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K/F Communications, Inc.

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K/F Communications is respected, technology PR firm located in San Francisco, California. K/F Communications was founded in 2001 by partners Julie Karbo and David Fonkalsrud. - Karbo and Fonkalsrud have served some of the leading companies in technology and business including Digg, Apple, Cisco, Novell, Xerox, Equinix, Flock, Peribit Networks, Netscape, Paramount/Viacom, DHL Worldwide Express and The Disney Development Company.

What makes K/F Communications different from many other tech-PR firms is the dedication of partners Julie Karbo and David Fonkalsrud on all accounts. Through smart, creative and sustained positioning and execution, K/F Communications has helped many of its clients assume leadership positions in their respective markets. For example, K/F Communications signed on with Digg.com, an online news aggregator, before its launch in 2005. K/F Communications worked with the start-up company developing a strategic positioning platform that addressed the company’s goals, target markets, competitive landscape and communications objectives. K/F then began an aggressive media, analyst and blog outreach program and within only nine months, Digg went from a relative unknown to one of the hottest companies—not only in Silicon Valley, but around the world (Digg co-founder Kevin Rose appeared on Business Week’s August 2006 cover issue) Digg continues to grow in success and its popularity among both its users and the media has flourished through K/F Communication’s guidance. As Digg’s CEO Jay Adelson notes, “The K/F team launched Digg from an unknown entity into a well-known global brand. The results they achieved for us in our first four years have been nothing less than phenomenal.”

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Julie A. Karbo, Partner

With more than 26 years in the technology industry, Julie Karbo’s strategic marketing and communications experience originated with the birth of high tech marketing. She has provided counsel to executives in a wide array of technology areas, including community-based Internet content, Internet television, enterprise software, networking, wireless, Web infrastructure, E-commerce, security, and consumer electronics. Karbo has directed positioning, planning and tactical efforts targeted to a wide variety of audiences including general consumers, enterprise executives, IS staff, consumers, ISVs, service providers, and developers. She has a strong track record in helping her clients achieve and maintain market leadership positions.

Karbo has provided strategic direction and ongoing counsel to a number of high profile technology companies including Oracle, Digg, Apple, Flock, Revision3, Composite Software, Equinix, Xerox, Netscape, Peribit Networks, Anagran, Net6/Citrix, Cisco Systems, Paramount/Viacom, and Novell.

Prior to founding K/F Communications, Karbo was a partner at Stirling & Karbo, a technology public relations firm in Burlingame, California for nine years. Karbo also served as vice president/group account manager in Ketchum Public Relations' technology practice.

Karbo served as group account manager at Regis McKenna, Inc. (RMI) for five years. At RMI, she directed positioning and communications efforts for many of the technology industry's pioneers. She began her technology marketing career in 1981 at Atari, Inc. where she managed the product marketing planning, sales promotion and marketing communications functions in the game and computer product divisions. Karbo started her career at SRI International in marketing research. She holds a M.B.A. degree in Marketing and a B.A. degree in Economics from San Francisco State University.

David Fonkalsrud, Partner

David Fonkalsrud has more than 19 years of experience in public relations, public affairs and corporate communications. He has provided strategic guidance to companies in a wide array of technology areas, including networking, consumer Internet, wireless, Internet infrastructure, enterprise software, security, content mobility and managed services. He has experience working with companies targeting the enterprise, service provider, technology vendor, consumer and small-to-medium sized-business segments. Fonkalsrud has worked with such companies as Equinix, Digg, B-Side[Orbital Data, Peribit Networks, Net6, DHL Worldwide Express, The Disney Development Company, Latham & Watkins, and Logictier. Prior to founding K/F Communications, Fonkalsrud managed a public relations consulting practice where he served companies in the Internet infrastructure and wireless spaces. Before that, he served for five years as the chief communications officer for DHL Worldwide Express, managing external and internal communications programs, including public relations, corporate and employee communications and advertising. At DHL, Fonkalsrud developed and implemented strategic communication plans that helped to position the company in light of its Internet and e-commerce initiatives. Before joining DHL, Fonkalsrud was an associate at Casey & Sayre, a business-to-business P.R. firm in Santa Monica. At Casey & Sayre, he developed positioning and messaging programs for clients and he implemented media relations, speaking opportunity and public affairs initiatives. He served clients in several areas including telecommunications, law, accounting and real estate. Fonkalsrud has also served as a staff member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in Washington, D.C. Fonkalsrud received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Communications from Denison University in Granville, Ohio.