Dick Pirozzolo

Current

Principal & Founder at Pirozzolo Company Public Relations
Accredited Member at PRSA/Boston

Past

Co-Founder and Faculty Member at The Pubic Relations Training Board
Public Relations Consultant at Wilshire -Trust Universe Comparison Service
Public Relations Consultant at WBZ-TV

Information Officer - Media Liaison - Press Officer at USAF

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Education

Boston University
Emerson College
The University of Connecticut

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Public Relations and Communications

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Dick Pirozzolo’s Summary

Pirozzolo Company Public Relations provides public relations and marketing communication services by principals with 20 or more years of experience in the US and internationally.

Our clients include Trayport, a GFI company (GFIG/Nasdaq), headquartered in London, and a leader in carbon trading technology, J/Brice Design International, Inc. in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia and Boston, MA, hotel and resort development, Wright Express Corporation, IT for the transportation industry and Morpheus Technologies, biometric technology, based in Portland Maine.

Pirozzolo Company has also served clients based in Germany, Israel, India, China, Turkey and Governments of Japan and Vietnam.

Services include public relations, publicity, marketing communication and public policy issues management.

Our Editorial Group provides ghostwriting and author agent services to corporations and corporate CEOs.

Public Relations Affiliate Offices in Frankfurt, Germany, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Birmingham, UK and Tokyo, Japan.

Dick Pirozzolo is the author of three non-fiction books on home design, construction and decor and two corporate profiles "For All the Years," a History of Television in New England for WBZ-TV (CBS), Boston and "Oriental Rugs of the Silk Route," (Rizzoli, New York, for A. T. Gregorian Oriental Rugs.

Dick has also written extensively about green building practices and climate change issues and policy.

Co-Founder and Faculty Member
The Public Relations Training Board
PR training for Corporations and Not - For - Profits
www.publicrelationstrainingboard.com

Accredited Member (APR) of the Public Relations Society of America. Member of the PRSA Counselors Academy.

Dick Pirozzolo’s Specialties:

Public Relations, Media Relations and Placement, Editorial Visits, Speechwriting, Ghostwriting, Literary Agent Services (nonfiction) -- Industries include Institutional and Retail Financial Services, Commodity Trading, HIgh Technology, Environmental Engineering, Hospitality and Hotel Design and Development, Homebuilding and Home Products and commercial real estate.

Dick Pirozzolo’s Experience

Principal & Founder

Pirozzolo Company Public Relations

(Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

April 1981 — Present (28 years 9 months)

Manage public relations firm founded 1981. Marketing and communication strategy and implementation.

Served the Government of Vietnam, China-America Technology Transfer, Inc., United Technologies, Citi, Wilmington Trust, Delaware, Author of four books on home design and construction, Currently serve the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Accredited Member

PRSA/Boston

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

1978 — Present (31 years )

Accredited Member PRSA, member of PRSA Counsellors Academy, co-founder and faculty member The Public Relations Training Board (http://www.publicrelationstraining.org/)
Co-Founder and Faculty Member

The Pubic Relations Training Board

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

January 2008 — January 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Customized PR training for organizations that want to build their own results-driven, in-house communications team. Also provide packaged training programs for PR, Marketing and Advertising people who want to improve their public relations skills and tactics. Quick Start Public Relations for Small companies, nonprofit organizations and startups combines intensive hands-on training in PR, Branding and SWOT analysis with three months of Public Relations Services.

• Training at your location or ours
• Corporations
• Not-for-Profits
• Associations
• Senior and Mid-Level Management
• Cost-effective
Public Relations Consultant

Wilshire -Trust Universe Comparison Service

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

January 1993 — January 1996 (3 years 1 month)

Consortium of 40 Largest Pension Asset Custodial Banks inthe US including Citi, State Street Bank, Irving Trust. Evaluates pension plan management performnce.
Public Relations Consultant

WBZ-TV

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

1980 — 1983 (3 years )

As an outside consultant, provided Public Relations, Crisis Communications and Event Management Services to TV broadcaster in 5th largest market. Included overseeing creation of The Fund for The Arts Endowment and managing Esplanade Pops Concert.
Information Officer - Media Liaison - Press Officer

USAF

(Government Agency; USAF; Military industry)

1967 — 1977 (10 years )

Information officer responsible for media relations in Vietnam and other locations. Captain, Bronze Star. Following four years on active duty in the US and overseas, I joined the Massachusetts Air National Guard, 253rd Combat Communication Group, based in Wellesley, MA and relocated to Otis AFB, MA

Dick Pirozzolo’s Education

Boston University

Communications 1972 — 1972
Emerson College

1971 — 1972
The University of Connecticut

BA , art , 1962 — 1967

Additional Information

Dick Pirozzolo’s Websites:

Dick Pirozzolo’s Interests:

Public Relations, Pubic Relations Training

Dick Pirozzolo’s Groups:

Accredited Member, Public Relations Society of America and Counselors Academy

Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
Luxury & Lifestyle Professionals
University of Connecticut Alumni Networking Group (4000+ alumni)
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA National)
Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
Energy Trading - Power, Gas, Carbon, Oil and everything else
Public Relations Professionals
Carbon Market Business Network
Accredited in Public Relations (APR)
@ The Boston Group 4th Monday
Green
Carbon Market Platform
Financial Services Marketing
Society of Professional Journalists
Public Relations and Communications Professionals
New Homes Professional Network
123 Social Media
HSMAI Travel Internet Marketing Special Interest Group
Emissions Trading Network
Luxury Hoteliers
Log Home Network
Crisis Communication
Austin Healey Club
Market Data and Trading Infrastructure Professionals
Carbon Finance Securitization & Financing
The Carbon Professionals Networking Group
Boston PR Professionals
Art By Hollis Int'L (R) - Art, Law, Entertainment, Fashion, Sports, Film, TV, Photography & Biz
NEWH, Inc, The Hospitality Network
PRwise
Modular Building Systems Association (MBSA)
International Press Association
NAHB Associates
Professional Builder
Carbon TradeEx
IFWTWA-International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association
Energy & Carbon Management News
NEWH, Inc.
Arabian Hotel Investment
Log & Timber Connections
Energy Trader
Twitter for Communicators
Strategic Planning for Nonprofits
Carbon Trading America
Luxury Lifestyle Marketers & Journalists
PRSA Boston Independent Practitioners Network (IPN)
Green Publishing
Big East PR Professionals