• Develop and execute comprehensive communications program, including public relations, internal communications and thought leadership for the company and its partners.• Manage social media programs.• Coach executives for external speaking engagements and media briefings. • Create and manage company blogs.• Manage US and Global public relations agencies.• Create content strategy for social media, event management, web design and online marketing.• Drive the creation and execution of thought leadership content. • Create and lead portfolio marketing services, helping portfolio companies build resilient, values-driven operations.

• Develop and execute comprehensive communications program, including Public relations and Analyst relations, internal communications and thought leadership for the company and its partners.• Manage social media programs.• Coach executives for external speaking engagements and analyst briefings. • Create and manage company blogs.• Manage customer/partner testimonial program.• Manage US and Global public relations agencies.• Schedule and manage all US/EMEA/APAC press and analyst tours for major product launches.• Maintain communications budgets between various business departments.• Quarterly meetings with market analysts including, ABI Research, IDC, IHS, Forrester, Gartner, Yankee, Jupiter, Ovum and Strategy Analytics.• Update Investor Relations team to prepare earnings materials for quarterly earnings calls.

• Developed and executed comprehensive communications program, including internal communications, media relations and tradeshows for the company and its partners. • Managed public relations reviews and social media programs. • Coached executives for external speaking engagements and analyst briefings. • Created and managed blogging community project. • Managed customer testimonial program. • Managed US public relations agency and five global agencies. • Scheduled and managed all US/EMEA/APAC press and analyst tours for major product launches. • Maintained communications budgets between various business departments. • Developed and maintained relationships with analysts including, ABI Research, IDC, Forrester, Gartner, Yankee, Jupiter, and Ovum.

• Launched the new Veritas (formerly Symantec) rebrand and introduced the 2.3B start-up to the editor and analyst community.• Hosted monthly Brown-Bags with C-Level Executives and local media.• Hosted in-house Gartner Day to strengthen relationships and inform and positively influence their opinion of Veritas. • Leveraged positive analyst opinion to enable sales and marketing. • Created public relations plans for product, corporate, channel and partner programs.• Showcased current and new market offerings to deliver execution proof points. • Launched Veritas Viewpoints to showcase substantive IP with unique Veritas point of view and used it to create a stream of original content which became the heartbeat of the thought leadership initiative. • Developed and executed company/partner press releases, communications, and outreach plans. • Managed customer testimonial program. • Supervised four US and global public relations agencies. • Scheduled and managed all NA/EMEA/APAC/LATAM press and analyst relation tours for major product launches.

• Managed public relations and corporate communications - involving strategic, tactical and digital marketing. • Planned, developed, and executed communication plans for internal and external stakeholders. • Managed public, analyst and investor relations. • Developed and executed company/partner press releases, communications, and outreach plans. • Managed public relations reviews program. • Created and managed blogging community.

• Led PR for InvenSense IPO• Managed internal and external communications, including public, analyst and investor relations.• Developed and executed company/partner press releases, communications, and outreach plans. • Managed public relations reviews program. • Created and manage blogging community project monitoring more than 50 sites. • Supervised US and international public relations agencies. • Scheduled and managed all US/EMEA/APAC press and analyst relation tours for major product launches. (Analyst Firms include ABI Research, IDC, Forrester, Gartner, Yankee, and Jupiter). • Managed Social Media Program, Developers Program and over 25 Trade Shows Yearly.

• Developed and executed comprehensive communications program, including internal communications, media relations and tradeshows for the company and its partners. • Managed public relations reviews and social media programs. • Coached executives for external speaking engagements and analyst briefings. • Created and managed blogging community project. • Managed customer testimonial program. • Created and managed company’s social media strategy. • Managed US public relations agency and five global agencies. • Scheduled and managed all US/EMEA/APAC press and analyst tours for major product launches. • Maintained communications budgets between various business departments. • Developed and maintained relationships with analysts including, ABI Research, IDC, Forrester, Gartner, Yankee, Jupiter, and Ovum.

• Managed customer case study program. • Oversaw and managed two U.S. public relations agencies and one global agency. • Scheduled and managed all US/EMEA/APAC press and analyst tours for major product launches.• Managed corporate communications budgets. • Developed and maintained relationships with analysts including Aberdeen, Gartner, Forrester, Ovum, and IDC.

• Managed internal and external communications, including public and investor relations. • Developed and tested corporate messaging to create the right message for the right audience (consumers, prospects, investors, board members, etc.). • Managed two public relations agencies. • Scheduled and managed all US/EMEA press and analyst tours for major product launches. • Managed communications budgets between various business departments.

• Developed and executed strategic communications plan and developed consistent key messaging across all internal and external communications. • Worked with executive team to help develop new direction of company from B2C to B2B. • Managed public relations activities to generate awareness and mind share in the business, trade and online press. • Wrote all corporate messaging materials including, but not limited to press releases, Q&A’s and data sheets. • Managed external public relations agencies and consultants.• Developed in-house public relations policies and procedures that resulted in business coverage in top trades such as Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune and CNET.• Executed worldwide public relations activities in international offices including UK, Estonia and Japan. • Responsible for coordinating translation of press materials to multiple languages.

• Led PR for Excite@Home IPO• Planned, developed, and executed communication plans for product releases working closely with twelve product managers from various departments ranging from telecommunications to e-commerce. • Oversaw and managed two agencies handling the corporate communications speaking bureau. • Managed business partner relationships including public relations strategies for both Excite@Home and partner companies. • Scheduled and managed all US press and analyst tours for major product launches. Developed and shared budgets between various business departments.

• Responsible for strategic and tactical client counsel, day-to-day management of account teams, monthly/quarterly planning, creating and executing public relations programs for clients with $50K+ monthly budgets. • Participated in new business presentations, account team training, hiring and performance reviews. • Clients included IBM Storage Systems Division – Hard Disk Drives, Removable Software, Open and Large Systems, Industry Solutions and Green Mountain Energy Resources.• Developed key messaging, drafted and edited press materials, created, and maintained speaker’s bureau programs. • Grew an existing account by more than 50%.