University of Colorado at Boulder

SVP at Abernathy MacGregor

New York, New York

Abernathy MacGregor

Senior Vice President

As Global Head of Communications Eric was responsible for driving Rubicon Project’s internal and external communications efforts on a global scale.  With a passion for storytelling, a love for disruptive innovation and a desire to win, Eric focused on telling the Rubicon Project story, differentiating its position in the marketplace, and elevating the visibility of its leaders.  Leading a global team and external PR agencies, Eric worked to identify opportunities to ensure external messaging aligns with corporate strategy and major market initiatives through PR, IR and & social channels.

Rubicon Project

Global Head of Communications

Sr. Director, Corporate Communications

At Burson-Marsteller Eric advised a variety of clients on their financial and corporate communications including: Bloomberg LP on its strategy and communications rollout for numerous high-profile issues/transactions; Crystal Geyser Water Company on its publicly contested opening of a water facility; TGI Fridays on corporate reputation and visibility; Mobile TeleSystems (Russia’s leading telecom provider) on cross-border investor relations; the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPD union) in its successful campaign for a revised contract from the city of LA; as well as various financial services projects including executing a national media relations platform for Bank of America’s fund-of-funds, Capital Access Funds, and leading the Los Angeles-based media relations unit for the Merrill Lynch Wealth Management team.

Burson-Marsteller

Manager

At Joele Frank Eric advised companies on a wide range of special situations including contested and friendly mergers and acquisitions, proxy contests and activist campaigns, corporate restructurings and realignments, management changes, and on ongoing public and investor relations activities.Mergers & Acquisitions: Ralcorp in its sale to ConAgra; Delphi in its acquisition of a division of FCI Group; Georgia Gulf in its defense against Westlake Chemical; Transatlantic in its defense against Validus and subsequent merger with Alleghany; Sealed Air in its acquisition of Diversey; CenturyLink in its acquisition of Savvis; PotashCorp in its defense against BHP Billiton; Alimentation Couche-Tard in its proposed acquisition of Casey’s General Stores; Merck in its acquisition of Schering-Plough; Eli Lilly in its acquisition of ImClone; Countrywide Financial in its sale to Bank of America; and Express Scripts in its proposed acquisition of Caremark.Shareholder Activism: Procter & Gamble (Pershing Square); Radian (Clinton Group); Target Corporation (Pershing Square); Biovail Corporation (Eugene Melnyk); Federal Signal (Warren Kanders); and Epicor Software (Elliott Associates).Crisis Communications: He has advised companies facing a variety of corporate communications crises, including defense against short sellers, financial restructurings, recapitalizations, bankruptcies, management changes, litigation and changes in strategic direction.  Past assignments include Nu Skin; Herbalife; Kerzner International; Babcock & Wilcox; Penson; Neways; Calpine Corporation and Radian Group.  Investor and Public Relations: He has assisted companies across a variety of industries in improving their investor and public relations programs and communicating effectively with the Street and other key audiences.  Past IR and PR clients include: Delphi; Herbalife; Merck; Nu Skin; PMC-Sierra; Sealed Air; Sykes Enterprises and Target.

Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

Director

Senior Account Executive

Account Executive

Eric Bonach