Tony is General Manager of Weber Shandwick’s Northern California operations and an Executive Vice President in the firm’s Global Technology practice. With almost 20 years experience in the technology industry he has worked predominantly in communications, and has also held sales and marketing positions. He has worked with a diverse range of companies – from the likes of Adobe, TiVo and Sony on the consumer side; to HP, IBM, SAP and Sun Microsystems in the enterprise space; and Enphase, Pythagoras Solar, Recurrent Energy and SunPower in clean technology.
He has managed international accounts for some of the world‘s largest technology companies, most recently driving campaigns to bolster HP‘s corporate reputation for innovation and environmental excellence. Tony joined Weber Shandwick from Bite Communications where he was General Manager of the San Francisco office, head of the organization‘s global clean technology practice, and international account lead for HP.
Prior to Bite, Tony worked in-house at Hitachi Data Systems, a multi-billion dollar data storage company, where he was hired to restructure the company‘s global media relations program – working directly with the senior executive suite, customers and international media.
He has experience across all facets of the communications landscape, including messaging and positioning, global product launches, executive communications, global campaign management, executive coaching, influencer relations, social media and launching start-ups. Tony‘s groundbreaking communications work has been covered extensively in the public relations media and other outlets including
Advertising Age, Associated Press,
New York Times and
Wired magazine.
An avid SCUBA diver Tony was licensed commercially and has spent time in many of the world‘s oceans and seas. He is married and lives with his wife and daughter in San Francisco.
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