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Alex Paidas has more than fifteen years of corporate communications experience working with leading corporations in the financial services, technology, and manufacturing sectors.
Prior to co-founding The Clarion Group in 2004, Paidas was a Vice President in the corporate practice at Ketchum, where he directed the agency's work for Dow Chemical. Primarily responsible for developing and executing Dow's national media relations program, he also managed communications for Dow's corporate social responsibility initiative and for several of the company's top executives.
While at Ketchum, Paidas was responsible for winning business from MeadWestvaco involving the preparation of the company's first CSR report. He also managed media and industry analyst relations for IBM at PartnerWorld, IBM's largest annual business conference.
Paidas received his MBA in 1998 from Thunderbird, the Garvin School for International Management. Afterward, he was recruited by Texaco to join the company's fast-track executive development program. From 1998 until 2001, Paidas served Texaco as a financial analyst in upstream operations and as a business development manager in the alternative energy and then e-commerce divisions.
Prior to seeking his MBA, Paidas worked at Fleishman-Hillard, where he managed communications programs for KPMG's industry-based consulting practices. As part of his work for KPMG, he provided PR counsel and on-site communications support during the Orange County bankruptcy and ensuing litigation involving KPMG. His other clients included Netcom, NovoNordisk and MassMutual.
Paidas began his career at M Booth & Associates, a mid-size agency in New York, and gained his initial corporate PR experience at Adams & Rinehart.
He received his B.A. from Trinity College in Connecticut. |
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