A Few Achievements. RickAdamsCommunications.com. Professional website of career communicator Richard G. Adams: Agency, Corporate, Educator, Journalist, Thought Leader. Representative portfolio of strategic communications leadership: executive communications, public relations, media relations, employee engagement, marketing communications, creative collateral, advertising, trade shows, internet, intranet, multimedia, change management, crisis communications, stakeholder relations, cause communications, in multiple B2B, B2G, and B2C domains: aerospace, defense, healthcare, financial, telecommunications, energy/ petrochemical, retail, technology-based training, simulation.

A Few Achievements

EXECUTIVE EVENT DIRECTOR: Produced first in-the-round CEO employee town hall with thousands of live attendees, online streaming video for remote participants, external media, advance briefings and coaching, event promotion, security, and post-event feedback and news.
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ENTERPRISE TURNAROUND: Built foundation for resurrection of Enterprise business through Leading Indicators metrics and transparent, multi-faceted approach to internal communications.

IPR DEFENDER: Protected LTE (Long Term Evolution) intellectual property, which became focus of company’s next-gen strategy.

M&A: Flawlessly executed complex global external/ internal communications for divestiture of wireless access technology and IT transition to Alcatel/ Lucent.

DECISION ANALYSIS: Managed Board of Director presentations on business unit vision, strategy, risk.

HEALTHCARE PIONEER: Drove business development and communications for successful global launch of hospital operating room trainer, the vanguard of new technology-based medical training solutions. Partners/ clients included Stanford and Harvard Medical School
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SATELLITE LAUNCH: Collaborated with Lockheed Martin on PR/ sales communications campaign for global launch of commercial satellite joint venture, now market leader GeoEye.

GLOBAL PRODUCT CAMPAIGN: Developed and executed integrated PR, trade show, marcom, and multimedia for emerging ocean data fusion market.
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VIRTUAL AGENCY INNOVATION: Conceived and implemented multi-contractor creative teams, earning General Manager’s Excellence in Achievement Award for Operational Innovation.
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LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE: Created and chaired cross-functional Leadership Council to promote employee engagement initiatives and morale – doubled volunteer participation, boosted employee satisfaction 68%.
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RE-BRANDING: Repositioned former defense electronics company into global telecommunications market with high-impact launch.
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THOUGHT LEADER: International training journal editor for more than 10 years, covering leading-edge training applications -- respected for insight and integrity by government policymakers, hardware/ software and service suppliers, and subject experts. Moderator at industry conferences.
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TREND-SPOTTER: 1st to write about Linux for simulation, LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) displays, High-Level Architecture (HLA), and other technologies now in the mainstream.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT/ CRISIS STABILITY: Strategic counsel for internal reorganization, technology insertion, merger, acquisition, hostile takeover, divestiture, hostile takeover, whistleblower, contract protests.

DIGITAL EARLY ADOPTER: Early adopter of internet/ intranet, desktop publishing, blogs, wikis, RSS, e-collaboration, social media.
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1ST DIGITAL MEDIA KIT: Produced first trade show kit for journalists with softcopy files.

OUTSOURCE EVALUATION: Developed unique matrix for scoring candidate agencies for a geographically dispersed business.

INTRANET UPGRADE: Streamlined intranet content into time-saving one-source portals for business strategy, priorities, Lean Six Sigma initiatives, recognition, and news.

PROTOTYPE WEB EDUCATION: Designed and taught Internet-based communications research course as adjunct faculty at Southern Methodist University (SMU).

PROPOSAL SAVINGS: Implemented more efficient proposal production process for re-use of common content and trained staff, saving $172,000 annually.

REVENUE RECOGNITION: Investigated and uncovered payments bottleneck, securing $1.8 million in arrears from government services customer.

PROCESS OPERATIONS SAFETY: Generated communications strategy for 1st petrochemical process operations training simulator for Exxon Mobil. Also, collateral/ advertising/ events for nuclear power plant simulators.

COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING: Stimulated 42% increase in employee United Way donations, increased the percentage of donors by one-third, and doubled Leadership Giver dollars.
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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Wrote personal computer program for determining long-term financial needs based on assets, interest rate, inflation, and other variables.

ADAPTIVE THINKING: Designed user-friendly golf green-reading system by applying principles of flight physics to movement of golf ball across the putting surface.

THRILL RIDE: ‘Trap’ landing on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean and subsequent catapult takeoff.