Tammy Snook
President

Tammy has 25 years experience in the high-tech industry, representing some of the world's largest telephony, cable, streaming media, e-commerce, hardware and software companies. She has extensive experience in all aspects of public relations and marketing/branding, including strategic planning, key message development, media management, industry analyst relations, regulatory and crisis communication.   She has also served as chief spokesperson for major companies including the world's largest media and entertainment company's leap into digital interactive television.  

She has been quoted in many high-profile national and international media outlets including USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg Business News, Time Magazine, New York Times, LA Times, London Times, CNN, CNBC, NHK, RAI, BBC, NPR, Globo TV, San Jose Mercury News, The Red Herring, CED Magazine, Multichannel News, Broadcasting & Cable, Convergence Investor, Communications Technology and many others.

Prior to launching HighTech Public Relations, Inc., Tammy was regional director of corporate communications at MediaOne (now Comcast). She served as chief spokesperson for the company's National Markets Group, comprised of a nine-state area. Her primary focus was directing all internal and external communications for the company's offering of bundled digital cable, telephony and high-speed data services, including the industry's first high-speed Internet service which was featured in USA Today.  

Just prior, Tammy served as chief spokesperson and vice president of corporate communications for Time Warner Cable's digital interactive television trial -the Full Service Network. She created strategic communications plans for the company’s employee communications, economic development, crisis communication, public policy and community relations efforts. She also represented the company at numerous major speaking engagements during that time. Most notably, she spoke alongside then Time Warner President Gerald Levin, to the Federal Trade Commission in the wake of the Turner/Time Warner merger approval process.

Earlier, Tammy was director of public affairs for GTE (now Verizon), overseeing its employee communications, media relations, community relations, economic development, and public policy advocacy in its Florida markets. She also served as presidential speechwriter and chief spokesperson.

Tammy earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Central Florida in communications in 1981.   She completed the Fuqua School of Business in Competitive Telecommunications Strategies at Duke University in 1990.   She has received numerous awards for achievements in public relations, including the coveted Beacon Award from the Cable Public Affairs Association, and the Golden Globe from the Public Relations Society of America.