Former Head of Oracle Corporation's Analyst Relations Joins Hill & Knowlton as SVP, US Director AR Practice
Press Release: Apr 8, 2008
NEW YORK, NY, USA - Hill & Knowlton today announced the appointment of Peggy O'Neill, former head of Oracle's analyst relations program, as senior vice president, US director industry analyst relations.
O'Neill took the helm of Oracle's AR program in 2001, and over seven years built up a small team of five people into one of the largest global AR teams in the industry. Prior to that, Peggy was a database software analyst for Gartner and one of the founding analysts of Nielsen / NetRatings. O’Neill will be responsible for leading and growing Hill & Knowlton's US AR practice, reporting directly to Joshua Reynolds, SVP of messaging, positioning and analyst relations for the global technology practice.
"We are always proud when we are able to attract the top talent from the world's leading technology companies. We are thrilled to have a specialist of Peggy's caliber and experience joining our team,” said Paul Taaffe, chairman and CEO, Hill & Knowlton.
In addition to leading the US AR practice, O'Neill will contribute strategic thinking and direction to H&K's global analyst relations practice, which has grown to include more than 14 full-time industry analyst relations professionals. The practice also co-sponsors an annual study of the trends that most influence technology purchases and investments, including the role analysts play in driving sales for technology vendors.
"Hill & Knowlton has built up the most comprehensive and highly regarded agency AR practice in the industry and I look forward to facilitating the evolution of their practice," said O’Neill.
O'Neill will be formally introduced at a speech Joshua Reynolds is presenting at Gartner Spring Symposium on the future of analyst relations.
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