Proud People

Natalie draws on more than 15 years in technology and B2B PR as well as four years in the consumer sector and specialises in defining messaging strategies, content creation and influencer relations. She began her career in-house at The Automobile Association before moving to consumer agency EHPR where clients included Comet and Miele. Natalie rose through the PR ranks to become a director at technology agency, Motive PR in 1997 before forming Proud PR in 2003. Her clients during that time have included (IBM) Coremetrics, CommVault, Dimension Data, Global Crossing, hybris software, HP Information Management, Netezza, TANDBERG and Triometric. Passionate about writing, she’s also a fan of social media strategies.

An American national, Danielle climbed the PR ranks through agencies such as Text 100, Nex Communications, The Remarkable Group and Noiseworks. She boasts specialist expertise with analyst and influencer relations as well as public sector lobbying. Over the last seven years, Danielle’s clients have included Cybersource (a Visa company), TANDBERG (now part of Cisco), Sybase (an SAP company), IBM and Phillips as well as smaller IT companies such as Access Group, ClearCube, Patni, Revoo and Vamosa.

A fluent German speaker, Silja started her career at SAP. She has since worked at tech PR agencies Grant Butler Coomber and OneChocolate Communications. Clients have included Pegasystems, Clearswift, Redwood Technologies, Intuit, Netviewer, Irisys, Mindjet, Amdocs and Audiocode to name but a few. She loves writing and pitching stories.

Kate has worked both agency and client side. She cut her agency teeth at telco, mobile and retail technology specialist, Companycare Communications back in 2000 and went onto the B-2-B world of Clarity PR in 2004. Kate has since worked in-house for distributor, Steljes and Original Software, a testing automation company. A fan of analyst relations as well as the social media landscape, Kate is also highly proficient with online PR and writing for SEO.

Jason’s career began in the late 1980s as a writer at Auto Express. He has over 30 years experience in PR and communications, including PR roles at both Band & Brown and Paragon Communications. A first-class wordsmith, Jason has not only served as an editor at Penn Communications but is a published author and an Oxford graduate. He has specialist expertise with technical content, and his clients have included Cisco, Global Crossing, LANDesk, Pangea Systems and Touchpaper.

Caroline has worked in the technology sector since 1990, and has a wealth of experience both in-house and agency side. She has held highly successful brand, campaign management and communications roles at organisations such as Actuate, Remedy Corporation, SchlumbergerSema (Atos Origin) and Sequent and was also director for major accounts at Deep Red Marketing. A specialist in event management and partner programmes, Caroline’s ability to translate sales needs into successful marketing campaigns make her a highly effective contributor.

A technology marketing professional of 20+ years, Fiona has held UK and EMEA level in-house marketing roles for organisations such Cisco, ilion, LANDesk, NetReality, NBase-Xyplex, Storage Dimensions and Torus Systems. She moved agency side in 2006 and is a seasoned specialist in building and developing PR, brand, channels, channel and end user programmes to drive business across all geographic and business markets. In recent years, she has worked with clients such as Cisco, Global Crossing, GCube Insurance, Pangea Systems, ADTECH and Neverfail. Passionate about results, her focus at Proud PR is integrated communications and content-driven marketing.