals International.