ANDY TENNILLE

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

A veteran of the public relations and marketing communications industry, Andy Tennille oversees the company’s marketing efforts and creative services as director of marketing and business development.

Prior to joining Excalibur, Andy served as director of public relations at UTStarcom, Inc., a FORTUNE 1000 multinational telecommunications and networking equipment vendor with more than 7,000 employees worldwide and revenue of more than $2.4 billion in 2007. At UTStarcom, Tennille drove the company’s corporate messaging and product positioning, collaborating with the executive management team and worldwide marketing organization while managing public relations activities on a global basis.

Before joining UTStarcom in 2004, Tennille managed account teams for three networking clients at Engage PR, a full-service public relations and communications agency located in Alameda, CA. Prior to joining Engage PR in 2002, Tennille was a municipal government reporter at the High Point Enterprise. A published author, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and journalism from Wake Forest University and is a member of the National Advisory Council at the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and the U. S.-based Advisory Board of the South African Education and Environmental Project (SAEP) in Cape Town.