Hartke Presents

Overview

Led operations across a multi-entity live music portfolio spanning venue operations, touring, festivals, and strategic partnerships.

Workstreams ran concurrently with shared resources, overlapping timelines, and distinct financial and operational constraints, requiring continuous prioritization, resource allocation, and execution discipline.

Operating environment balanced creative output with financial performance while maintaining consistent delivery across programs.

Role & Ownership

Owned portfolio-level operations, acting as the central point of coordination across programs, partners, and financial performance.

• Managed a portfolio of concurrent initiatives with competing priorities and shared resources
• Established operating rhythms, planning systems, and execution standards across programs
• Owned budgets, forecasts, and financial controls across venues, tours, and events
• Coordinated venue teams, touring partners, vendors, and collaborators across markets
• Identified risks, resolved dependencies, and reallocated resources as priorities shifted

Execution

• Built portfolio-level planning systems to track timelines, dependencies, and capacity across initiatives
• Standardized workflows across budgeting, contracting, scheduling, and reporting
• Developed financial tracking and forecasting models to support decision-making
• Led cross-functional coordination across operations, production, marketing, and finance
• Acted as escalation point for conflicts across scope, timing, and resource allocation
• Balanced long-term operational stability with short-term execution demands

Outcomes

• Delivered consistent execution across venues, tours, and festivals over a 10+ year period
• Improved visibility and predictability across parallel workstreams
• Maintained financial discipline while supporting sustained program growth
• Reduced operational friction through shared systems and standardized processes
• Enabled clearer prioritization and investment decisions across the portfolio