Sheila EnnisShelia Ennis, a veteran of investment banker Hambrecht & Quist (now JP Morgan), has joined financial communications firm ICR in its San Francisco office.

She takes the senior VP in the firm’s burgeoning high-tech group. As senior software analyst and principal at H&Q, Ennis was involved in more than 100 IPO transactions during a 15-year career.

Most recently, Ennis was senior banker at boutique firms Hypatia Capital Advisors and McNamee Lawrence & Co.

Tom Ryan, CEO of ICR, called Ennis “the best source of strategic communications counsel for software and security companies.”

At ICR, Ennis will work closely with fellow senior VP Greg Kleiner in the SF outpost. Tim Dolan heads ICR’s technology practice.