Gabriel Stricker

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Gabriel Stricker
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Gabriel Stricker, February 2015
Born August 9, 1972 (1972-08-09) (age 51)
San Francisco, CA
Nationality American
Alma mater UC Berkeley
Occupation Vice President of Policy and Communications, Google Fiber
Known for Chief Communications Officer, Twitter

Gabriel Stricker is the Vice President of Policy and Communications at Google Fiber, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.[1] He is the former Chief Communications Officer at Twitter, Inc., where he led its global public policy and media relations efforts.[2] He is credited with having turned around Twitter's public reputation.[3]

Education

Stricker earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley[4] and his master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University.[5]

Career

Stricker previously worked in campaign politics and was featured in the Discovery-Times documentary, Venezuela: Revolution in Progress about the 2004 Presidential Recall Referendum in Venezuela.[6] He currently sits on the board of the Center for Investigative Reporting.[7]

Alphabet

The hiring of Stricker to lead policy and communications at Google Fiber has fueled speculation that Alphabet is accelerating its plans to bring high speed internet connectivity more broadly across the United States.[8] It is expected that he will be responsible for advancing the interests of key policy matters such as net neutrality.[9] TechCrunch reported, "Stricker, long involved in pushing forward free expression... [will have] plenty of opportunities to advance similar movements."[10]

Twitter

Prior to Alphabet, Stricker served as the head of Communications and Public Policy at Twitter. Before his arrival at Twitter, the service was widely viewed as vanquished in the marketplace.[11] Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo told the Los Angeles Times, "So when Gabriel joined the company, it was like 'Your job: no dying birds on national magazine covers'."[12] Costolo and others in the industry credit Stricker with the turnaround in Twitter's public image.[13]

During Twitter's IPO process, Stricker was a central figure in its road show[14] and was responsible for having Twitter users ring the NYSE bell instead of Twitter executives—an unconventional decision which earned Twitter significant praise.[15] Stricker managed Twitter's IPO without the assistance of any external consultants,[16] as is the norm.[17]

While at Twitter, Stricker accepted the Radio Television Digital News Association's First Amendment Award[18] and made frequent public remarks about free speech.[19]

Google

Before Twitter, Stricker was Director of Global Communications & Public Affairs at Google, Inc.,[20] where raised the issue of free expression[21] and frequently defended the company's refusal to censor information.[22] Stricker was at the center of several controversial episodes in Google’s development, including its Google Book Search Settlement Agreement[23] and criticisms surrounding Google’s alleged transformation into a media company.[24]

Stricker was part of a cohort of former Google policy and communications executives who went on to lead similar functions at technology companies across Silicon Valley.[25]

Recognition

Stricker has been described as a "Zen Master" of marketing and communications by the Holmes Report.[26] He was ranked on In2’s "Innovator 25" for being one of the 25 "individuals who are shaping what influence and engagement will look like tomorrow,"[27] one of PRWeek's top-20 "Digital Influencers" for having "the greatest impact on communications,"[28] one of the 20 most effective communications professionals by Business Insider,[29] and was listed by the Holmes Report as one of the world's 100 most influential corporate communicators.[30]

Publications

Stricker is the author of the bestselling book on guerrilla marketing entitled, Mao In the Boardroom.[31] Publishers Weekly reviewed the book as "a curious amalgam of humor and business advice,"[32] and the Chicago Tribune said it "describes how capitalist warriors apply [Mao's theories] on the corporate battlefield today."[33] Time Magazine reported that Roc-A-Fella Records' Damon Dash and his advisors were initial consumers of the book.[34]

References

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