Cunningham Communication Inc. Names Joe Hamilton President and COO.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1998--Cunningham Communication Inc., specialists in building leadership momentum for companies in dynamic markets, today named Joe Hamilton president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Joe's a proven leader who has won the respect of our people and our clients," said Andrea "Andy" Cunningham, the founder, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and chairman of the $20 million communication consulting firm. "We've tripled in size since Joe arrived and I couldn't be more confident in our future with him leading our operation." Cunningham said Hamilton will assume operational leadership of all the company's public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and consulting businesses. Well known as Silicon Valley's largest public relations agency and one of the largest independent agencies in the country, Cunningham earlier this year launched the Momentum Positioning Group to focus exclusively on positioning companies for market leadership. Cunningham, Hamilton and Ron Ricci will comprise Cunningham's Executive Committee. Ricci, who led the development of Cunningham's Momentum Management(TM) methodology, will also continue to develop new products and services for the company. "Our Momentum Management-based approach to public relations and positioning is redefining how many of our clients achieve a differentiated industry profile," said Hamilton. "We're transcending the traditional measures of public relations success to what matters most to leadership in dynamic markets -- building perceptions of momentum." Hamilton, 47, joined Cunningham in 1994 as chief operating officer. Previously, Hamilton served as an executive director at the law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Prior to that, he served as chief administrative officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive , chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors of Grubb & Ellis Company, a publicly held national real estate services firm. Earlier in his career Joe held numerous positions at Crocker National bank Crocker National Bank was a United States bank headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was acquired by and merged into Wells Fargo Bank in 1986. History The bank traces its history to the Woolworth National Bank in San Francisco. , serving ultimately as senior vice president in the Capital Markets Division. Hamilton holds an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration degree in finance from the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal ; a master of science degree in operations research operations research Application of scientific methods to management and administration of military, government, commercial, and industrial systems. It began during World War II in Britain when teams of scientists worked with the Royal Air Force to improve radar detection of and applied mathematics from Columbia University; and a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from Fordham University. About Cunningham Cunningham Communication specializes in building leadership momentum for companies in dynamic markets. Cunningham's Momentum Management(TM) methodology is based on a statistical model for measuring market leadership and allows companies to assess their competitive strengths and weaknesses. With offices in Palo Alto, Cambridge and Austin, Cunningham has more than 125 employees serving many of the technology industry's best-known companies. For more information about Cunningham and its clients, please visit their Web site at http://www.ccipr.com. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion