Kristin Martinez, CMP, CEM, Event Director, Fast Forward Event Productions

Kristin Martinez, CMP, CEM, Event Director, Fast Forward Event Productions

Kristin brings 17+ years of event management experience to the Fast Forward team with a background in a variety of events across multiple industry sectors. She spent her downtime during COVID earning her CMP and recently earned her CEM.

As an Event Director, Kristin takes on the operational aspects of creating the events and experiences along with cross-departmental coordination with sales and marketing efforts to ensure the delivery of the promises and integrity of their brands.

She curates content for her portfolio of consumer and trade how’s, orchestrating every detail from building customized sponsor packages to ideation for engaging sponsor activations to boots on the ground and everything in between! If the devil is in the details, Kristin will find him and straighten him out. Highlights of her current portfolio include the award-winning San Diego Food & Wine Festival, SommCon Conference & Beverage Expo, Tasting & Tap Room Expo, Craft Beverage Expo, Women in Craft Symposium, and other events in the adult beverage and hospitality sector.