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Gerard F. Corbett is CEO of Redphlag LLC, a strategic management consulting firm, a position to which he was named in January 2008. He also serves as the PR Job Coach at http://www.prjobcoach.com. He previously was Vice President and General Manager of the Branding and Corporate Communications Group of $112 billion Hitachi, Ltd.
Prior to joining Hitachi in 1995, Mr. Corbett was vice president of corporate communications for Loral Corporation. From 1989 to 1994, he was director of global corporate communications for ASARCO Incorporated, a diversified, vertically integrated nonferrous metals producer. Previously he was director of corporate communications and public relations from 1982 to 1989 for Gould Inc., a diversified international electronics company. Prior to Gould, he was manager of technology and executive communications for the International Harvester Company. He previously served from 1979 to 1981 as a senior account executive for the public relations firm of Creamer Dickson Basford in Providence, Rhode Island. He also served as a senior technical writer for Four Phase Systems, Inc. and National Semiconductor Corporation, and a scientific programmer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Mountain View, Calif.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr. Corbett has a bachelors of arts degree in public relations from San Jose State University, San Jose, California, and an associates of arts with a major in electronics engineering from the Community College of Philadelphia.
Mr. Corbett is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; an accredited member, past board member and member of the College of Fellows of the Public Relations Society of America; a member of the board and past president of the International Advertising Association/West; a senior roundtable member of; and a member of the Arthur Page Society, the National Investor Relations Institute, National Association of Science Writers, Society of Automotive Engineers, San Francisco PR Rountable, International Coaching Federation, Social Media Club and New York PR Society.
Mr. Corbett was named InsidePR Magazine - Public Relations All Star for his leadership role on behalf of the nonferrous metals producers of North America. He is listed in Marquis Who's Who and is a member of Kappa Tau Alpha, the National Journalism Honor Society.
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San Jose State University
B.A. - Public Relations from 1974 - 1977
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Hitachi
Vice President and General Manager from 1995 - 2007
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Redphlag LLC
CEO from 2008 -
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Arthur W. Page Society
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PRSA (Public Relations Society of America)
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NIRI (National Investor Relations Institute
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ABL (Arizona Business Leadership)
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Facebook
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LinkedIn
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ICF (International Coach Federation)
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