Not your average, cookie-cutter communications professional. By taking a creative and sometimes unconventional approach, I get big results and stand out, leveraging a long history of experience producing creative global communications and PR programs that deliver world-class visibility and exceed expectations for employers and clients, from tech titans to disruptive startups. Throughout my career, I've worked closely with CEOs and executive leadership to develop external communications that resonate with buyers and drive global awareness. My career journey took me through a decade at HP and Cisco, then pivoted to small companies and startups before returning to work for an industry leader at IBM. Strengths include an entrepreneurial mentality, strong business acumen and written communications, a positive “can-do” attitude, sense of humor, and ability to hustle, think big and quickly get things done, achieving impactful results. Award-winning comms pro who’s been there and done just about everything you can do in the field. My personal history spans the highs and lows of the tech industry, from the boom and bust of the late-90s dot com era through the rise of Web 2.0, surviving the Great Recession and gradual maturation of the industry to the migration to IoT and the Cloud and everything-as-a-service (with the scars and the stories prove it).Solid and extensive relationships with industry and business press have helped generate top-tier press coverage for announcements ranging from global initiatives, acquisitions and A-level business and technology news to smaller product launches that consistently exceed expectations.