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Palm Springs, Ca, Us

Lead content and external communications for Luminar, a global automotive technology company ushering in a new era of vehicle safety and autonomy.

Helping clients tell their side of the story with creativity and candor.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for all marketing campaigns, brand, image, internal communications, social media and public relations for Vulcan and to enshrine the legacy of philanthropist and technology visionary, Paul Allen. I worked throughout the Paul G. Allen Network (e.g., Stratolaunch, Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trailblazers, Skylight Global, MoPOP, ...) to promote the world-changing aspirations of Mr. Allen and the organizations he founded to turn that vision into positive change in the world.

New York, New York, Us

As the first communications leader of Pershing Square Capital Management, I developed a management system for media engagements with measurement metrics; managed the IPO of the firm's publicly traded fund; directed strategy and media activities for activist campaigns, and coordinated public policy engagement; wrote and implemented the firm's first image campaign that netted cover stories in Bloomberg Markets, the Sunday NY Times business section and Forbes magazine.

Seattle, Washington, Us

I managed Bill Gates' personal image and communications program and maintained brand fidelity across the Gates Foundation, Microsoft and Gates Ventures, directing a team of in-house and agency resources. Our program exploited social media channels (The Gates Notes, Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn syndication) as well as external media and public appearances (TED, 60 Minutes, Wired, The Daily Show, Today, CNN's GPS, CCTV, Nikkei, NYT, Science & Nature) to solidify positive brand attributes and activate supporters to advocate for solutions to the problems facing the world's poorest 2 billion, to encourage the development of new zero-carbon energy technologies and to advocate for energy research funding.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Directed Google's Asia pan-regional communications, growing the team from nine to 21. Reengineered PR program to focus on proactive outreach to key outlets promoting a localized set of campaigns tailored to technical, consumer, B2B and government elite audiences. Managed public affairs, controversial content and censorship crises, executive visits and major regional media stories with the BBC, Fortune, BusinessWeek and NBC.