Carson attended Brooklyn Technical High School where his big picture visions and sprawling events began employing the city's third largest auditorium for a two week long Battle of the Bands event.

He graduated with a diploma in electrical engineering and electronics. In college he graduated with degrees in Psychology, and Anthropology. His post graduate certificate was in Corporate Law and Research.

Carson's has a passion for contributing to the merrriment and jaw dropping experiences of the public  through his events which are grounded on his visionary insight and grasp of how to create bigger than life events and festivals. He has created several legacies, left for future generations to pick up the guantlet on and enjoy. One was a large scale music festival that attracted 30,000 attendees.

Concert and speaker events he has worked with include artist such as: Loreena McKennitt, Santana, U2, Allman Brothers, Anthony Hamilton, Pretenders, James Taylor, Dizzy Gillespie, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Third World, Cindy Lauper, Al DiMeola, Gene Roddenberry, Rodney Dangerfield, John Waters, G. Gordon Liddy, Timothy Leary, and many more.

He was also at the helm of co-creating one of the most followed and respected Science Fiction, Fact and Fantasy Conventions in America (it continued for over 35 years). This was the chevron of his thinking that led to his co-creation of I-CON, a landmark Convention.

Much of the success of Carson's events involve complex moving parts including the Oyster Festival attracting 150,000 guests.

Carson is known as a "connector" and an inspiring talent. It can be best said that his  command of project management skills, making a connection with people, seeing the big picture, understand and plying strategy, understanding risk management, and advancing culture driven events while keeping an eye on the bouncing ball that has led to a countless list of event successes.

Managing events from meetings, conferences, retreats, tradshows, expos, and more for top executives, non-profits, and consumers was a springboard for Carson to maximizing results on closed door events, MICE, and SMERFS.

Carson completed the Dale Carnegie's Sale Advantage Program (a six week full time program). He dedicated himself to an extensive six-month docent volunteer training at the American Museum of Natural History and is now versed in the museum's 45 permanent halls across 21 interconnected buildings. Carson also landed a paid long term gig working with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, and a contract part time position at the Brooklyn Center for Urban Environment (environmental field education non-profit conducting field workshops and instruction to both educators and their students throughout the five boros of NYC). He has also become a Scholar with the Goldman Sachs 10SB family after having completed over six months of intense live business training.

Carson developed multiple websites based on Joomla, Wordpress, and Drupal CMS platforms that have ranked #1 on Google with organic search results populating in six instances on the first page. He has created event marketing for a SaaS campaign titled the ABC's of ASP's while at a Swiss ASP. With his tech knowledge and background he was able to secure multi year contracts developing and managing online registration for the Macy's July 4th Fireworks (Roosevelt Island).

Involved personal empowerment and wellness, he built several communities with thousands of followers who attended his workshops, retreats, and events based on human potential, natural holistic health, mindfulness, metaphysics, entrepreneurship, and outdoor adventure.

In 2018 Carson was certificatied as a MWBE Certification for the State of NY, and the City of NY. Since then he has received multiple contracts from the Mayor's Office of the City of New York, the State of New York including the Hudson River Park Trust, and Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. He is certified as an EBE in the City of NY.

For 40+ years Carson has been planning and leading adventure based events nationwide.

Carson's professional work includes:

+Large scale and special events,
+Public and private events including Committee and BOD meetings,
+Industry and association events,
+Brand promotions (pop-ups and tent poles),
+National college and mall tours, 
+ Management and training of thousands of staff and volunteers,
+Sampling programs, 
+Contests and sweepstakes,
+Sponsorships,
+Festivals (cultural, wellness, food, entertainment),
+Destination and brand building events,
+Trade shows and conventions, 
+Multi-presenter conferences (MICE), weekly workshops, and multi-day multi-presenter retreats,
+Webinars and teleconferences,
+Reunions,
+An Off-Broadway show, 
+Merchandising push-pulls, 
+Farm to table events, converting raw space to event space, 
+Sales meetings, 
+Product launches and re-introductions, 
+Corporate holiday parties, 
+Fundraisers and galas, 
+Incentive events for senior staff, 
+Outdoor adventure travel events (SMERF and tours),
+Logistics, and 
+Olympiad and sporting events.

Budgets range from several hundred to several million dollars. Events and campaigns span from single day, 26-weeks, to multi-year. Events range from pop-ups in a single location, to over 200 - 400 per weekend, to multi-city tours (linear and multi-legged).

Skills:

Research,
Budgeting,
Project management,
Vendor relations,
SWOT event analytics,
Site selection, inspection, and negotiation,
Strategy development,
Talent acquisition, training, and management,
Creating Run of shows and timelines, and sponsorship packages,
Partner and volunteer development and management,
Ad copy and collateral material creation,
Media placement and exposure through interviews,
Communications,
Working with government agencies and management office on permitting and contracts,
Guest registration,
Event pricing,
Staffing,
Creating and managing online cloud-based sales portals,
Social media engagement,
List development and management,
Cloud integration, and
Signage and messaging.