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Foster City, California, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Executive communications for VMware's General Counsel and VMware's Chief Communications Officer. Drove employee and program communications for the VMware Legal Team, including Ethics & Compliance and Privacy.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Led executive and employee communications for VMware's General Counsel and Legal Team including Privacy and Ethics & Compliance.Drove executive communications for EVP of Worldwide Sales (interim; four months), including envisioning and delivering inaugural WW Sales University plenary session for 7,500+ attendees.Envisioned and delivered employee communications for R&D organization.

Los Gatos, California, Us

Managed social media and executive blog program.Refreshed brand assets for consistent external branding.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Led executive, program and change management communications for Enterprise Information Management organization.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Drove internal communications for Cisco Strategic Marketing Organization* Strategy Summit, All Hands meetings* Executive communications* Internal- and external-facing materials (topics: research, strategic capabilities, market intelligence, competition, privacy, data quality)

Director (January 1999 to December 2003)* Responsible for strategic communications, public relations and analyst relations programs for enterprise clients including Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems.* Managed day-to-day health of account teams with fee billings of up to $4+ million per year. Provided management and mentoring to teams of up to 12 people.* Managed product analyst relations and product, investment, strategic partner announcements; corporate public relations (including issues related to workforce, real estate, sponsorships/grants); international PR coordination; crisis management (experience includes reductions in force and executive changes, real estate divestitures, and product bugs and EOLs); and op/ed development and placement [including placements with Across the Board (a publication of The Conference Board), The Boston Globe, CBS Marketwatch, Computerworld, KQED, and NASDAQ International Magazine].* Developed and implemented communication strategies and programs for product, channel, vertical markets and strategic alliance/partner groups.Account Associate/Manager (March 1994 to December 1998)* Drove client communication strategy and program activities including industry analyst relations, proactive media relations, customer references, third-party programs, contributed technical articles, speaker placement, executive presentation development and support, product announcements and media training for Cisco Systems and Motorola Semiconductor.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Corporate Public Relations and Marcom Specialist (April 1991 to February 1994)* Developed and executed public relations plans, developed marketing collateral and managed technical literature for Intel486 microprocessor and Pentium processor products. Played key execution role in announcement of first Pentium processor.* Wrote press materials, managed media and industry analysts relations, drove speaking opportunities and acted as public relations liaison to global PR counterparts. * Hired and managed design and print vendors.Technical Editor (July 1989 to March 1991)* Produced widely read, high-quality technical journal and newsletters on time and within budget for Computer Aided Design Group. Solicited and edited articles, developed and managed budget, and oversaw design, typeset, print and distribution vendors.* Developed technical courses for Intel microprocessor design community.