Management Team

Brian Learst brings an extensive background in the incentive and travel industries to the management team and as a principal in QuintEvents. From his roles as SVP with MMS and the CFO at World Travel Partners, Brian provides a strong set of skills in sales and event marketing. Brian was the partner in charge of World Travel Partners’ sponsorship of the 1996 Summer Olympics Games in Atlanta. This project included complete travel planning for over 80,000 people coming to the Olympic Games from around the world. In addition to his sales and marketing experience, Brian is a CPA and was a Senior Manager with Arthur Andersen & Company where he specialized in the travel, real estate and financial industries. This unique experience provides a strong acumen that enables him to help QuintEvents and QuintLoyalty build more cost effective solutions for our clients.

Having been a leader in the Corporate Events, hospitality and ticketing arena for over 20 years, John Langbein brings a wealth of experience and key relationships to QuintEvents and QuintLoyalty. John’s experience spans the globe and Fortune 500 in supporting event offerings that include the Olympics, World Cup Soccer, US Open Tennis, US Open Golf, The Masters®, Wimbledon, Daytona 500, and more.

John earned a B.S.B.A from Arizona State University. He serves on the advisory boards of various companies in which he has partial ownership, including Hot Stix Golf and Music.com. John is actively involved in the Phoenix, Arizona community and his current non-profit board memberships include: The Harmon Killebrew Foundation, Celebrity Fight Night, Arizona Foundation for Blind Children and Tempe Sports Authority.

As part of the management team and a principal in QuintEvents, Ken Kurek helps to orchestrate the “big projects” for QuintEvents such as the corporate sale of 7500 Super Bowl XXXIX packages for Jacksonville 39; an innovative venture owned by the NFL and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Before joining QuintEvents, Ken served in the U.S. Air Force where he was a Titan II ICBM Launch Officer. Afterward, he launched a successful career in corporate sales and management with Procter & Gamble and commercial real estate. However, Ken’s love for sports turned his focus to sports marketing in 1990 as Vice President of Sales for the FIFA World Cup USA 94 where he assisted in the sales of corporate packages for Ryder Cup 97. This was followed by the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games when he was hired as a consultant with World Travel Partners, the official travel sponsor. Subsequently, Ken has spearheaded the corporate sales efforts of the 1998 US Senior Open Golf Tournament at Riviera CC and the inaugural BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl. Ken not only understands how to design and manage a great event, but he also understands how to help clients benefit from QuintEvents and QuintLoyalty’s focus toward long-term strategic incentive programming.

Kim Lankford brings an extensive background in the incentive and travel industries to the management team of QuintEvents. Kim has exceptional experience developing corporate travel and incentive trips for clients such as All State Insurance, Symix Computers, Keebler Foods, and State Farm Insurance. Kim’s strong experience and skill set come from her background in sales and marketing with Nippon Express Travel and Sterling Travel where she was the owner and operator. Kim joined QuintEvents in 2003 and leads the operations team where she manages corporate group travel, meeting and corporate hospitality as well the elite QuintTravel Concierge Travel Service.

Tom Perillo joined the QuintEvents management team in early 2008 as our Chief Financial Officer. 

Tom’s career began with five years in public accounting and soon after he transitioned to the banking industry. He managed a $50 billion mortgage portfolio during his 15 year career as a Senior Vice President of Finance at one of the world’s largest banks, HSBC.  Tom’s connections through the banking industry brought him to QuintEvents where he has excelled in analyzing the performance of each major business line within QuintEvents.