Oversee and manage a modern day integrated marketing agency specializing in asymmetrical marketing and value creation based communications efforts for startups and companies in transition, traditional brand strategies and tactical implementation of Advertising, Promotion, Public Relations, Events, Sponsorship and Direct Marketing, including online. Created the Nokia Blogger Relations Program in 2005, the first ever Fortune 100 branded social media program in the world. To date 56 Comunicano clients have been acquired for over $6 billion dollars returned to founders, executives and investors since 2002.Serve as client contact and project lead for all accounts that have exited via IPO or M&A, now totaling 56, including multiple international clients.Extensive experience with technology, online and media start-ups. Also, over 49 years of sports and consumer marketing, journalism, information dissemination and public relations.

wineTOURia is a next-generation, data driven, wine experience and lifestyle brand focused on the exposure of under-discovered wine regions, wineries, and the technologies surrounding them. Our programs and properties include wine list development, wine region tours and exploration, winery marketing and technology stack selection, wine sourcing, on-site sampling events and a multi-city dinner series.

We bring fresh thinking, innovative strategies and powerful design to business. We create authentic, unique and compelling brands with campaigns that deliver measurable results.Our strength lies in our ability to define, plan and build brands. To do this, we have built a diverse team with combined decades of experience, applying proven methodologies across a large expanse of business categories.We are characterized by our experience, professionalism, innovative spirit, and an unrelenting focus on results.

Working with Santa Barbara winery owner and winemaker Doug Margerum of the Margerum Wine Company, the Comunicano Wine Company makes small batch, artisan wines in the style of the Rhone Valley since the 2009 vintage.

Taste is the Gulf Coast's leading food, restaurant and spirits magazine. Author quarterly column about wine with a focus on seasonality and local availability with a focus on tips about local wine buys, information on wine and food pairings and thematic commentary tied to the community. Column enables the publisher to expand advertising base to include wine and spirits retailers and brands.

Author, edit, write and report on trends, news and changes in the voice, video and collaboration industries as well as mobile technology, marketing, travel, the virtual workforce and how technology impacts the world of business.

Serve the company and its board of directors as an advisor on startup growth, media, technology partnerships and marketing.

At AEHRA, our mission is to think, design and produce innovative electric vehicles that can find a predominant place in the challenge of sustainable mobility.

Overseeing partner, supplier co-marketing, public relations, events, social media and channel communications. Serves as Executive Producer of Vectors, SkySwitch's annual reseller conference.

Revamped brand, structured events, and annual user group conference, Vectors, established eco-system community engagement with hardware and software suppliers working with the leading white label, channel only UCaaS provider focused completely on reseller channel. Company was successfully acquired by BCMOne in January 2021. Mission Accomplished.

Oversaw brand development, social media, public relations, events, analyst relations. Developed core positioning around Compliant Communications and RegReady to position company for regulated markets that require businesses to ensure they meet compliance requirements in telecommunications and payments. Company was successfully acquired by FINVI in December 2021. Mission Accomplished.

Contribute content about new technology, tools and techniques that aspiring business owners.The content includes new applications, services and products that save them time and make them better.

Velocity Growth is the purpose-built crowdfunding services company for startup founders who seek capital to launch by leveraging rewards-based funding models. The company provides the tools, talent, technologies and services needed to maximize entrepreneurs’ opportunities for success.Velocity Growth will offer entrepreneurs a series of cloud services and applications that deliver an optimized experience as they prepare to raise the funding needed to get their ideas launched on leading rewards-based crowdfunding platforms. These tools will include apps and services offered free of charge while others will be available on a success-based fee and equity basis.

Every day, Ken Rutkowski and I fixed the news that you needed to know.

Oversaw all events operations, marketing, promotion, publicity for the charity based team comprised of leading entertainers, musicians, NHL Hall of Fame and All Star players as well as members of the Gold Medal winning 1980 Olympic Hockey Team. From its inception in 1987, the Celebrity All Star Hockey Team raised over $6 million dollars for charities in the USA and Canada, and appeared before sold out arenas in cities including Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston playing against NHL Alumni teams under the auspices of the NHL and NHL teams.

Directed and managed all public relations, sports marketing and special event activity. Grew company's respect in trading card hobby and sports community, raising the brand to #3 in Sports Marketing behind Nike and Budweiser in 18 months. Negotiated and managed all sports sponsorships and produced Upper Deck Field of Dreams events on the actual cornfield baseball diamond. Directed activities with NHL's Heroes of Hockey and MLB's Heroes of Baseball as well as NFL Quarterback Challenge, Gatorade 3 on 3 and other sports properties.Led Upper Deck MLB All Star Fanfest in 1991 and 1992 activities, negotiated Upper Deck -Universal Pictures "Mr. Baseball" trading card inclusion film and Executive Produced Upper Deck Field of Dreams games (1991 and 1992) along with staging Upper Deck Fantasy Camp in Dyersville, Iowa on site of Field of Dreams movie.

Oversaw account management of Celebrity All Star Hockey team, Spalding Footware, SanShoe, Dr. Scholls' Comfort Shoes, Buffalo News and other new accounts. Supported V.P/GM on New Business Development and other projects related to Mattel, MCA-Universal and Pioneer Electronics.Established first remote office operation in Philadelphia, PA

Sold sponsorships ranging from local retail to global brands including Miller Brewing, Nissan, Panasonic, etc. Was part of the sales team that sold the first $10 million dollar team based sponsorship to Miller Brewing, and led $750,000 sponsorship program with Nissan for one year in 1988. Franchise was sold in 1989. Mission accomplished.

Started a media dissemination and events division that got children interested in playing ice hockey for the most progressive hockey team in the NHL in 1976 at the age of 16 establishing one of the first "fan development" programs in pro sports under the guidance and direction of Aaron Siegel, Sy Roseman, Ken Gesner and Ed Snider.Established 25 sports properties in 13 years including Flyers Cup, Mites on Ice, Pepsi Shootout, Pennsylvania Cup, expanded Flyers Player Clinics to over 20 per year, launched first NHL/USA Hockey Coaches Clinic program in 1977 with over 450 coaches attending along with Flyers coach Fred Shero, and more Also oversaw multiple special projects for the Flyers including in arena give-aways, between periods activities, multiple training camp operations (1984-86) and served as Office Manager (1984-1986), producing Bobby Clarke's Retirement Night (1984), Celebrity All Start Hockey sell out crowd of 17,077 (1988), Youth and High School Hockey at The Spectrum 1980-1988, publication editor of the College Hockey Guide (1978-1988), College Central Showcase (1979-1984), founder and hockey co-chairman Keystone State Games, Office Renovations at The Spectrum (1984), fostered public private partnership with City of Philadelphia Department of Recreation for Hockey Central House Leagues in four public rinks (1984-1988), Pre-Season Group Sales 1982, 83, Grew budget from $20,000 a year in 1976 to nearly $300,000 in 1988 in addition to salaries and tripled the size of the membership in the Amateur Hockey Association of the USA in the Delaware Valley Area from 330 teams to over 1000.

Wrote about high school sports, covered professional wrestling (WWWF), wrote feature stories about high school athletes, retired professional athletes, served as executive copy boy, managing a staff of three, coordinated copy getting transported to offsite composing room, runners and messengers. Oversaw wire service delivery equipment maintenance.

Worked with the Public Relations Director on game day preparation, media release dissemination and delivery; coordinated game day activities, press box operations. Coordinated press box and press room information handouts; interfaced with reporters to develop news stories, provide accurate stats and information; provided radio reports to four radio stations; assembled stats and reports for drafting of junior and college players; managed 1975 draft operations event.