SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13,
2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DWA today announced two new senior hires
in its San Francisco office, with
Bob Ray appointed as the agency's
new president Americas, and Bryan
Noguchi taking the role of vice president, media director
for North America. Ray joins from gyro, where he most
recently held the position of president. Noguchi will be
responsible for communications planning and media in the region,
capitalizing on increasing demand from global technology brands for
standout communications strategy and media planning in the North
American market.
Ray's priority will be to build out DWA's operations in both
North and South America,
increasing its service portfolio, expanding the agency's
San Francisco and Boston offices, as well as opening an office
to serve the Latin America
market. He brings a wealth of experience to DWA, on the
agency side at gyro, where he opened the New York City agency and then became president
of gyro San Francisco. Ray also has over a decade of senior
client-side marketing experience at several Fortune 500 technology
companies.
"Having held senior strategic roles in the tech industry and
agency side, Bob is one of a very select number of people who can
truly claim to have experienced the media buying industry from both
sides of the fence," said David
Wood, CEO, DWA. "This unique blend of skills and
experience makes Bob perfectly qualified to capitalize on the
rising demand for creative campaigns in the US, helping us to
continue our impressive year-on-year growth, which currently stands
at 60 percent."
"DWA is a truly special place full of passion and energy. It is
my intent to take the current progress DWA has made in the US, and
build on this to create a leader in communications strategy
leveraging the most innovative technology. I want DWA to
innovate for the most innovative companies," said Ray. "I look
forward to being a leader, collaborator and new business driver for
the agency. DWA is moving to the next level and I look forward to
helping them get there."
Noguchi joins DWA from T3 where he was vice president, executive
media director and responsible for the strategic direction of major
accounts including MSN, Intel and Facebook. In his 15 year career,
he has also held senior media positions at Grey Worldwide/Mediacom,
Halloran Robertson (now H
Corporation), McCann Erickson and
Anderson Lembke.
"Bryan is yet another great addition to our senior management
team. His big brand experience, together with a track record of
delivering campaigns over a broad mix of media, will be
instrumental in both driving awareness and sales for our clients,"
continued Woods.
About DWA
DWA is a communications agency focused exclusively on the needs
of companies in the global technology sector. APAC offices are
located in Sydney, Singapore, Delhi and Auckland, with EMEA and NA offices in
London, Munich, San
Francisco and Boston. DWA
is the recognized industry leader in developing and executing
integrated programs for the world's foremost B2B and B2C technology
companies.
SOURCE DWA