Cas Purdy

Cas Purdy

Vice President, Corporate Communications at Trustwave

Location
Chicago, Illinois (Greater Chicago Area)
Industry
Public Relations and Communications

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Cas Purdy's Overview

Current
  • Vice President, Corporate Communications at Trustwave
Past
  • Senior Director, Corporate Communications at Guidance Software
  • Owner at Purdy Public Relations LLC
  • Director, Public Relations at Websense
  • Senior Manager, Public Relations at Websense
  • Media Relations Manager, ISV and Developer Relations, Academic Initiative & Emerging Markets at IBM
  • Media Relations Manager, Security & Privacy Software at IBM
  • Media Relations Specialist, Security & Privacy Software at IBM
  • Assistant Store Manager at Gap Inc.
Education
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • Université Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV)
  • Richard King High School
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Connections

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Cas Purdy's Summary

Corporate communications executive with more than a decade of experience building marketing and public relations programs at multi­national, public technology companies

Specialties

Media relations; social media policy, training and blogging; marketing; agency selection and direction; acquisitions and divestitures; CEO and executive thought leadership and visibility; executive counseling; corporate and product launches; crisis communications; branding; earnings announcements and financial communications; customer advocacy and references; company, product and technology awards; channel communications; spokesperson training; domestic and international media tours and events

Cas Purdy's Experience

Vice President, Corporate Communications

Trustwave

Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer & Network Security industry

December 2011Present (2 months) Greater Chicago Area

Senior Director, Corporate Communications

Guidance Software

April 2010November 2011 (1 year 8 months) Greater Los Angeles Area

August 2009April 2010 (9 months) Austin, Texas Area

Director, Public Relations

Websense

June 2008August 2009 (1 year 3 months) Greater San Diego Area

Senior Manager, Public Relations

Websense

June 2006June 2008 (2 years 1 month) Greater San Diego Area

Media Relations Manager, ISV and Developer Relations, Academic Initiative & Emerging Markets

IBM

January 2005May 2006 (1 year 5 months) Austin, Texas Area

Media Relations Manager, Security & Privacy Software

IBM

December 2000December 2004 (4 years 1 month) Austin, Texas Area

Media Relations Specialist, Security & Privacy Software

IBM

December 1999December 2000 (1 year 1 month) Austin, Texas Area

Assistant Store Manager

Gap Inc.

1996February 1999 (3 years) Austin, Texas Area

Cas Purdy's Publications

  • Real eDiscovery Magazine - Fall 2010

    • Guidance Software
    • December 2010
    Authors: Cas Purdy, John Blumenschein, Chad McManamy, Patrick E. Zeller

    • Liberty Mutual’s Sean McSweeney, deputy general counsel, and Glenn O’Brien, electronic discovery manager, discuss their process and approaches from the legal and technical perspectives.
    • Contributor Denise Backhouse offers resources to master European Union data privacy laws. Denise is an associate in the eData Practice of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. She counsels and defends clients primarily in the areas of securities and financial industry litigation and business and corporate disputes.
    • Guidance Software Senior Counsel Chad McManamy opens up the e-discovery toolbox and describes what organizations should look for in a unified e-discovery solution.
    • Exploring the Victor Stanley decision focused on sanctions for spoliation of electronically stored information, Guidance Software Senior Counsel John Blumenschein also covers the role Guidance Software played in the case.
    • Guidance Software Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Patrick Zeller shares his tips on reducing e-discovery sanction risk by 80 percent.

  • Real eDiscovery Magazine - Fall 2011

    • Guidance Software
    • October 2011

    • IDC’s Vivian Tero zeroes in on early case assessment in an exclusive Q&A
    • The evolution and maturation of the e-discovery market
    • The role of outside counsel in e-discovery and the benefits of certification
    • What to look for in e-discovery software
    • Views on important legal technology issues, including early case assessment, EU data privacy, metadata, FOIA requests and insourcing e-discovery
    • Metadata production and FOIA requests in the wake of NDLON v. ICE
    • The benefits of bringing data processing in house

Cas Purdy's Education

The University of Texas at Austin

19951999

Université Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV)

19981998

Richard King High School

Cas Purdy's Additional Information

Honors and Awards:

-- Websense Finalist for PR Week's Business-to-Business Campaign of the Year, 2008

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