Deborah Brown
Deborah has been with Peppercom for eight years and is currently a partner and managing director of strategic development. She manages a number of accounts and works on various management initiatives including new business, crisis management, media training, and Pain-based Selling (a program that aligns marketing and sales and helps salespeople understand what's keeping their customers/prospects up at night). In addition, Deborah has written articles for a number of trade publications on behalf of Peppercom.
Prior to joining Peppercom, Deborah was a Senior Vice President at Technology Solutions/Mindstorm Communications for 10 years. During her tenure at Technology Solutions/Mindstorm, Deborah managed various divisions of Sony's business-to-business divisions as well as all of Sony Consumer, pitched a state-of-the-art technology in Reebok's athletic shoes, launched one of the first nutraceuticals to undergo FDA testing, helped a technology start-up in the logistics arena achieve a strategic placement that resulted in a desired acquisition, and much more. One of her most rewarding experiences in public relations was participating in the historic IBM Deep Blue chess match in 1997. Deborah spearheaded the domestic media relations activities for this event that later went on to win a Gold CIPRA award for the best PR campaign of 1997.
Before joining Technology Solutions/Mindstorm, Deborah supervised a varied group of accounts at HWH Public Relations, was the Director of Public Relations for Bide-a-Wee Home, a nonprofit organization, and handled PR and advertising activities for a real estate firm. She began her career at a small agency on Long Island.
In addition, Deborah lectures on public relations at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. She holds a B.S. in Communications from Ithaca College.
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