EXPERIENCE

John Reed has more than 20 years experience in placing client stories with National Media. John has an outstanding story placement track record -- scoring hits for Technology, Business, Homebuilding, “Green”, Energy, and Consumer clients with media that include AP (print and radio), Barrons, Investor’s Business Daily, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, USA Today, CNET, LA Times, CBS MarketWatch, San Jose Mercury News, Newsweek, Bloomberg TV, Today Show, KNTV, KGO, KPIX, KRON, KTVU and well over one thousand client stories in other media, both consumer, business and trade publications and Web sites. As Creative Director, he works with the team to research and write compelling client stories that will get press coverage for clients in the media the client has selected to increase visibility and drive sales. He is a former Journalist, newspaper, magazine and Web columnist, author of two books published by Crown/Random House, TV and radio host and magazine editor.

Prior to forming Elevator Communications, John held 3-Director-level positions at 3 Public Relations agencies, including: Director of Media Relations, National Media Director and Director of Public Relations.

Below is a partial listing of the Agency's associates. We work with highly-experienced PR professionals. We always appreciate new talent that knows how to deliver additional press coverage and other, specialized PR services for our many clients. We're a disciplined, virtual team that's been at it, delivering exceptional results for clients, for years.

David Templeton is a public relations professional with more than 13 years of experience providing clients written works, product press coverage and media relations. His client experience includes FileMaker, Pivotal Corp, Patron Technology and Vendio. A native of Nashville, TN, he holds a B.A. in Sociology from Vanderbilt University.

With 20 years of public relations and marketing experience, Betsy Wahlquist is a seasoned public relations professional who has held senior level positions inside corporate communications departments of large companies and at PR agencies. She has been consulting for nearly 15 years and her clients have included FileMaker, Sony, Silicon Graphics, Supracor, RSA Data Security, ID Arts, Netscape, Accrue Software Atmosphere Networks, and eHealthInsurance.com. Her expertise is in media relations and strategic consulting.

Stacy began her career at the National Security Agency as a Russian transcriber/analyst, producing reports that helped shape U.S. policy toward the former Soviet Union. After several years in government, she became a business strategy consultant at Bain & Co. and subsequently held senior marketing and public relations positions. For eighteen years, she has worked with companies like HP, Oracle, Google, and Adobe, specializing in developing and maintaining customer reference programs. Stacy has extensive technology writing experience, including working as a contributing writer for Apple's site as well as for News@Cisco. She has a B.A. in Technology, Science, and Society from Stanford University.

Mike, a 20-year PR and newspaper veteran, specializes in launching high-tech companies and technology products to press, influential analysts and pundits. His client experience spans wireless/voice services, media companies, venture capital, security and privacy services, infrastructure and components and web-based services. A former newspaper reporter, Mike has a BS in Journalism from Syracuse University ’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Addison, age 26, handles web-based media campaigns and utilization of the latest techniques for Internet messaging to key Influencer-Media. He is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley in Physics.