Shocase Introduces Public Relations Industry Leaders as Company Advisors
August 05 2015 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Top PR experts to help Shocase thrive as the
go-to professional network for all of marketing
In today’s fast-evolving marketing landscape, the ability to
maximize results across paid, earned, shared and owned media
opportunities is critical to a brand’s success. Public relations’
ever-evolving role is an important part of this process and, as
such, Shocase today announced it is bringing on six of the world’s
top public relations leaders to serve in senior advisory
positions.
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In their roles, David Armano, Stephen Burkhart, Randy Savicky,
Howard Solomon, Jason Throckmorton and Beth Trier will share their
expertise and breadth of knowledge to inspire and educate Shocase
members, as well as provide their input on the features,
functionality and overall design of the Shocase network.
“Public relations is an integral part of the marketing landscape
and having these PR superstars on Shocase is vital to our goal of
bringing all of marketing together in one place,” said Ron Young,
Shocase’s founder and CEO. “Shocase provides a community for these
top industry leaders to build partnerships, identify business
opportunities and display their proudest moments, while lending
their expertise to create a rich collaborative experience for all
members.”
The six advisors represent the best and brightest in the public
relations industry:
- David Armano is global strategy
director at Edelman and is regarded as an expert in digital
strategy for industry leading clients such as PayPal, Barilla, U.S.
Dairy and LEGO, providing strategic integrated marketing solutions.
David is also a driving authority in digital marketing, social
media and business strategy, and has contributed to a variety of
high-profile outlets including Harvard Business Review and TED,
among others.
- Stephen Burkhart is general
manager at The Hoffman Agency and leads strategy, client services
and operations across North America. He specializes in blending
creative content marketing and SEO with PR. Stephen’s diverse
roster of current and past clients includes Sony, Alcatel-Lucent,
Microsoft, Expedia and AT&T. He also served as principal at
Burkhart Communications and held senior leadership roles with Weber
Shandwick and Edelman.
- Randy Savicky is founder and CEO
of Strategy+Communications, a concierge public relations agency,
and has provided his experience building communications programs
for top B2B and B2C clients that include Fujifilm, IBM, UBS and
American Express. Randy is also director of marketing & public
relations for Silver Golub & Teitell LLP, one of Connecticut’s
leading law firms.
- Howard Solomon is managing
partner at Finn Partners and is widely regarded as a specialist in
technology companies. He has provided his expertise to diverse
clients including Sony, Logitech, Microsoft and Hyundai. Howard was
recently named to the Hot Topics list of the top 100 technology PR
executives worldwide.
- Jason Throckmorton is partner
and co-founder of LaunchSquad, helping to drive the firm from a
startup to one of the most respected and fastest-growing agencies
in North America. LaunchSquad has developed strategies for a wide
roster of clients including StubHub, Facebook, American Giant and
Evernote.
- Beth Trier is managing director
of Trier and Company, an integrated communications agency for
global technology companies. Beth is known throughout the
technology industry for providing sound marketing and content
strategies. Her clients include Capgemini, Salesforce, NTTi3,
Phizzle and many of the leading startups in Europe and the United
States.
About Shocase
Shocase is Marketing’s Professional Network. Built to feature,
connect and promote marketing professionals from all disciplines,
Shocase functions seamlessly as a social network, professional
crowd-sourced marketing archive and personalized online portfolio.
Most importantly, Shocase is the place marketers come to discover
and be discovered by the people who can advance their business and
careers. The Shocase mobile iOS app is free to download from the
Apple App Store or by visiting iTunes. Watch our demo video to
learn more about Shocase.
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