B2B and enterprise technology veteran David Bowker has joined Boston-based PAN Communications as a vice president in the firm’s tech practice.
 David Bowker |
Bowker joins the technology and healthcare agency from Publicis PR giant MSLGROUP, where he served as VP and led that agency’s cybersecurity practice. Prior to that he was a production assistant at Hearst Argyle Television Productions.
Bowker is now charged with contributing to PAN’s B2B technology practice, which serves clients in the security, cloud, mobile and enterprise software industries.
PAN, which acquired San Francisco-based tech PR firm Vantage PR last year, bolstered its Silicon Valley presence with the addition of a San Francisco outpost in June. The agency, which maintains additional offices in Orlando and New York, in 2015 revealed more than $13.1 million in net fees, accounting for more than 24 percent growth from the year prior.
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