Market Wire, a leading newswire in North America and a full
service distributor of company press
releases and material news, announced today the addition of Thom Brodeur to its senior management team. As Senior Vice President, Global
Strategy and Development, Brodeur is responsible for strategic partnership
opportunities, new product development and media relations worldwide.
"Thom brings a new dimension of marketing and business development
expertise to our strong team of professionals," said Michael Nowlan,
president and CEO of Market Wire. "His knowledge of Market Wire's products
and services, combined with an extensive background in strategic planning
and product development, makes him the ideal person to help drive Market
Wire's continued expansion."
A seasoned executive, Brodeur brings to the Market Wire team more than 13
years of experience in strategic planning, marketing, and public,
government, investor and community relations for private and public
companies. He joins the Company from top global public relations firm,
Brodeur, where he served as a vice president, providing marketing, public
relations and strategic counsel to companies in the consumer, high
technology, aerospace, services and telecommunications industries. Prior to
that, he worked with start up software and service providers and global
multibillion dollar companies including AOL Latin America, Johnson & Johnson
and Paramount Pictures, and with non-profit trade, professional and
charitable organizations including The Collaboration for A New Century and
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona. Brodeur is also active in numerous
business and government associations. He is an honors graduate of
Youngstown State University with degrees in political science and
economics.
"Market Wire's dedication to developing a strong portfolio of workflow
solutions for communication professionals is unmatched in the industry,"
Brodeur said. "These are exciting times for financial, marketing and
corporate communication professionals, and more and more our customers are
asking for services that extend beyond pure news distribution. My job is to
ensure we serve our agency and corporate customers' needs by leading the
market with solutions that solve their problems at every stage of the
communication cycle."
Brodeur will be based out of Market Wire's U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles
and will report to Nowlan.
