Eric Jones, a former NY tech practice head for Edelman, has moved to WP Engine in Austin as VP of global brand and communications for the WordPress hosting giant.
Jones spent the last three years as marketing partner for North Bridge Venture Partners, the $3.8B San Francisco VC firm. He was group head of Edelman's NY tech practice handling clients like Adobe, Citrix and Motorola Solutions and joining with its 2006 acquisition of A&R Partners.
Earlier, he was a manager for Burson-Marsteller.
WP Engine has also brought in Mary Ellen Dugan as chief marketing officer from Indeed.com, where she led global brand and advertising.
Text100 handles PR for WP Engine.
Business leaders will face challenges in the upcoming year, some of which will come as a complete surprise, or beyond anyone's imagination.
Teneo has hired Philipp Grontzki, who is a 20-year veteran of corporate communications and financial journalism, as a managing director in its strategy and communications group.
Rowan Benecke, who co-founded Zeno Group and helmed Burson-Marsteller's tech practice, has joined McKinsey & Co as director of communications for North America.
BCW has named Golin's Matt Coldagelli EVP and leader of its corporate affairs practice in Chicago.
Abby Bailey, who headed corporate communications for Fedex in its Middle East, India and Africa region, has joined Teneo as managing director in Dubai.
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