• Leading strategic, results-oriented public relations and content team• Overseeing reputation management, awareness and brand building via earned media and owned media• Working with thought leaders to enhance their visibility• Championing innovation that makes quality higher education more personalized, relevant, affordable and available to all

Part-time, provide strategic communications and PR services, including media relations, writing, crisis communications, issues management, reputation management and awards nominations.

Directed PR and other Corporate Communications at DigiCert, including media relations, analyst relations, social media, crisis communications, company blog, speakers bureau, issues management, executive visibility, industry relations and internal communications functions. Supported DigiCert's rise to becoming the world’s leading provider of digital trust via a world-class thought leadership and PR program across 15 countries. My expertise is in strategic communications, cross-functional collaboration, visionary leadership, mentoring staff, working well across multiple cultures/nationalities, developing messaging, writing, finding news value, and managing relationships with stakeholders.• Built highly successful, award-winning PR and communications program yielding 15K+ articles with strategic, consistent campaigns in key international markets; grew share of voice from the low 20s to consistently 65-70%+.• Developed strong thought leadership program that supported exponential company revenue growth and expansion, from industry disruptor to clear global leader, through highly effective thought leadership, brand recognition.• Established and ran effective crisis communications that prevented business disruption during major events. • Coached executive leadership and offered media training and speaker training to enable several thought leaders sought for media interviews, speaking engagements, podcasts, etc. • Managed analyst relations and significantly grew company recognition, category.• Grew social media audience from a few thousand to more than 60K+.• Organized company’s first customer advisory board, input from which led to development of company’s flagship certificate management solution, used by majority of paying customers.

Directed multi-million dollar budget and oversaw team of five as well as several national and international consultants. Areas within my direction included media relations, distributor communications, corporate sponsorships, corporate philanthropy, industry and government relations, employee communications and issues management.Also wrote several speeches for executives and oversaw Web content development. Responsibility spanned North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, SE Asia and the South Pacific.

Managed several client accounts including commercial real estate development, Fortune 500 company and collaborated on health care and homebuilder accounts. Expertly managed major national and international crisis (high-profile crime involved). Also involved in new business development. Mentored junior staff and participated heavily in hiring process for new employees.

Managed several client accounts successfully, ranking very high in customer satisfaction while raising agency revenue. Also, was responsible for continuous new business development and attracting new accounts. Mentored and oversaw junior staff and directed multi-faceted teams. Oversaw award-winning programs and received several promotions during tenure.Specialized in multi-disciplined communications specialty for primarily public sector clients. Activities included media relations, coalition building, public research and implementation projects, general planning, major infrastructure planning and construction, public policy initiatives, etc.