Richard G.

Offering communications consulting for organizations ranging from startups to global companies. Deep expertise in communications strategy, messaging, executive media training, media relations, speaker coaching, and brand positioning.

• Open to communications consulting opportunities in tech
• Engaging in media training, product launch planning, and public speaking coaching

• Leading internal communications programs at Cloudflare, engaging 4,000+ employees globally to support our mission of helping to build a better Internet.
• Developing innovative strategies to enhance employee engagement and alignment with company goals.
• Implementing communication initiatives that contribute to a more cohesive and informed workforce.

• Established the first internal communications function at Cloudflare, a leading Internet infrastructure and security company with 4,000+ empoyees.
• Led communications strategy for the Co-Founder and COO, enhancing media engagement and thought leadership and resulting in coverage in Forbes, CNBC, and Inc.
• Collaborated with C-level executives and cross-functional teams to navigate major company changes and crisis communications.
• Improved employee engagement through innovative video content and enhanced production quality of company-wide communications.

Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis.

• Led proactive media relations and storytelling for Salesforce.
• Collaborated with leadership, customers, and media to shape impactful stories.
• Connected Salesforce brand with global audiences.

• Led communications for Co-CEO Bret Taylor, including internal and external strategies.
• Managed high-profile media opportunities and international events.
• Increased LinkedIn engagement for Bret Taylor significantly.

• After relocating from London to San Francisco, I led internal and external communications worldwide for this 600 person advertising technology company
• Led an in-house team and network of six PR agencies across our priority markets that doubled media coverage year over year
• Spearheaded the development and successful launch of a new company mission, increasing employee engagement scores and clarifying Quantcast's value proposition for customers and the press
• Media trained and secured tier one coverage for the CEO and other top executives in outlets including CNBC, Forbes, and VentureBeat
• Drove positive media coverage worldwide for new product launches, including defining new categories for the company, as well as innovative data-driven stories and crisis communications on a diverse range of issues from consumer data privacy to COVID-19

• Ran European communications across five key markets, increasing media coverage 3x in first 12 months
• After six months, I was asked to lead global communications from London, adding the US and APAC to my remit
• Implemented the company’s first crisis communications plan, its first multi-market data driven storytelling campaigns, and secured regular tier one business and trade media coverage
• Drove corporate communications response to new data privacy regulation in Europe (GDPR), including collaborating on campaigns with competitors and industry bodies

• Managed communications strategy across EMEA region.
• Developed and executed media relations and storytelling initiatives.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance brand presence.

The Grrid is a company.

• Advised on communications and PR strategy for The Grrid.
• Focused on direct access to trusted travel recommendations.
• Supported launch communications and strategic planning.

• Led corporate communications for all of LinkedIn’s b2b businesses across Europe, the Middle East and Africa
• Media trained and coached 10+ senior executive spokespeople, including writing thought leadership and overseeing executive profiling strategy
• Led LinkedIn’s data-driven storytelling campaigns in the region as part of its Economic Graph project, a wide-ranging initiative to use LinkedIn data to map the global economy
• Partnered with data insights and policy teams to drive coverage in the Financial Times, The Economist, and CNBC

• A one-year placement in LinkedIn’s Global Headquarters leading communications for the company’s largest revenue driver, Talent Solutions, including a Forbes front cover for CEO Jeff Weiner
• Drove LinkedIn’s first data-led storytelling programs around talent and hiring, including its first Top Companies ranking, now in its 10th year
• Acted as CIA liaison for a 2012 President Obama Town Hall event
• Supported script development for quarterly earnings calls
• Worked with senior leadership to advise on crisis communications and issues management
• Led external communications for LinkedIn’s $119M acquisition of SlideShare

• Joined LinkedIn as its first dedicated in-house PR lead in Europe
• Led dozens of new product, feature and executive appointment announcements as LinkedIn grew from 42M-100M members worldwide
• Owned the media relations programs for visiting execs, including founder Reid Hoffman
• Led the review and restructuring of the European PR agency network
• Managed new office opening announcements in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Milan, Dubai, and Dublin, collaborating with Sales, Marketing and agency partners

• Managed client accounts including Yahoo!, Qualcomm, Visa, Fox Mobile, and global mobile network industry organization the GSMA
• Pitched and won pan-European business and worked in network teams across multiple markets to provide PR support for multinational clients
• Developed expertise in media relations, messaging development, event organisation, client counsel and campaign development

UK Tech Journalists and PRs (UKTJPR) is a company.

• Co-founded a professional networking group for UK tech media and PR.
• Grew an online community of over 5,500 professionals.
• Facilitated collaboration on news, stories, and best practices.

• Cemented a love for all things tech in my first PR agency role working across b2b and
• consumer brands
• Supported clients including HTC (mobile devices), Shazam (digital music discovery), and Amobee (digital advertising) as well mobile messaging, ISP, consumer technology and mobile advertising brands

• As an Account Executive, I worked as part of a client management team handling advertising campaigns for clients ranging from CPG and legal to construction
• Developed a critical eye for detail and the ability to quickly getting to grips with complex and diverse topics