About Karbo Communications Digital Marketing company in San Francisco, United States
Karbo Com combines the new digital marketing model, with its emphasis on data, analytics and the bottom line, with the PR methods Regis McKenna honed while working with Steve Jobs, Andy Grove and countless tech pioneers. At Karbo Com, we live and breathe
At Karbo Communications we know how to map a path to success. Not because weve done it once or twice but because weve done it too many times to count.
Our senior staff have ushered in technologies such as the cloud social networking apps enterprise networking gaming and wearable technology. Weve worked with some of the hottest companies and pioneers in tech whether it goes back years or just yesterday. With Karbo Communications you dont get bench players you get the industrys top people working with you everyday whether its developing positioning pitching reporters or writing content.
With more than 30 years in the technology industry Julie Karbos strategic marketing and communications experience originated with the birth of...
Kim Brosowsky has been integral in successful communications efforts for established brands launching multiple brands and early stage startups...
Spending most of her career immersed in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area Sian brings extensive technology experience to her role at...
As the head of Karbo Communications content and digital marketing group Courtney Stack leverages the power of smart storytelling and thoughtful...
Mark brings over 16 years of Human Resources and Operations experience to the table as our Head of Human Resources and Operations. With a...
Ken brings over 15 years of marketing advertising and management experience to his role as Director at Karbo Communications.
His core...
With more than 30 years in the technology industry Julie Karbos strategic marketing and communications experience originated with the birth of high tech marketing. She has provided counsel to executives in a wide array of technology areas including enterprise software the Internet of Things Big Data mobile advertising tech e-Commerce marketing platform storage virtualization/cloud security social networking/media Internet infrastructure networking Internet television and consumer electronics. Karbo has directed positioning planning and tactical efforts targeted to a wide variety of audiences including consumers enterprise executives IT staff service providers engineers agencies and developers. She has a strong track record in helping her clients achieve and maintain market leadership positions.
Karbo has provided strategic direction and ongoing counsel to a number of high profile technology companies including Apple eBay Internet of Things World Nexenta Oracle Cisco Digg Townsquared Vendavo Composite Software RTI Recurly Revision3 Equinix Xerox Peribit Networks Citrix and Paramount Pictures.
Prior to founding Karbo Communications Karbo founded K/F Communications which over a thirteen-year period became one of the most respected technology PR boutique agencies in the world. The firm was consistently ranked as one of the top tech PR agencies by ODwyers and The Holmes Report. Prior to K/F Karbo was a partner at Stirling amp; Karbo a tech public relations firm for nine years. Karbo also served as vice president/group account manager in Ketchum Public Relations technology practice and as a vice president at Stirling amp; Cohan PR.
As group account manager at historic marketing and PR agency Regis McKenna Inc. (RMI) she directed positioning and communications efforts for many of the technology industrys pioneers. She began her technology marketing career in 1981 at Atari Inc. where she managed the product marketing planning sales promotion and marketing communications functions in the game and computer product divisions. Karbo started her career at SRI International in marketing research. She holds a M.B.A. degree in Marketing and a B.A. degree in Economics from San Francisco State University.
Kim Brosowsky has been integral in successful communications efforts for established brands launching multiple brands and early stage startups including company messaging PR strategy and program execution. She has also worked with established companies to heighten their profiles and even re-positioned companies. She has extensive experience in both B2B and consumer industries. From launching childrens mobile applications for National Geographic to supporting GoDaddys transition from a private to a public company Kim has developed and executed successful PR programs that have helped her clients achieve their goals.
As a vice president at Karbo Communications Kim plays a strategic role on the TDK and 8th Wall accounts. She develops and executes strong PR strategy acquires top tier media and analyst coverage and creates strategic corporate and product content including bylined articles customer case studies press materials social media content and more. In her time at Karbo Communications she helped position software company ABBYY as a player in the AI space.
Prior to joining Karbo Communications Kim worked at multi-national PR firms Bite Global and SHIFT Communications. Her industry experience includes data automation/AI adtech consumer technology fintech enterprise IT management cyber security cleantech mobile tech semiconductors and more. Kims clients have included GoDaddy Couchbase Beyond Analysis Appirio Demandbase Lithium and NerdWallet. She has also spent time as a sports marketer for her alma mater the University of California Davis. She holds a BA in communication.
