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Sparkpr is the one of the largest independent social media and technology public relations agencies in the world. The agency is headquartered in San Francisco and also maintains offices in New York, London and Cape Town.
Alan Soucy is the CEO of Sparkpr. Donna Sokolsky and Chris Hempel are the co-founders.
History
Established in 1999.
Sparkpr was co-founded by Donna Sokolsky Burke and Chris Hempel in 1999 at the height of the Internet explosion in Silicon Valley. Fresh off their corporate careers at Netscape where they helped launch the first browser that gave millions access to the Internet, Donna and Chris created Sparkpr, a new economy communications agency.
Meet the Business Owner
Donna S.
Business Owner
Donna co-founded Sparkpr in 1999 and has grown the company from a small startup into one of leading technology communications agencies globally. With Donna’s guidance, Sparkpr has received a number of prestigious awards including the TechCrunch «Crunchie award» for Best US Technology PR Firm 2009, BullDog Reporter ‘Agency of the Year’ and #1 Mid-size Agency as ranked by the IT journalism community.
Over the past two decades, Donna has worked in both corporate and agency communications positions with major technology companies including News Corp, IBM, Netscape.