Special event production expert Darren W. Johnson was recently featured in USA Today as well as major online media outlets, including Yahoo!Finance, Morningstar, CNBC, MarketWatch and many others.

Orlando, Fla. – August 17, 2012 – Darren W Johnson CSEP, a United States Marine and seasoned veteran in the special event industry, was recently featured in USA Today with other leading financial professionals from around the world as one of America’s PremierExperts’® “GameChangers.” A feature story about Darren Johnson was also recently seen on the online home pages of major publications such as Yahoo! Finance, CNBC, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, Morningstar, Los Angeles Daily News and MarketWatch, among many others.

As seen in the USA Today feature:

Darren W Johnson CSEP, a seasoned veteran in the special event industry with more that three decades of experience in producing live corporate events for the Fortune 500 throughout North America.  His new book, GOING LIVE: INSIDER SECRETS TO CORPORATE EVENT PRODUCTION is being released this fall.  Darren is now available for coaching, consultation and speaking on the topic of successful corporate event production for your business.

Darren has produced events for the Fortune 1000 including industry giants such as Disney, Shell Oil, Universal Studios, Pepsi, Frito Lay, Coors Light, Anheuser-Busch, IBM, American Express, Abbott Labs, Merck, Chrysler, Cadillac, Coca Cola, Microsoft, American Express, Sun Micro, Alliance, Prudential and hundreds of others. With over 4000 events produced in practically every location type imaginable ranging from desserts to tropical islands, ballrooms to cruise ships, tents to airplane hangars and race tracks to stadiums, he is a well-seasoned industry expert. Darren’s work at major sporting events include the Daytona 500, Pepsi 400, Super Bowl, PGA golf tournaments, NBA all-stars, Capitol One Bowl and the Orange Bowl.

Darren has written several articles for a national magazine on the topic of tailgating and is currently co-authoring a book with New York Times #1 best-selling author Jack Canfield, co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

To read the full feature story about Darren Johnson, as seen on CNBC, Morningstar, CBS MoneyWatch, The Houston Chronicle and others, please visit http://darrenwjohnson.com/pdf/DWJ%20AMERICAN%20PRODUCER.pdf

To learn more about Darren W Johnson and receive a free special report on “Celebrate Them: How to Increase Customer Loyalty and Employee Retention with Successful Events” visit http://www.DarrenWJohnson.com, email [email protected] or call 352-242-3870

More about Darren W. Johnson:

He is founder and executive producer of Darren W. Johnson Productions, Inc. Darren manages a number of companies under his brand including Creative Services Event Co. (CSEC), Tailgateville and The Extreme Party Truck (XPT). CSEC is a full service event management and production company specializing in strategic planning, design and execution of corporate events, sporting event hospitalities, and public events. Tailgateville provides professional tailgating services at major sporting events and concerts for corporate customers and individuals. The Extreme Party Truck is the world’s first mobile entertainment complex; complete with 16 flat panel TV’s, giant 14’ big screen, monster sound system with DJ/Karaoke, meat smoker, wine cellar, kegoraters and much, much more.