Michael Thacker
- Role
- Sr Director, Global Public Relations at Cohesity
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Thacker
With over 30 years of professional experience, Michael Thacker holds a wealth of…
Experience
Sr Director, Global Public Relations
Sep 2022 — Present
Lead public relations globally for the company, continually collaborating with employee communications, social media and customer marketing. Provide strategic counsel on all comms and crisis issues to the C-suite. Manage a powerhouse, high-performing global PR function.Quarter-over-quarter since I joined the company, the team I lead constantly exceeds and raises quarterly OKRs metrics. This is evidenced by top rankings in PR share of voice amongst our peer set, including in key topic areas as the company expands into data security and AI-driven data insights. I also take pleasure in serving as the executive sponsor for \"Be You @ Cohesity,\" the company\'s LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group. Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Cohesity makes it easier to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data – across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.Cohesity is trusted by the world\'s largest enterprises, including six of the Fortune 10 and 42 of the Fortune 100. And according to IDC data, Cohesity had the highest year-over-year revenue growth amongst the top 10 competitors in the market in 2022 and the first half of 2023.
Education
Drexel University
BS, Chemical Engineering
1989 — 1994
Boston University
MS, Corporate Public Affairs
1994 — 1995
Skills
- Executive Visibility
- Crisis Communications
- Start-Ups
- Business Alliances
- Competitive Analysis
- Internal Communications
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Saas
- Sales Enablement
- Management
- Channel Partners
- Strategic Alliances
- Strategic Partnerships
- Public Relations
- Crm
- Corporate Communications
- Cloud Computing
- Messaging
- Program Management
- New Media
- Message Development
- Marketing Management
- Integrated Marketing
- Crisis Management
- Marketing
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Media Relations
- Leadership
- Thought Leadership
- Product Launch
- Lead Generation
- Partner Management
- Demand Generation
- Positioning
- Strategy
- Strategic Communications
- Marketing Communications
- Analyst Relations
- Enterprise Software
- Communication Training
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