Jim Finn Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Falls Church, Va

Jim Finn is responsible for all external and internal communications programs and initiatives at CSC, a Fortune 500 leader in IT services with more than $15 billion in revenue and 95,000 employees worldwide focused on delivering next-generation technology solutions. Drawing on 25 years of experience across all areas of corporate communications, Mr. Finn’s mission at the company is to ensure that all of CSC’s key stakeholders – Media, Employees, Customers, Business Partners, Policymakers and Financial and Industry Analysts – receive consistent and compelling messages about the expertise CSC brings to its existing and prospective customers.As a senior strategist, Mr. Finn is responsible for the development, implementation and coordination of global communications programs, including accountability for: media relations; executive communications; thought leadership programs; internal communications; social media; financial communications; industry analyst relations; crisis communications; public affairs; and corporate social responsibility.

Redwood City, Ca

Responsible for all external marketing and communications initiatives at Groovy Corp., a software company based in Silicon Valley that delivers massively parallel processing technology for real-time search and data delivery efficiencies to drive cloud computing and web acceleration. Served as a member of Groovy's advisory board.

Basking Ridge, Nj

Responsible for the development, implementation and coordination of global external public relations programs, including accountability for media relations, industry analyst relations and presenting a relevant and differentiated global brand. Led all communications related to the $8.2 billion acquisition of the company by private equity firms, SilverLake and TPG, in June 2007. Avaya became a private company in October of 2007. Avaya delivers Intelligent Communications solutions that help commpanies transform their businesses to achieve marketplace advantage. More than one million businesses worldwide, including more than 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500, use Avaya solutions for IP telephony, Unified Communications, Contact Centers and Communications-Enabled Business Processes. Avaya Global Services provides comprehensive service and support for companies, small to large.

Armonk, Ny

Responsible for all communications activities for IBM in the United States, Latin America and Canada, which include media relations and executive and internal communications. Led and managed a staff of more than 50 professionals in the region.

Redwood Shores, Ca

Responsible for all aspects of worldwide corporate communications for the world's largest enterprise software company including media relations, marketing communications, employee communications, analyst relations and competitive intelligence.Led and managed a staff of more than 120 professionals worldwide.Led all communications activities related to Oracle's successful and unsolicited offer for PeopleSoft, the largest hostile takeover in the history of the technology industry.

Developed and recommended to the senior management the strategic external communications objectives for the corporation. Responsibilities included media relations, executive and financial communications. Led and managed a team of 21 professionals, as well as outside public relations agencies and counselors.At Chase, developed and managed communications strategies and initiatives related to CEO succession and mergers and acquisitions, including: Hambrecht & Quist, Robert Fleming & Co., Beacon Group and J.P. Morgan.

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