John Sommerfield brings over 25 years of experience developing and executing strategic communications, integrated marketing, and content strategy programs for B2B enterprise technology, financial services, fintech, aerospace, and defense tech companies. John is a seasoned brand storyteller with deep expertise in corporate communications, thought leadership, public relations, branding, corporate and product messaging, editorial, content marketing and strategy, and go-to-market execution.

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Recently, John has served as chief communication officer and marketing leader for the award-winning autonomous drone innovator PteroDynamics. In addition to working with teams at small- to mid-sized technology companies, John has extensive experience in financial services and payments, having held communications and marketing roles at Charles Schwab, Silicon Valley Bank, and global payments processors i2c and Boku. He was also managing editor at PYMNTS.com.

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John’s public relations and corporate communication experience includes in-house roles at Charles Schwab, Embarcadero Technology, and i2c, and work with agencies supporting clients like National Semiconductor, LexisNexis, Check Point Technologies, Urban Catalyst, among others. He has published dozens of white papers based on primary industry research, created videos, written numerous blogs and websites, and penned thought leadership articles published in trade and national media outlets.