An experienced corporate and agency executive, I am seeking strategic consulting opportunities in corporate communication, investor relations and product marketing. I offer capabilities based on work in the corporate world at Fortune 500 companies as well as start-ups that have grown to significant size. As a seasoned consultant, I have operated my own public relations and investor relations firms as well as worked with major agencies. Although I have broad experience in many vertical markets, the majority of my career has been in the technology fields, including computer hardware and software, semiconductors and the control and automation industries.I began my career as a journalist with United Press International wire service and moved into public relations, then investor relations at Xerox Corporation, Digital Equipment Corp., General Automation, Wonderware and Quest Software. I've served on the board of the National Investor Relations Institute (4 years) and as NIRI liaison to the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (3 years) and was named a NIRI Fellow in 2013. I've also served on the board of the Forum for Corporate Directors; on the Orange County Council of the AeA; and PRSA. I was a contributing author to the book "The New Investor Relations: Expert Perspectives on the State of the Art", published by Bloomberg Press, and have written hundreds of magazine articles on software, investor relations and corporate communication. I taught IR and corporate communication for five years at UC Irvine and have taught corporate governance at The Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine for two years. I have been a frequent guest lecturer for IR and communication seminars conducted by NIRI, CIRI, the AeA and the Nasdaq Stock Market, among others.