Charlie Rubin

Proof

Proof: the clients, the numbers, and the work

Across more than 30 client engagements over 13 years, my strategy and ghostwriting have delivered more than $500 million in equity events. Some clients have stayed more than 20 years, and they hire me again because the work holds up.

The numbers

$500M
in client market value created through equity events
30
founder-led and executive accounts, one practice for 13 years
20+
years writing in other executives’ voices, from 2003 to present

What clients say

Over more than 20 years, I worked with Charlie across four networking, storage, and AI-driven cybersecurity companies. When I moved into a new role, he was consistently one of my first calls.

Charlie helped founders, CEOs, and CTOs develop distinctive voices, sharpen company positioning, and define new market categories. He has a rare ability to turn complex technology into clear, credible stories that customers, analysts, and markets remember.

I trusted him repeatedly with some of our most important executive and company narratives. You can discuss Charlie’s work with me directly.

Steve Garrison SVP Marketing, Stellar Cyber (415) 205-8566

Charlie’s expertise in strategic content creation and his reliable performance — especially in crucial situations — have played a major role in allowing over 70 percent of our technology and engineering-driven clients to achieve successful equity events.

Kevin Gallagher CEO, Gallagher PR (510) 599-0416 kevin@gallagherpr.com

Charlie is a go-to resource for taking hard-to-understand technology concepts and translating them into understandable, easy-to-read language for articles, blogs, case studies, or whatever form is needed to convey the message.

Kris Kozamchak CEO, Chanan Communications (214) 536-1098 kris@chanancommunications.com

Kris worked with Charlie for over five years as Director of Global Marketing Communications at CommScope, and then for her own networking industry clients.

The engagements

  1. $300M+acquisition, four months after launch

    New tech launch to maximize credibility

    A firm invented a new way to overcome premature wear and error correction problems in solid state drives. Within six weeks of the initial meeting, Charlie had created a suite of executive articles and other launch documents and booked and supported the analyst and press calls that introduced the company to the market. The company was acquired for more than $300 million within four months.

  2. $30M+acquisition, three months after repositioning

    Repositioning a market research firm for acquisition

    He rebranded a sub-dozen-person research firm operating under two generic names as a single entity, Internet Research Group, to better leverage sales of its seminal e-commerce report. Within three months the newly-positioned company was acquired by a larger research firm for more than $30 million.

  3. Forbes CouncilCEO positioned as an industry voice

    Polishing a CEO’s brand

    The CEO of an IoT technology firm had a series of industry trend pieces ghostwritten. The articles made him an important voice on the Forbes Council and brought the company into new, lucrative markets for its core technology.

On confidentiality

Engagements are confidential. The clients quoted above agreed to be named, and that is the exception rather than the rule. See pricing for how an engagement starts.

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