Kevin Elliott
Chief Executive Officer
The technical skills Kevin Elliott gained early in his career have become the foundation for an innovative business that combines event logistics, marketing, manufacturing and even fighter jets!
Beginning his work life at Boeing in IT, Kevin left a couple years later to form Code Four, an award-winning creative agency and design laboratory with the full technical abilities of a production house and fabrication shop. Code Four, which is a first responder term for “no additional assistance needed,” delivers innovative services and products to organizations such as The Chargers, Major League Soccer and LA Galaxy, USC, SoFi Stadium, The Irvine Company and many others.
Event production became common thread to many of his services, and in 2018, Elliott added Pacific Airshow to his company’s portfolio.
Elliott brought Code Four’s resources to help the show’s ground game in 2017 and took over management of the show in 2018. His vision of a lifestyle festival with an airshow component is constantly evolving with new additions to each show. In his first year at the helm, the U.S. Air Force named Pacific Airshow as the civilian site of the year. This honor demonstrates the commitment of not only Code Four and Elliott, but all of those who work together to make Pacific Airshow a global destination event. The U.S. Air Force ultimately honored the Airshow a second time with this award (in 2019), becoming the only airshow in the country to achieve this.
In 2018, Elliott and the Code Four team repeated this effort with the Cherry Blossom Festival, Orange County’s homegrown celebration of Japanese culture. Elliott grew attendance at the event from 5,000 to more than 50,000 in 2019.
2023 saw an even greater feat achieved when Code Four introduced a second event to the Pacific Airshow portfolio, this time in Gold Coast, Australia. This event has seen major success in its first two years becoming one of the largest events in Australia and attracting crowds of almost 300,000.
Now well established in Australia, Code Four has also acquired Crafted Beer Festival into its event line-up along with renowned creative agency, Hotel Miami, establishing Code Four Australia as a one-stop-shop powerhouse.
Born and raised in Huntington Beach, Elliott continues to live in the beach town with his wife Jane, son Jett and daughter, Goldie.