Robert (Chip) Warren Email & Phone Number

Berlin, Connecticut, United States

Lead communicator (now retired) for all messaging to all 1,000+ employees of Comcast’s Western New England Region, including those in CT, MA, VT. NH and NY. Collaborated closely with senior leaders to ensure all colleagues were familiar with, and inspired by, wide range of strategic initiatives from network expansion to HR-related news. My efforts.

Trumbull, CT

Independent contractor/consultant for public, private and non-profit businesses, providing a full menu of cost-effective services, from strategic planning to writing, editing and proof-reading of press releases, speeches, white papers and newsletters. Clients to date have included leading players in the global payments and wireless telecommunications.

Hartford, CT

• Part-time contractor dedicated to company’s 1,000-employee Chief Technology Office
• Advise senior leaders on strategic employee communications related to ongoing transformation of The Hartford’s technology division, which was reorganized in the wake of the company’s recovery from the 2009 financial.
• Currently developing e-newsletter as principal tool for rapid information-sharing with employees in multiple locations.

Purchase, NY

• Part-time contract employee in Worldwide Communications department of leading company in global payments industry
• Developed wide array of HR communications, including launch of inaugural people manager effectiveness survey and introduction of changes to performance management and compensation systems.
• Prior and subsequent to contract period, wrote copy for company’s corporate diversity brochure, website, marketing emails, white papers, blog entries for senior executives and articles for online employee newsletter.

Hartford, CT

Contract employee in Claim Communications department of Fortune 100 insurance company. Edited and prepared for publication comprehensive knowledge guides detailing for employees the claim process in each of the company’s five lines of business. Coordinated communications for rollout of technical credentialing initiative to company’s 13,000 claim.

Stamford, CT

Principal corporate communicator for $2 billion consumer packaged goods company with leading positions in the moist smokeless tobacco and premium wine categories. Helped grow the company’s market value threefold by communicating its strategy to targeted internal and external constituents through both print and electronic media. Responsibilities included.

Stamford, CT

Lead organizational communicator for GE Capital Structured Finance Group, one of General Electric's top 20 businesses, with more than $12 billion in assets and net earnings of $300 million. Directed production and distribution of business-related information to 300-employee workforce in Stamford and London via email, intranet, and face-to-face meetings..

Stamford, CT

Responsible for wide range of corporate communications for $5 billion paper and wood products manufacturer. Interacted regularly with internal clients at headquarters and field locations. Coordinated efforts of various external suppliers, including free-lance writers, photographers, graphic designers and illustrators. Editor of award-winning monthly.

Stamford, CT

Served as senior writer on award-winning corporate newsletter. Coordinated news coverage among global correspondents at more than 50 company locations in United States, Canada and Brazil.

Tucson, AZ

Wrote extensively for news and feature departments of Pulitzer Prize-winning morning newspaper with circulation of 85,000 daily, 120,000 Sunday. Directed all coverage on the Superior Court and higher-education beats for two years each. Nominated for Pulitzer Prize as part of team that reported on devastating 1983 flood.

Chicago, IL

Directed all editorial coverage of three suburban Chicago communities for the nation's then-largest weekly newspaper chain. Wrote news, features and high school sports articles, as well as first-person column. Organized network of more than 10 free-lance “stringers.” Coordinated page layout and supervised composing room paste-up.