• Head of digital practice at boutique strategic communications firm specializing in high-stakes corporate and reputational threats• Work with C-level executives at Fortune 500 firms• Advise clients on social, online and traditional media campaigns• Develop online reputation management strategies• Comfortable in highly confidential situations involving attorneys and financial advisors

• Head of digital practice at nationally recognized crisis management firm• Provided strategic communications counsel to corporations and high net worth individuals • Orchestrated new and traditional media campaigns utilizing social networking and web publishing tools in support of client objectives• Scope of deadline-driven work included large-cap proxy contests, internal bankruptcy communications, strategic positioning in advance of contract negotiations, litigation support and public image rehabilitation• Managed highly confidential situations involving attorneys and financial advisors• Experience in financial and regulatory environments• Adept at handling and guiding media inquiries, drafting strategic documents and shaping internal and external communications strategies through news releases, community forums, speeches, websites, video and other media• Responsible for building coalitions to achieve strategic objectives

• Reorganized 700-person print newsroom into 24-hour web-based operationo 70% year-over-year increase in page viewso 102% year-over-year increase in unique visitors• Developed new print product lineups and workflows to save $30 million annually• Oversaw transition to digital delivery• Created and implemented employee communications plan to drive strategic change• Leveraged relationships to build consensus and establish broad-based systems for collaborative decision making• Directed newsroom planning for potential acquisitions and partnerships• Primary newsroom liaison with advertising and marketing• Represented business unit in corporate initiatives• Advised senior executives on communication and implementation strategies• Delivered public presentations to internal and external audiences • Initiated migration to online publishing• Trained hundreds of journalists in new media production• Built internal feedback networks to create constant internal flow of information

• Managed all aspects of technology coverage for largest newspaper in the West• Led staff in front-page stories on competitive beat• Reported and wrote technology articles• Launched weekly technology section

• Doubled operating margins in $100 million preprinted advertising category• Won Times Mirror Innovation Prize for operational and sales improvements

• Set editorial position for daily Valley Edition, including political endorsements• Member of Times editorial board• Researched and wrote average of 200+ editorials per year• Solicited and edited op-ed articles from newsmakers, politicians and general public

• Beat reporter covering cops, courts, municipal government, planning and transportation• Member of teams that won Pulitzer Prize in 1992 and 1994

• Taught undergraduate courses in writing and investigative reporting• Consistently ranked among best faculty