As EVP, East Coast operations, Jesse Ciccone serves as a strategic counselor across all Bateman clients, guiding them to earned visibility that supports their narratives and contributes to business success. He is also responsible for expanding Bateman Agency's presence on the East Coast and the de facto senior lead of Bateman Agency's Amesbury, Mass. office north of Boston.
Jesse’s 25+ years of experience comprises PR, integrated marketing, business development and fundraising in B2B tech and healthcare - both at agencies and in-house. He specializes in helping under appreciated companies develop reputations commensurate with their technology and business accomplishments. Examples include taking ATG from a dot-com bust poster child to e-commerce platform market leader acquired by Oracle for $6B; growing Demandware's media Share of Voice to #1 prior to their IPO and subsequent acquisition by Salesforce.com; and turning around Blue Yonder’s (formerly JDA software) perception from a legacy player to the supply chain industry’s most innovative competitor. Prior to joining Bateman Agency, Jesse spent 21 years at Matter Communications in Newburyport, Mass., starting as employee #8 and helping to scale the firm from boutique to one of the most formidable mid-sized tech-focused PR agencies nationwide.
Between agency stops, Jesse held in-house marketing and communications roles at a consumer electronics company and a biotech startup based in San Francisco. He is a proud graduate of the University of Richmond, where he graduated with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science.