Emissary Communications, Inc. is located in Southern California.  As a virtual technology PR and technology marketing company, we can work with you as a single consultant or assemble a ready team of PR and marketing experts for your tech PR, tech marketing and social media services needs.  We’ve done both successfully for many clients. Our focus in working only with technology companies makes us nimble and highly responsive.  We can / have worked with start ups looking for affordability and efficiency in their tech PR and tech marketing efforts or publicly-traded companies looking for comprehensive and scalable tech PR and tech marketing support.  In business since 1999, we’ve worked with companies of all types: chip designers for everything from wireless and networking gear to peripheral components; firmware and embedded software providers; enterprise and networking hardware and software vendors; telecommunications and wireless hardware and software vendors; optical networking suppliers; consumer hardware and software; and many more technologies.  We’ve worked with technology companies throughout the USA, Europe and the Middle East.  Since business began in 1999, we hold a 100 percent client satisfaction rate – EVERY company having worked with us on a tech PR / marketing / social media program has been happy with results and pricing.

Rafael is principal and founder of Emissary Communications. He manages and implements client-facing strategic and tactical PR and marketing activities for clients. He is also the team manager for any teams formed to service clients.  Focusing solely on technology since 1997, he has created, managed and implemented well more than 100 public relations programs for various technology companies at every stage of their life cycle – from start ups to publicly-traded companies. He’s planned, managed and implemented hundreds of product launches; numerous company launches, positioning and repositioning programs; hundreds of media relations and analyst relations programs; speaker programs; and all other tech PR strategic and tactical components.  He has authored more than a thousand press releases and articles and has garnered clients hundreds of thousands of media stories in online, print, radio and TV outlets.  He’s also acted as marcom manager for clients.  Prior to founding Emissary, Rafael worked at MS&L Global Technology, a top 10 worldwide PR agency.  Prior to MS&L he worked at Capital Relations, a top three largest technology PR firm in California.  Prior to Capital Relations, he worked at Ketchum, a top 5 worldwide PR agency.  Rafael’s PR and marketing management experience stems from working with dozens of technology companies such as, Motorola; Packard Bell; Texas Instruments; ViewSonic and others. Prior to focusing on tech PR, he also managed PR for household names such as Acura; Aetna; Dannon; Mobil; and many others. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and a Minor in Political Science from California State University, Northridge, where he graduated with honors. Rafael also served a combined 10 years, with an honorable discharge, in the U.S. Air Force and the California Air National Guard as an operations resource manager, augment security police and Air Force Honor Guard team member.