Spending most of her career immersed in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area Sian brings extensive technology experience to her role at Karbo Communications in New York City. She has provided strategic counsel to executives in a wide array of technology areas including enterprise software cloud infrastructure security advertising technology marketing platforms streaming media e-Commerce Big Data Business Intelligence and analytics IoT mobile and fin-tech. Blevins has had the opportunity to counsel clients on market positioning strategy planning and tactical execution of campaigns targeting a variety of audiences and decision makers including: C-Suite IT staff Digital Transformation leaders Line of Business and developers.
Her background reflects skill partnering with a range of companies from emerging tech startups to established enterprise players. She considers her ’sweet spot’ to be isolating unique market challenges and then designing strategic and integrated campaigns grounded in research and paired with creative content to achieve desired business objectives.
She has built trusted media relationships securing coverage in top publications such as: CNBC Forbes Fortune and Wall Street Journal. Sians clients have included AppDynamics (now part of Cisco) Couchbase Snowflake Computing Dell Software Neustar Fujitsu America Ooyala and Sitecore.
At Karbo Com Sian leads the Penguin Computing RTI and OnScale accounts and plays an active role in new business.
Prior to joining Karbo Communications Blevins served as an Account Manager at Highwire PR specializing in enterprise technology communications. During this time she led a communications team that helped to elevate the AppDynamics brand to an eventual $3.7 Billion acquisition by Cisco. Blevins began her public relations career at Eastwick Communications (now Hotwire PR). She holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from California State University at Stanislaus.
As the head of Karbo Communications content and digital marketing group Courtney Stack leverages the power of smart storytelling and thoughtful design to forge meaningful connections drive action and deliver results for tech industry startups and leaders.
A communications director creative producer and experienced writer designer photographer and artist Courtney ensures client success as both a high-level strategist and hands-on content creator. With experience working at renowned publications including Vanity Fair Interview and WIRED Courtney knows great content. Over a career spanning the technology media education apparel healthcare and travel industries Courtney has developed clever content for early stage startups to giants like Airbnb designed campaigns for a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit newsroom pioneered game-changing partnerships with mega influencers and revered establishments like Rockefeller Center the Ace Hotel and more.
At Karbo Communications Courtney tailors her approach to meet client goals delivering highly coordinated data-driven campaigns that are thoughtfully choreographed down to the last detail to ensure that every interaction with their brand is impactful.
Prior to joining Karbo Communications Courtney served as head of marketing and communications at Beenest a San Francisco-based tech startup innovating at the intersection of blockchain and the sharing economy.
She holds a B.A. in Creative Writing from The New School University.
Mark brings over 16 years of Human Resources and Operations experience to the table as our Head of Human Resources and Operations. With a diverse background working in both the tech industry and at creative client service agencies Mark has built small startups in to well known mid-size companies. Mark is well versed in many different areas from build out amp; growth strategies recruiting employee experience amp; relations onoff boarding to all other areas HR related. Mark has built out companies from fewer than 14 to over 100 and scaled companies from 130 to over 260.
With a BA and Masters degree in communications Mark has a high level of listening evaluating and communicating with our employees. Having lived in San Francisco for the past 21 years he is also very in tune with labor in the Bay Area as well as having worked with global offices and employees around the world for a number of years. Mark loves to take an employee-centric approach when it comes to all things human resources and is extremely excited to be working at Karbo Communications that follows that same philosophy.
Ken brings over 15 years of marketing advertising and management experience to his role as Director at Karbo Communications.
His core belief is that every business can succeed by leveraging the power of storytelling.
In his role as Director Ken is responsible for identifying and securing B2B and B2C clients that can benefit from the customized end-to-end PR solutions that Karbo Communications has to offer.
Prior to joining Karbo Communications Ken has worked for Insperity AllOver Media KRTY/KLIV Radio and Burrill amp; Co providing solutions for clients ranging from Startups to Small-Medium sized Businesses to Fortune 100 Companies including MetroPCS Qualcomm HealthTap Lark Glooko Sports Basement Lemans Karting and Barton Health.
Ken is a Bay Area native and has been an active member of the community serving on the Board of the Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce; as an Ambassador at the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce; and as the Stage and Entertainment Manager for various local Art amp; Wine Festivals.
He has also volunteered and helped raised monies for various non-profit organizations such as the American Diabetes Association-San Jose the Alzheimers Association-San Jose Family Giving Tree Second Harvest Food Bank and the Sunnyvale Earth Day Festival.
Ken holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of La Verne.
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