Craig Oda is a seasoned public relations, social media, and marketing consultant based in Palo Alto, California with over 15 years of experience working with technology companies. He specializes in developing impactful and innovative campaigns primarily for open source, networking, software development, and enterprise software. Craig is also an advocate of lean startup marketing methods.

During his career, Craig held a variety of leadership positions in top PR, social media, and tech firms. Most notably, he served as SVP Emerging Brands and Managing Partner at LEWIS PR, where he led public relations initiatives for B2B tech startups. He also founded and managed Lewis Pulse, a social media agency, and played a significant role in the social media and community engagement firm that Lewis PR acquired.

Craig's resume also features various executive positions in open source and tech companies such as VP Strategic Alliances and Product Marketing at TurboLinux and VP Business Development at SWsoft, now Parallels. Plus, as the former President and Managing Director at Twics, Craig sold the first ISP/Internet community in Japan with a 5X ROI for investors.

Craig is passionate about sharing his knowledge and love for technology with others, especially his children. Outside of work, he teaches his kids to program mobile games using Python, Gimp, and Audacity. Craig also enjoys exploring creative ways to improve his craft and experiment with new programming languages like Dart on web development platforms like Bootstrap.

Overall, Craig's experience and skills make him a sought-after consultant in the technology industry who is always looking for new challenges and ways to innovate.

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