Access Communications

Brings 20 years of executive experience in consumer technol¬ogy and business-to-business marketing. Her brand marketing portfolio includes such notables as Apple Computer, AT&T, The Clorox Company, Epiphany, Gymboree, LG, Mattel Toys, Nestle, and Siebel Systems. Throughout her distinguished career, Susan has demonstrated an innate ability to identify the unique selling proposition of a company and its products, translate those ideas into messages that resonate with target audiences, and then bring them to fruition with programs that drive bottom-line results. When she’s not keeping the Access hive buzzing, Susan is the lead trainer of OnMessage, the agency’s media training program. She has trained dozens of CEOs, government officials and A-list celebrities. Prior to founding Access Communications, Susan was a Vice President at Ketchum Public Relations where she led the consumer marketing group.

Has more than 20 years of public relations experience, ranging from consumer technology to business-to-business applications. Currently celebrating her 15th year at Access, she has led such flagship accounts as Apple Computer, LUNA, Horizon Organic, Sega Toysrus.com, Revo and Leapfrog Toys, Autotrader, and FAO Schwarz. In the past five years under her management, the Intuit Corporate team has placed Intuit and its CEO, Steve Bennett, on covers and in positive profiles in such major publications as Fortune, Forbes, Business Week and Business 2.0. Early in her career, she worked in the White House Press Office.

Has more than 25 years of agency experience, over half of it gained at Access. Matt excels at strategic planning, corporate branding, executive visibility, special events and crisis communications. Since 2002 Matt has been the leader of the Intuit Small Business account. Known to many as “the hardest working man in the PR business,” he has orchestrated such major industry events as the UN 50 Celebration in San Francisco and New York, The Grammys, City of Hope Benefits and The U.S. Open, and has managed numerous agency relationships including shutterfly.com, RestaurantPro.

Tuesday has been with Access for eight years with more than 15 years public relations and investor relations experience including a stint as a former Access client at 3DO where she was the fourth employee. Today Tuesday brings her background in investor relations and corporate communications to the forefront acting as the team leader and day-to-day strategist for her accounts including Disney Interactive, Disney Parks & Resorts New Media initiative and PayPal. She has worked extensively with public companies including Excite@Home, Inktomi, Turner Broadcasting Systems and SEGA helping to develop the right corporate initiatives including material announcements and quarterly earnings. She recently worked with Elevation Partners to message and announced the first acquisition under their $2.9 billion fund.

Michael leads Access’ technology and business-to-business practice group with responsibility for the Trend Micro, WMS Gaming, Navis and Truste. Michael is an accomplished communications practitioner with extensive experience in helping market-leading organizations articulate vision, engage stakeholders, and lead markets through high-impact public relations. He also leads the firm’s Media Analytics and PR2.0 Practice Groups. Prior to joining Access, Michael was Managing Partner of Agency Analytics, LLC, a consulting group he co-founded focused on helping clients and agencies maximize the return on PR investment. Previously, Michael served as Senior Vice President and Technology Practice Leader in the Chicago office of Porter Novelli. His other PR agency experience includes leadership positions as Vice President at Ketchum and Vice President at high-tech PR boutique Tech Image, Ltd.

The general manager of the agency’s New York office and senior executive leading the Citrix Online, Intuit Financial Group and Vonage accounts has 18 years of corporate, entertainment, and consumer experience. He joined the agency from GlobalFluency, Inc., where he managed strategy and programs for the CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) Council and headed the firm’s international growth. Brian helped launch one of the first hosted applications and outsourced services companies. He has worked with Hill & Knowlton and Rogers and Cowan and, on the client side, served for three years as vice president of corporate communications with Virgin Entertainment Group.

From managing high-profile media events with professional athletes and hip hop moguls to crafting and executing strategic promotional campaigns aimed right at the chain-linked wallets of the Gen X, Y and Z set, Cori Barrett is fluent in the language of “consumer media.” A 12-year veteran of consumer PR, Cori has masterminded irreverent and aggressive plans for taking the competition head on, focusing on the strong cultural tie-ins between pro sports, hip hop and videogames. She is an expert in strategic planning, messaging, product launches, college age marketing, special events, and media relations.

Began her public relations career at Access Communications and was recognized as the agency’s Rookie of the Year during her first 12 months. In the seven years she has been with the agency, Lindsay has built a diverse portfolio of account experience including enterprise software, digital media, supercomputing, wireless and consumer technology. She has played an integral role in multiple product and company launches, and works with both public and privately held firms. Among her current and former clients are Siebel Systems, Epiphany, SGI, Shopping.com, Discreet, iRise and Wily Technology.

Our resident spin-doctor, curmudgeon and researcher, Bob has more than a quarter century of experience in news and public relations, including 14 years at Access. An award-winning writer, he is the principal architect of NEWS FLASH and lead dog on the agency's research squad.