Donna Gibbs Joins Racepoint Group as Executive Vice President.Gibbs to Lead Continued Growth of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Office SAN FRANCISCO -- Racepoint Group, Inc., a leading global 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 agency with special expertise in digital media relations, today announced that Donna Gibbs has joined the firm as executive vice president of its San Francisco office. With more than 25 years' of diverse marketing and communications experience with some of the world's best known consumer and technology brands including Apple, Mattel Toys, Nike and Microsoft, together with experience gained from working with numerous emerging software and Internet companies, Gibbs is uniquely qualified to drive Racepoint's continued growth in the Western region. "I'm very excited about the opportunity to work with the highly talented team in San Francisco and to take advantage of the many market opportunities expanding here in the epicenter of technical, medical and social innovation," said Donna Gibbs, executive vice president of Racepoint Group. "I'm particularly excited about Racepoint's digital media relations expertise and look forward to making our outstanding capability widely known and available to our clients." "I have worked with Donna Gibbs in the past and am delighted that she is working with us again," said Marijean Lauzier, 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. of Racepoint Group. "Donna's breadth of experience, which runs the gamut from product and consumer marketing, to digital media relations, investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. and issues management, represents a tremendous addition to our team." Before joining Racepoint Group, Gibbs served as senior vice president for consumer marketing and ecommerce at PlanetOut, a leading media and entertainment company. In this role, she was responsible for managing the global online subscription services and ecommerce division, where she planned and directed all marketing and product development activities to enhance premium subscriber acquisition and retention. She also helped lead the company to a successful IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. in October, 2004. Earlier Gibbs was executive vice president, Western region for The Weber Group (later Weber Shandwick This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. ), where she managed six offices and participated in managing key enterprise accounts including Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. , Enron Broadband Services See broadband and broadband service provider. and Gateway Computer, as well as emerging companies in ecommerce and Internet infrastructure. Gibbs has also served as vice president of corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. at Nike, where she was chief communications strategist and spokesperson on a wide range of issues including regulatory concerns, production sourcing and labor practices, mergers and acquisitions and financial performance during one of Nike's most rapid periods of global expansion from 1994 -1997. Prior to Nike, Gibbs was director of public relations at Mattel, Inc., where she was a member of an integrated brand marketing team devoted to reaching the billion dollar milestone for Barbie Barbie in full Barbara Millicent Roberts A plastic doll, 11.5 in. (29 cm) tall, with the figure of an adult woman that was introduced in 1959 by Mattel, Inc., a southern California toy company. worldwide sales. About Racepoint Group Based in Waltham, Mass., Racepoint Group, Inc. is a global public relations agency with special expertise in digital media relations. Racepoint assists emerging leaders in the technology, health and science markets achieve new levels of market awareness and revenue growth with creativity, speed, and precision. With a relentless drive for immediate business impact, Racepoint provides clients with a level of research and analytics and measurement that are unmatched in the public relations industry. On the net: http://www.racepointgroup.com. |
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