Evan W. Weisel

Principal, Welz & Weisel Communications

Evan Weisel has 15 years of public relations experience providing strategic counsel to local and national business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) technology companies. Mr. Weisel has a proven track record of providing public relations, marketing and social media counsel to pre-funded start-up companies, VC-backed companies, small and medium sized businesses and publicly-traded Fortune 500 companies that span a wide range of technologies including content management/eDiscovery, enterprise software, information security and privacy, telecommunications, and government solutions and systems integrators.

In 2003, Mr. Weisel co-founded the public relations agency Welz & Weisel Communications to provide technology companies with aggressive, proactive and senior-level involvement across all aspects of their public relations program - from overall strategic planning and media and industry analyst relations to thought leadership programs and online communications. Welz & Weisel Communications is committed to partnering with its clients to develop integrated communications programs that produce meaningful, long-term results.

Mr. Weisel currently serves as the public relations advisor on the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Board, the Nation's largest technology council. In addition, Mr. Weisel is actively involved with NVTC's charitable arm, the Equal Footing Foundation. The Foundation's mission is to help fund, launch and sustain Computer Clubhouses that currently serve over 1,500 youth, many of whom do not have access to technology at home.

Prior to launching his own agency, Mr. Weisel spent over a decade in the Washington, D.C. area working in senior-level roles at two boutique technology-focused public relations agencies. Mr. Weisel started his career in the early 90's at one of the Capital region's largest PR agencies at the time, Stackig Advertising & Public Relations.

Mr. Weisel received his bachelor's degree in communication studies with a focus on public relations from Virginia Tech. He currently sits on the Communications Department Alumni Board and continues to visit Blacksburg to speak with students about pursuing a profession in high-technology public relations.

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