Patrick Rafter Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Working with my longtime colleague (UK-based Tom Bartlett), we operate a transatlantic consultancy providing bespoke services for family histories, genealogical research, and customized tours to ancestral locations. Leveraging a combination of a shared passion for genealogical with decades of highly recommended professional writing and travel experience.

Rafter Communications® is an independent “PR 2.0” consultancy that creatively leverages new communications practices, proven public relations tactics, content marketing, and social networking to help clients connect and engage with those who'll see them as personally relevant and who'll appreciate their unique value: media/analysts/influencers.

Waltham, Massachusetts, US

Longtime manager at Age Friendly Ventures -- the parent company of four mission-driven divisions whose common purpose is making aging easier for millions of Americans above the age of 50. Age Friendly Ventures addresses the engagement, income, work, care, and living needs of 'elder' Americans aged 50+ through these helpful resources:The Age-Friendly.

Wellesley, MA, US

A division of Boston-based Rafter Communications,® Valuecasters™ is a results-focused integrated marketing and strategic communications consultancy that helps #socialimpact businesses, mission-driven nonprofits, healthcare and #climatetech innovators to connect and engage with those that matter. We also help CXOs, individuals and teams with LinkedIn.

Chelmsford, MA, US

Provided corporate communications services (marketing, social media, public relations, and content development/thought leadership programs) for TIMS Medical, a global telemedicine solution provider with over 5,000 installations of innovative #medicalimaging and live video systems to hospitals in the US, Canada, UK, EU, and AsiaPac including Boston.

Dedham, Massachusetts, US

Conducted media, public affairs, social media strategy & content creation for the nonprofit association the Boston Globe dubbed "the state's most influential tech-group.” (www.masstlc.org).Long active in the MassTLC LinkedIn Group & subgroups-- including engagement, dialog with ca. 600 members, sharing news via Twitter, Facebook, word-of-mouth. Also, as.

Boston, MA, US

One of the original founders and longtime active board member of The Nantucket Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (www.nantucketconference.com) – an annual gathering of an elite group of technology execs, thought leaders, academics, and investors to foster the growth of New England as a global hub for entrepreneurship, international trade, and.

Directed corporate and product marketing and communications for mobile #innovation tech vendor the Wall Street Journal wrote solves "Wi-Fi Woes." With operations in the U.S. and China, AutoCell provided RF control solutions for toll-quality voice & data over wireless networks for mobile warriors, businesses, multi-tenant unit buildings, broadband internet.

• Serving as the company's top marketing executive, responsible for worldwide management and direction of media and analyst (Industry/Equity) relations, branding, marketing communications, company website, e-Marketing.
• In 2003 alone -- Bluesocket received more articles (400), more awards, and conducted more speaking events (115) than any other Wi-Fi security vendor.
• Among 200 applicants, Bluesocket picked as ‘Finalist’ for 2003 Shoe-String PR Technology Award Honoring innovative technology PR programs that deliver significant ROI on annual campaign budgets of $100K or less.
• Executed programs which helped contribute to 140% qtr/qtr sales growth over 3 years (through 200 channel partners in 45 countries).

• Senior-most company marketing executive:
• Directed communications/analyst relations/marketing for Intel-funded Customer Experience company. Expound was an early pioneer in web-based personalized customer self-service, emotionally intelligent interfaces for.
• Support sales and business development efforts through lead generation programs and materials
• As a company officer, actively involved in venture capital investment solicitation, overall strategy and positioning, business development, budgeting, board selection.
• Event planning: Launched company at the exclusive DEMO #innovation conference.

Waltham, MA, US

• Hands-on strategic and tactical manager of communications (media, analysts, communities, and investors) for mission-driven, Disney-funded eCommerce retailer of toys and educational products. Directed internal staff and.
• Print and online coverage by 750+ different media outlets including: "TIME: Best of the Web", PARENTS Magazine, BizRate.com, Customers.com, and US News & World Report.
• Broadcast TV coverage: ABC/NBC/CBS News, Today Show, CBS Early Morning Show; as well as business-focused features on: Fox, MSNBC, CNBC, CNET, CNN; BBC, PBS, and NPR.Results:
• With 1,500 print articles, toysmart.com ranked #1 in positive press among toy retailers. Coverage grew brand recognition from 0% to 45% in less than 4 months.
• Within 6 months, toysmart.com was picked as a "market leader" by The Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Washington Post; and by technology media including Business2.0, CIO, Inc., Red Herring, and Upside.
• Toysmart.com was #24 commerce website for traffic during peak 1999 holiday shopping week, beating major retailers including L.L. Bean, J.Crew, and Lands' End.

• Managed multiple teams at $33 million INC. 500 tech, healthcare & cleantech public relations agency cited as “best technology PR agency” by Inside PR.
• Directed company launches, strategic positioning, re-branding Go-to-Market tactics, for #innovation technology startups and public companies including eRoom (Acquired by Documentum), iMarket (Acquired by Dun &.
• Employees under my supervision landed quantities of coverage for clients in major national/international media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, NPR, FORTUNE, Upside, INC., InfoWorld, Network World; as well as.

• For more than four years: Managed in-house media relations, investor and customer communications efforts and external PR agencies worldwide; corporate website development for industry leading digital media company:
• As a key member of its #gotomarket leadership team: helped grow Media 100 from $0 research group within Data Translation to a $80 million public company (NASDAQ: MDEA) in under four years.
• Participated in IPO filing and creation of company annual reports, financial analyst tours and briefings/coverage.
• Secured massive quantity of favorable press including awards from publications including Wired, MacUser, MACWORLD, AV Video, Videography, Video Systems and New Media.
• Close collaboration with Apple and Adobe, other major digital media #innovation leaders on programs for public education, evangelism, events, seminars, and trade shows for global consumer and industry audiences.
• As company’s “Minister of Information” and spokesperson: conducted extensive public speaking program in the Americas, the UK, and Europe.

Directed marketing, PR, public affairs, speakers’ programs, sales, and channel development for The American Information Exchange (AMiX), the world’s FIRST online information marketplace & e-mail based service connecting clients with consultants. AMIX was a blend of eCommerce and a digital Intellectual Property agora with eBay-like virtual consulting.

Managed marketing communications, product, channel, product marketing, and lead generation for this Inc. 500 company---the CD-ROM, CD-R pioneer picked by Microsoft and Lotus to introduce their first CD-ROM products. Ran successful eco-friendly promotion to drive use of CD-ROM to "Plant a Tree" when customers bought a CD-ROM drive. CDT later founded CDT.

Worked in international marketing and sales to "open up" the European market for this award-winning type foundry/designer and provider of digital fonts for computer retail and OEM markets. Conducted public presentations and sales training in the UK, Netherlands and Germany.Bitstream was acquired by Monotype Imaging in March 2012.

Evangelist for the software developer whose Aldus PageMaker flagship product launched the desktop publishing revolution, from the early days of the industry--giving the first DTP seminar on the East Coast in 1985. Public Affairs: Conducted hundreds of public presentations in US and Europe. Managed Aldus's Federal, Southeastern, and Northeastern regions..

Sold Apple Macintosh and IBM Personal Computers, software and printers to Boston-based businesses and universities. Ranked one of Businessland's top Mac sales performers nationwide in 1985. While in this role, I was also active in the Boston Computer Society (the world’s largest computer users’ group at the time). Keynote speaker at the BCS “Computers and.

Ba, Cum Laude, Political Science/History

International Relations And Affairs

College Preparatory Education - British Curriculum (Cambridge/Oxford Boards)