Forrest Carman

About Forrest Carman

Media relations expert with extensive experience securing top-tier coverage for seed-stage startups through Fortune 100 firms. Formerly contracted as North America Media Director to Cray Inc, the U.S. supercomputer manufacturer, for years leading up to their acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for $1.3 billion. Provided media and analyst relations support to Intel, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), leading information technology consortiums such as The Green Grid (members include HPE, Intel, IBM and others), as well as a wide range of bleeding-edge startups focused on data & analytics, enterprise IT, DevOps, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, robotics, crypto and more.A few highlights include:* 20+ years of direct media relations experience engaged with top-tier reporters globally, from WSJ to NYT to WIRED to Reuters to Harvard Business Review and beyond.* Seamlessly integrated with a wide range of VC firms including Sequoia Capital, Madrona Venture Group, Tiger Global, Accel, Cota Capital and many others.* Independently managed all media relations efforts for Cast AI - the leading autonomous cloud optimization platform - spanning from Series A valuation through $100 million+ Series C valuation.* Secured top-tier coverage for a wide range of highly technical DevOps, data & analytics firms including Temporal Technologies, Cloudbees, Onehouse and dozens more.* Provided strategic media relations support for a number of top-tier academic institutions, including Stanford University\'s Women in Data Science (WiDS) program to Northeastern University\'s Center for Inclusive Computing (CiC) program, arranging top-tier press and podcast interviews.Specialties include:* Media relations* Analyst relations* B2B communications* Brand advancement and strategic positioning* Content development and marketing* DevRel* Integrating with C-suite executive leadership, marketing, sales, technical / developer teams, etc.*.and more

Experience

1. Vice President Media Relations

   Sparkpr

   Oct 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

Education

• Western Washington University

  BA, Cultural Anthropology, Teaching Certificate (K-8)

  1993 — 1999

Skills

• Leadership
• Marketing Communications
• Nonprofits
• Integrated Marketing
• Strategic Communications
• Public Relations
• Internal Communications
• Media Relations
• Social Media Marketing
• Management
• Press Releases
• B2b
• Corporate Communications
• Analyst Relations
• Marketing
• Copywriting
• Publishing