Elena Annuzzi

Experience

1. Global Public Relations and Social Media Director

   Cadence

   Jul 2016 — Present · CA

   Manage internal PR and social media team members in the U.S. and Europe and guide regional field marketing team members in China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and India on local PR activities • Selected by senior management to attend Santa Clara University mini-MBA program aimed at developing next-generation executive leaders • Recruited, hired and ramped up new team members with varying skillsets to optimize group output • Devise acquisition, crisis, executive and product communications strategies for $3.562B company with a ~$50B market cap • Serve as a mentor in Cadence\'s formal mentorship program for junior- and mid-level women • Define team roles and evolve job responsibilities to support career growth • Drive cross-departmental collaboration to refine external communications processes and ensure optimal business outcomes • Work with business units and PR team members on story development • Secured coverage with key business publications including Reuters, Investor\'s Business Daily, Huffington Post, Forbes, VentureBeat, Washington Post, Fast Company and a variety of tech and trade publications including ZDNet, AnandTech, EE Times, EDN, Semiconductor Engineering and SemiWiki • Serve as an individual contributor, which has resulted in ~800 original articles and ~300 press releases to date

Education

• University of California, Davis

  Bachelor of Arts, Communication

  1993 — 1998

• Santa Clara University

  Mini-MBA program; sponsored by employer, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

  2017