Passionate about technology, driven by results
Each member of the Mobility Public Relations leadership team has worked with businesses from small start-ups to large publicly traded corporations and counseled clients through IPOs, mergers and acquisitions. They possess passion for mobility technology, technical insight, unmatched creativity and enthusiasm together with a pragmatic yet aggressive approach that has consistently delivered results.
John Sidline
John has spent more than the last ten years of his public relations career focused on IP networks, services and applications. His agency experience includes managing agency teams for IBM's alphaWorks Internet laboratory, LookSmart and WhoWhere among others. John also spent eight years managing public relations and running corporate communications inside GlobalCenter, Frontier Communications, Global Crossing and iPass. With more than a decade and a half of experience, John oversees strategic planning and messaging for Mobility Public Relations' clients.
Melissa Burns
Melissa brings a decade of account management experience to her role leading the media relations practice at Mobility Public Relations. Melissa joined Mobility Public Relations from The Hoffman Agency where as an account director she led award-winning teams for clients such as Amazon.com, Dolby Laboratories and iPass Inc. Highly experienced in Wi-Fi, networking, content and search engine subject areas, Melissa has won many awards for her work on behalf of clients including the PRSA Compass , Business Marketing Association Beacon and LACP Magellan awards.
John Giddings
John brings more than fifteen years experience in communications, marketing and management along with a decidedly corporate-centric approach to public relations. John leads Mobility Public Relations’ specialized practices including analyst relations and investor relations having managed those practices for companies such as Cisco Systems and Terayon. In addition to his extensive career in corporate-side PR, John possesses agency management experience, and left agency life as a VP at Technology Solutions, Inc. (now Golin Harris), at the time one of the largest high-tech agencies in America.