John McCartney

John McCartney currently serves as the Managing Director, West Coast at WISE Public Relations, a boutique tech PR agency with offices in New York and San Francisco. In 2013, John was named to Business Insider’s Top 50 PR people in the Tech industry. In 2015, he was named to Hot Topics’ Top 100 Tech PR Agency Executives in the world. John currently sits on the San Francisco Bay Area Innovation Group Board of Governors, Women Who Code Board of Advisors, Public Relations Society of America San Francisco Chapter Board of Directors, and the San Francisco Public Relations Roundtable Board of Governors. He teaches a Public Relations 101 class at General Assembly in San Francisco. He is also a PR mentor to startup entrepreneurs with ReadWrite Labs. His guest contributed articles have been published in media outlets such as Bulldog Reporter, PR Daily, PR Newser. On Twitter, John is @johnny_mac. In his spare time, John volunteers with the non-profit group Real Options for City Kids, the largest provider of active and enriching programs for children & youth in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley. To learn more about John, visit www.wisepublicrelations.com/john-mccartney. Specialties: Public Relations, Media Relations, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Publicity, Corporate Communications, Marketing Communications, Digital Marketing, Online Marketing, Digital Media, Digital Strategy, Networking