Melisa Bleasdale

Melisa Bleasdale has a diverse work experience spanning over several decades. Melisa started their career as a Technology Journalist in 1991, contributing to various magazines and publications including Integrated Developer News, Linux Security.com, SC Magazine, and more. Melisa continued working as a journalist and blogger, specializing in mobile and messaging security, marketing, social media, and product development, until 2011.

In 2000, Melisa Bleasdale founded their own consultancy firm, Melisa Bleasdale, Public and Influencer Relations, where they served as the Global Public and Analyst Relations Director. Melisa provided strategic PR and communications support to clients, both in-house and as an external consultant, through targeted outreach, published content, event speaking, and influencer relations. Melisa held this role until 2022.

During their consultancy years, Melisa Bleasdale was also a VP of Communications and PR for wavesquad from 2011 to 2014. This involved working with a collective of PR executives to develop brand and media awareness for various organizations.

From 2008 to 2011, Melisa Bleasdale worked as the Director of Public Relations at Palamida. In this role, they oversaw global AR and PR campaigns, managed agency relationships, developed corporate communications policies, and utilized engineering and product data for proactive outreach.

More recently, Melisa Bleasdale joined Method Communications in 2022 as the VP of Analyst Relations. Their responsibilities include providing customized and strategic analyst relations programs to global clients, focusing on start-ups, emerging technologies, cloud native vendors, and web3.

Additionally, Melisa Bleasdale has contributed as a Contributing Columnist for Houzz, where they wrote weekly columns on interior design topics and interacted with readers through comments and questions.

Overall, Melisa Bleasdale's work experience showcases their expertise in technology journalism, public and analyst relations, PR consultancy, and interior design.

Melisa Bleasdale attended Piedmont Hills, but no information is available regarding the degree obtained or the field of study. Additionally, Melisa obtained a certification in the US Bureau of Import and Export from the US Department of Defense in January 2000.