As a communications strategist with nearly 20 years’ experience, Laura’s clients have included industry-defining companies like USinternetworking; leading services firms such as Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE) and Pricewaterhouse Coopers; and enterprise software solutions leaders like CDC Software (NASDAQ: CHINA), Manugistics (NASDAQ: MANU), MAPICS (NASDAQ: MAPE) and Microsoft Great Plains. She works closely with every Articulate client to define corporate messages and ensure the programs clearly align with business objectives. She is an active resource for every team and client for ongoing or special projects.

In addition, Laura also taps her wide network of best-of-breed service providers to deliver various counsel as needed, from investor relations to crisis communications and presentation training.

Laura leverages her experience for clients as a journalist, including positions as a reporter and senior editor with The Associated Press, the world’s largest news organization. She honed her expertise in technology at a Boston-based mid-sized PR firm in the 1990s, opening and running its Washington, D.C., and New York offices before launching Articulate in 2001.

Megan brings a solid background in technology public relations to Articulate, having worked with a variety of technology vendors in various market segments, including wireless, security, telecommunications and enterprise software and hardware. Megan has an excellent familiarization with the trade media, and has worked extensively with reporters in vertical markets, including government, security, energy, defense and financial services. She is responsible for the management and execution of all public relations programs, with an emphasis on driving media results.

Megan currently drives editorial outreach, speaking, awards and media and analyst relations for several technology clients. Recent projects include DataSynapse’s application-virtualization campaign, Antenna Software’s enterprise mobility launch and VMLogix’s LabManager product debut and media saturation program.

Prior to joining Articulate in April 2004, Megan began her career at Fusion Public Relations, steering day-to-day activities for MeshNetworks, a wireless broadband networking company (acquired by Oracle in late 2005), and PanAmSat (now called Intelsat), a global satellite communications firm.

With several years of public relations and communications experience, Kate brings a great depth of knowledge to Articulate with her extensive work in various technology segments and with her unique broadcast background. She has worked with some of the leading corporate, non-profit, government and technology clients. At Articulate, Kate is responsible for strategizing, supervising and executing client public relations programs. Currently, she drives media relations, announcements and thought leadership efforts for CDC Software, CDC Games, RecycleBank and ToolsGroup.

Prior to joining Articulate in 2006, Kate worked for Strauss Radio Strategies in Washington and New York as an account executive. She ran the company’s New York office and coordinated radio outreach for prominent clients, including IBM, U.S. Postal Service, Save the Children, Coldwell Banker and the U.S. Bureau of Printing and Engraving.

Kate began her career with the Fox Television Show, “America’s Most Wanted,” where she worked in the publicity and promotions department, supporting the show’s media relations efforts.

Audra Tiner joined Articulate with more than 10 years of experience driving strategy and overseeing public relations, analyst relations and marketing communications programs for global technology companies. Before joining Articulate, Audra served as the director of marketing communications at Tideway Systems, a provider of infrastructure management software. During her time at Tideway, the company realized a 365 percent year-over-year increase in press coverage and was recognized with multiple top industry accolades, including being named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, Red Herring 100 Europe and Global Winner, Computing and British Computing Society Software Supplier of the Year and The Banker Technology Award.

Through her leadership, Tideway was also prominently featured in multiple business press publications, including BusinessWeek, Financial Times, Fortune and The Wall Street Journal.

Prior to Tideway, Audra was as a senior account manager at Metia, a technology PR agency with offices in the U.K. and U.S. As an integral part of Metia’s U.S. team, she developed and managed global teams for many of the agency’s highest-profile accounts, including CheckFree (now Fiserv), GemStone, GoldenSource, Intel and Vhayu Technologies. While at Metia, PR SourceCode named Audra one of 2007’s Top Tech Communicators – a distinction designed to recognize the 30 best PR practitioners in the U.S., determined by editorial staff from more than 300 IT publications.