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Todd Barrish Joins PR Firm LaunchSquad as Managing Director of Its Growing New York Operations
First in a Series of Moves to Further LaunchSquad's Services and East Coast Presence
| Source: LaunchSquad
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - December 16, 2009) - LaunchSquad, the 2009 Boutique Agency of the Year, today announced
the appointment of technology PR
veteran Todd Barrish as Managing Director of its New York Operations. Under
this new role, Todd is responsible for day-to-day operational management as
well as strategic client organization, development and counsel. Todd joins
Senior Vice President Gavin Skillman, who founded the firm's New York
office in 2007.
LaunchSquad works with some of the world's most
innovative and promising high-growth companies, including
SuccessFactors, Next New Networks, Epix TV, Evernote, Daptiv, Ocarina
Networks and Savings.com. The firm now employs more than 40 people in San
Francisco, New York City and Montreal.
"Despite the economic downturn, we have been aggressively investing in
growth over the past couple of years, adding senior level talent and
expanding and enhancing our services to include a full suite of social and
digital PR capabilities. As we head into 2010, LaunchSquad is embarking
on a strategic initiative to build out its East Coast team and network,"
said Brett Weiner, partner. "We are extremely bullish on extending our
success to capitalize on the growing East Coast opportunity for new and
emerging innovators, particularly in new media, web technology and
alternative energy.
"Todd brings to LaunchSquad a strong combination of high-level critical
thinking combined with a do-what-it-takes entrepreneurial spirit that
embodies our approach to creating high-impact communications campaigns for
our clients."
Todd came to LaunchSquad after serving as the executive vice president and
general manager at Dukas Public
Relations, where he was responsible for building the agency's
technology division as well as overall agency and account management. He
played an integral role in helping grow the firm from a five person agency
in 2006 with revenue under one million, to a 20-plus person firm with
several million in revenue.
In June 2009, Todd was appointed to the Radford University Board of
Visitors by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. He was also a founder and former
member of the Board of Directors of Foresight Research Solutions, LLC, a
New York-based broker-dealer and independent research company, which closed
its operations in July 2006.
"Joining the LaunchSquad team is a highly sought after career achievement
for me," said Todd Barrish. "It was my mission to find a talented and
innovative PR agency that has both a demonstrated track record of success
and the client recognition to go with that success. There is an evolving
plan in place to advance the LaunchSquad mission first in New York and
throughout East Coast innovation capitals. Our intent is to work above and
beyond to execute on this initiative while meeting LaunchSquad's high
standard of excellence for work and client service."
About LaunchSquad
LaunchSquad helps high-growth
companies build awareness, grow their business and become market leaders
through a full suite of public relations and social media services. Named the
2009 Boutique PR Agency of the Year by PR Week, LaunchSquad has more than
40 employees and serves more than 35 of the world's most exciting new and
emerging companies. The firm is based in San Francisco with an office in
New York City.