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EXPERIENCE
SpamCon Foundation, 2001-2002
Founder and Executive Director
Founded nonprofit antispam organization; established
501(c)(3) sponsorship; installed board, legal and accounting
teams; developed revenue-generating partnerships; created
and implemented programs; ran high-profile conference.
Bandwidth P.R., San Francisco, 2000-2001
Founder and President
Managed all aspects of high-tech agency creation and
operations; built revenue to $20,000/month in six months,
with clients including Qualcomm, Penguin Computing, Topica,
Brightmail.
GCI Group, San Francisco, 1999-2000
Senior Account Executive
Serviced clients, led office professional development
program, consulted internally for technical matters,
contributed to pitches for high-tech practice. Clients
included: Sun Microsystems, Telseon, Globalstar.
Silicon Valley P.R., Principal, San Francisco, 1997-1999
MacWEEK, Associate Editor/Reviews, San Francisco, 1996-1997
Freelance writer, San Francisco, 1995-1996
Academy of English, Partner, San Francisco, 1994-1997
Ziff-Davis, Associate Editor, San Francisco, 1994-1995
Publishing Consultant, Cincinnati, Rotterdam, San Francisco, 1988-1994
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- One of the world's most sought-after experts on email
politics and culture, with appearances in: New York Times,
Wall Street Journal, eWeek, Wired News, MSNBCi, Gartner
Group, IDG News Service, Infoworld, PCWorld, LA Times, The
Guardian (U.K.), The Australian, Salon, Computerworld, CNN
Online, Dow Jones Newswire, Washington Post, Cox Newspapers,
dozens of metropolitan dailies. Broadcast appearances
include CNNfn, CNET Radio, TechTV.
- Published over 200,000 words in books, magazines, online
venues. Edited an estimated 400,000 more. Wrote or edited
several hundred thousand words of corporate communications.
- Frequent speaker: Consumer Electronics Show, ISPCon, Game
Developers Conference, Macworld Expo, Direct Marketing
Association, business groups.
- Coordinates monthly speakers for the Silicon Valley Linux
Users Group.
- Designed Web sites: tgeller.com, suespammers.org,
openppc.org, popcomputers.com, spamcon.com, bandwidthpr.com.
OTHER SKILLS
| Computer |
Mac and Linux administration, most common graphic
and office applications, FileMaker Pro database development. |
| Languages |
English, Esperanto; some Dutch, French and Russian. |
| Other |
Bachelor of Music in Composition (cum laude);
Member, American Federation of Musicians #6 (trombone and voice). |
KEYWORDS
Public relations, P.R., corporate communications,
writing, editing, marketing, business development,
entrepreneur, Linux, Unix, email, spam, embedded systems,
open source, law, legislation, litigation, public speaking.
This page was last updated on Monday, February 09, 2004 at 2:50pm CST.
All contents copyright 2005 by Tom Geller.
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