By Kevin McCauley
Julie Lydon, a cleantech and venture capital pro, has joined Weber Shandwick’s San Francisco office as a VP to develop its green technology client base.
That California outpost handles Suntech Power, Bloom Energy, Vantage Point Capital and Ineos Bio.
Lydon, who has more than 15 years of PR experience, had been running her own firm for the past nine years and serving as senior consultant to SparkPR. She worked for Porter Novelli in Boston and New York on Hewlett-Packard, BMC Software and PricewaterhouseCoopers business.
In the clean-tech space, Lydon has counseled Pinnacle Engines, AlertMe, MTI Micro Fuel Cells, SoloPower and Solar Universe. Her venture capital experience comes from dealing with Index Ventures, Crosslink Capital and New Venture Partners.
William Brent heads Weber Shandwick’s global cleantech operation that was established in 2005.
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