
Managing director at CompassPR
Greater Chicago Area

Managing director at CompassPR
Greater Chicago Area
Over the past nine years, I have served in a number of media and communications roles. Currently, I am the managing director of CompassPR, a communications and marketing firm focused on the technology market.
Previously, I was the editor of Security Director News.
Throughout my career, I've handled a wide range of creative and writing services, collaborating with peers, subordinates and vendors to produce marketing and other print communications, as well as online communications including blogs and video projects.
During my tenure at SDN, I acted as the primary public representative of the business publication at national conferences and trade shows to boost industry relations.
Writing, editing, public and media relations, conference programming, publication layout and design, marketing, copy editing
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
October 2006 — July 2009 (2 years 10 months)
I managed Security Director News, a monthly trade publication that reaches 30,000 security leaders in the private and public sectors. This includes the printed publication, its web site, enewswire blasts and SDNtvnews. I am also one of two professionals here that develop the educational program of our boutique conference TechSec Solutions. This includes developing presentations, interviewing speakers, compiling data for presentations and organizing sessions for this event that focuses on the emergence of IP-based physical security technologies.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
August 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 3 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
February 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 7 months)
(Newspapers industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year )
1997 — 2001