Tim Marklein has left a director post at HP for an executive VP and GM role at Weber Shandwick in San Francisco. Marklein oversees the firm's San Francisco and Silicon Valley operations.

The tech PR pro, who headed global analyst and public relations for HP's enterprise unit, earlier was director of corporate media relations and was a key player in post-merger PR efforts for the company's combine with Compaq.

He is an eight-year veteran of Applied Comms. (now part of Bite Comms.), where he was a senior VP and parnter.

At WS, he'll coordinate with global tech president Casey Sheldon and report to Ken Luce, who guidesthe firm's West and Southwest operations.