John Sidline

Current

• Board Member at MoMoPDX
• Board Member at Lake Oswego School District Foundation
• Board Member at Talkster

• Managing Partner at Mobility Public Relations

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Past

• Dir. of Corporate Communications at iPass Inc.
• Senior Manager, Product Marketing at Global Crossing
• Senior Manager, Public Relations at Frontier Communications

• Public Relations Manager at GlobalCenter
• Senior Account Manager at Technology Solutions
• Account Manager at Neale-May and Partners
• Political Director at Republican Party

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Networking

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Company

John Sidline’s Summary

High technology PR specialist with lengthy experience in Internet, telecom, networking, IP applications, Wi-Fi and wireless, network security and telework solutions. Extensive experience with M&A and IPO publicity programs and understanding of SEC rules in this crazy Sarbannes-Oxley regulatory environment.

Visit our website at www.mobilitypr.com or email me at jsidline (at) mobilitypr.com.

John Sidline’s Specialties:

Strategic communication to customers, prospects and investors.

John Sidline’s Experience

• Board Member

  MoMoPDX

  (Telecommunications industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

  Mobile Monday Portland, Oregon

• Board Member

  Lake Oswego School District Foundation

  (Fund-Raising industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

• Board Member

  Talkster

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  Talkster’s award-winning technologies are revolutionizing voice, text and image communications. Talkster’s ad-supported approach brings free communications services that work on any phone to a global audience. Millions of calls have been placed using Talkster’s Free World Dialing™ consumer offering, and online communities are turning to Talkster for an easy plug and play revenue-generating solution that delivers voice and mobile services for their members. For more information visit Talkster on the Web at www.Talkster.com, from your mobile phone at http://free.talkster.com, or from your iPhone at http://i.talkster.com.

• Managing Partner

  Mobility Public Relations

  (Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

  With industry analysts predicting explosive growth in mobility-related technologies, products and services, three industry veterans have launched a public relations agency to serve this emerging high-tech category. By focusing only on mobile technologies, the full-service Mobility Public Relations is better positioned to share expertise and build compelling campaigns across a broad array of clients within the mobile technology space.

• Dir. of Corporate Communications

  iPass Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; IPAS; Computer Networking industry)

  March 2002 — May 2006 (4 years 3 months)

  • Managing PR team of 21 people in eight countries.
  • Oversee $1 million annual global PR budget.
  • Managed pre- and post-IPO PR and handle communications for corporate acquisitions.
  • Manage multiple agency relationships, including agency searches, in ten countries.
  • Develop programs that achieve quality feature coverage in trade, vertical, mainstream and business (print and broadcast) media.
  • Manage a metrics system to measure program effectiveness and ROI.
  • Understanding of Sarbanes Oxley, Reg FD and other SEC publicity compliance regulations and issues.

• Senior Manager, Product Marketing

  Global Crossing

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  August 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 1 month)

  [Acquired Frontier Communications] Responsible for big-pipe (DS-3 to OC-48) IP circuits as product manager. Later responsible for IP connectivity, DSL and hosting as Sr. Product Marketing Manager.

• Senior Manager, Public Relations

  Frontier Communications

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; FRO; Computer Networking industry)

  February 1998 — August 1998 (7 months)

  [Acquired GlobalCenter]

• Public Relations Manager

  GlobalCenter

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  October 1997 — February 1998 (5 months)

  PR Manager as GlobalCenter until company was acquired by Frontier Communications (which in turn was acquired by Global Crossing -- ah yes, the bubble!).

• Senior Account Manager

  Technology Solutions

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1996 — 1997 (1 year )

• Account Manager

  Neale-May and Partners

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1996 — 1996 (less than a year)

• Political Director

  Republican Party

  (Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)

  November 1991 — January 1995 (3 years 3 months)

Additional Information

John Sidline’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Company

John Sidline’s Groups:

Mobile Monday Portland, Public Relations Society of America, PRSA, Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum, OEF, Sigma Phi Epsilon

•    Mobile Insiders
•    Mobile Marketing Association
•    MobileMonday
•    MobilOpen :: the mobile business group
•    Technology Marketing Community
•    Wireless Internet Industry Executives (WIIE)...6,000+ members & growing!
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    TSI Public Relations Alumni Group
•    Fans of Mashable
•    Mobilists (Innovators in mobile industry - 3900+ members)
•    Mobile Content
•    On Device Portal Consortium
•    Smartphone Professionals (4000+)
•    iPass Community
•    International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment
•    PDX Technology Professionals - Portland Oregon
•    Mobile start-ups - 7,000+ members and growing!
•    Global Crossing Alumni Network (1000+ members and growing)
•    Frontier Communications Alumni
•    Payment Solutions and Value Added Services
•    Dealmaker Media
•    Tyfone
•    Information Overload Network
•    Johnson King: The technology PR experts
•    Mobile Northwest

John Sidline’s Honors:

• Business Marketing Association’s Beacon Gold Award for PR, 2004
• Northern California PRSA’s Compass Award for Multicultural PR, 2004
• LACP’s Magellan Silver Award for Organizational Communications, 2004
• LACP’s Top 50 Publicity Campaigns

John Sidline’s Contact Settings

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