KC Associates Team
Steve Conway is a PR and corporate communications executive with more than 20 years' experience in the IT industry.
Formerly, Conway was vice president at Shandwick, a worldwide PR firm, responsible for building its information technology group in the Upper Midwest. He also was vice president of corporate communications at global firms Cray Research, CompuServe Corporation and the reborn Cray, Inc., where he also led investor relations. In November 2002, Conway planned and led the global rollout of the Cray X1™ supercomputer product.
Conway has extensive experience in corporate communications, investor relations, marketing and internal communications, industry analyst and media relations, as well as business combinations and issues management for a variety of companies—from development-stage to multibillion-dollar firms.
In addition to working with nearly a dozen KCA clients, Conway has served numerous technology clients, including Jasc Software, Imation, MTS Systems in the Mpls./St. Paul area; other U.S. companies, including Cable & Wireless USA, Howrey & Simon, IDC, Silicon Graphics and Sun Microsystems; as well as O.U.S. firms, such as Quadrics-UK, and DBS Bank-Singapore.
Conway joined KCA in 2002 and is a former Senior Fulbright Fellow with bachelor's and master's degrees in German literature from Columbia University and a master's degree in comparative literature from Brandeis University.
KC Associates augments its own expertise with strategy partners that also focus on serving the IT industry. We’ve worked in concert with these groups for many years to provide higher-level strategy consulting to clients who have more complex needs.
Lumina Consulting Group: specializes in customer acquisition and business strategy development for IT products and services companies. Also offers sales and sales management consulting and recruiting.
Revenue Rocket: specializes in business growth strategy development and M&A for IT services companies. Also offers the 2020 Vision for Success program to help IT services companies improve business practices, planning and performance.
Summit Associates: specializes in actionable market assessment, strategic positioning, and business development support to increase revenues and profitability for telecommunications, storage & storage networking, and other IT firms.