Greg Spector
Senior Counselor

Greg is a widely respected communications counselor based in the Bay Area with deep experience in the technology sector. As a senior counselor at PulsePoint Group, Greg focuses on communication strategy and organizational optimization working with such clients as Dow and Thomson Reuters, among others.

Greg was chief marketing officer for Rebtel Mobile, a Stockholm-based mobile voice service company he helped co-found in January 2006.

In this role Greg created and led execution of Rebtel’s positioning, marketing and communications strategy for launch in May, service activation introduction in June, and successfully securing $20 million in Series A financing from Index Ventures and Benchmark Capital in September. As a member of the company’s management team, Greg set up and directed Rebtel’s media and analyst relations, online communications, executive presentations and speeches, Website content, affiliate marketing, advertising and paid search programs.

Before joining Rebtel, Greg was the president and chief executive officer of Blanc & Otus (B&O), a WPP international technology public relations firm. In that role, Greg was responsible for client services, operations, human resources, and financial performance for the agencies offices in San Francisco, Austin, Boston and London. He also served as the general manager of the company’s flagship office in San Francisco, where he led teams serving Hitachi Data Systems, Blu-ray Disc Association, and Facebook. Greg’s client work at B&O spanned from global leaders Sony Playstation and HP, to high growth phenomena E.piphany, Ariba and Openwave, as well as burgeoning start-ups TiVo and Hotwire.

Prior to joining B&O in May 2000, Greg was president of GCI Group’s San Francisco office, originally Jennings & Company, which he co-founded in 1990. Under his direction, the office enjoyed steady staff and revenue growth with clients such as Sun Microsystems, MP3.com, Adobe, Red Brick, Seagate, and Visa International.

Before Jennings & Company, Greg was West Coast bureau chief for PC Week. He began his career in 1980 as a reporter for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner where he covered technology, airlines and aerospace, labor, telecommunications, and the California wine industry.