Emily James is a Corporate Communications at GitLab. Colleagues describe them as "Emily is a strategic storyteller and communications professional. I enjoy every chance I get to work with her, and her collaboration makes every communications campaign more successful. We worked together on a number of initiatives including a press roundtable for RSAC 2023. The event was focused on AI and economic impact of cybersecurity, and Emily secured attendance from business and security media publications, including TechRepublic, Dark Reading, Axios and more. Through this roundtable, Emily helped both HackerOne and GitLab secure survey coverage and inclusion ahead of, and during, RSAC. Additionally, we worked on Corporate Security Responsibility pledge initiative and GitLab product releases. Throughout all of these activations, Emily demonstrated creativity, proactivity, strong project management skills, and a thoughtful, positive attitude. I highly recommend Emily, and I am excited to work with her again in the future!" and "Emily is an incredibly talented colleague and partner whom I deeply admire. In the two years I've worked with her, I've seen her excel at relationship-building and cultivating strong partnerships with key customers, internal executive leadership, and external media partners to drive global co-marketing efforts and PR campaigns. An example of this includes several brilliantly organized joint press roundtables where we collaborated with customers like Sumo Logic, GitLab, and Zoom to secure media coverage and align messaging. Emily is also a talented project manager who leads initiatives end-to-end and jumps in to support engagements as needed. Notably, she spearheaded and ensured the flawless completion of several joint U.S. DoD projects, resulting in impactful media placements and content. Emily demonstrates superb strategic thinking and storytelling skills. She develops compelling, unique narratives and content whenever we partner with customers, making sure both our business goals and the customer needs are met. Her work on the DoD's DIB-VDP and Hack U.S. led to strong media coverage, and for major industry conferences, she has secured impressive rosters of thought leaders and created insightful content to satisfy everyone involved. Emily is a dedicated, creative, and highly collaborative partner who builds strong relationships and executes successful campaigns. I cannot recommend her highly enough for any communications, marketing, or strategic role - she is truly an invaluable asset to our team."