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Denise Vardakas-Styrna

Denise Vardakas-Styrna is Communications Manager at DataXu.
 
Denise has nearly ten years of corporate communications experience, with more than half spent at the epicenter of technology and communications innovation in Silicon Valley.
 
Denise currently manages communications for DataXu in Boston. Before that, she managed marketing and PR for Singularity University programs, students, and partnerships. Before joining Singularity University, she was Director of Integrated Media Campaigns at The Conversation Group/re:imagine group, a boutique San Francisco communications consultancy. She has driven many corporate communications campaigns and high-profile company and product launches in telecom, education, and advertising, including Ribbit (acquired by BT in 2008), Singularity University, and JumpTap.
 
Before The Conversation Group/re:imagine group, Denise managed communications campaigns for telecom, wireless, and enterprise networking companies at Eastwick Communications, a boutique Silicon Valley high-tech PR agency. Some of her clients included Ruckus Wireless (wireless networking), Vyatta (open-source networking), and BroadLogic Networks. Prior to that, she developed and managed regional marketing campaigns for Southern California businesses in the automotive, legal, and real estate industries.
 
She earned a B.A. in Political Science from University of California, Davis, and a Certificate in Public Relations from University of California, Riverside.
 
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