Company: Stellar Public Relations
Founder and CEO: Brenda Christensen
Website: http://stellar-pr.com
About Stellar Public Relations
Brenda Christensen, CEO of Stellar PR, holds the distinguished titles of Inc 500, Deloitte Technology Fast 500, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year company leader. In 2025 she was named CEO of the Year and Top PR CEO, and in 2024 TechRound named her among the Top 50 Women in Startups and Tech. With over 41 years in the industry, her global recognition for strategic corporate leadership, public relations, investor relations, branding and funding has catalysed significant growth and enhanced value by millions of dollars. She advises private boards in North America, drawing on experience as a corporate officer in a multinational technology company. Frequently quoted in Fortune, Yahoo Finance and Forbes, her strategic insights continue to influence the tech and PR landscapes.
Her career is marked by her role in shaping global messaging for firms including Tinder, Apple, McAfee, Intel, Microsoft, Google, Hitachi, Suzuki, Dominos, Kmart, Uniroyal, TRW, Rockwell, Alcatel-Lucent, The Taubman Company, Panda Security, Owens Illinois, United Technologies, NEC and GM, underscoring her as a pivotal figure in corporate communications and public relations.
Qwoted recognised her among the Top 100 in PR from a competitive pool of 60,000 global practitioners, a testament to her impact determined by a rigorous scientific algorithm. Her accolades include being named Top 15 in Security PR by cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon, ranking as a PR SourceCode Top 10 Tech Communicator by 800 leading journalists, and earning the title of Best PR in Tech from Robert Scoble. Recognised as a top PR professional on Twitter by Business2Community and as one of the Most Influential on Facebook by HubSpot, her digital influence is widely acknowledged.
Her contributions were further highlighted by The Economist selecting her for a prestigious cybersecurity panel alongside Richard A. Clarke, emphasising her expertise in cybersecurity.
At Secure Computing, Brenda led a transformative post-acquisition PR strategy that culminated in the McAfee acquisition, showcasing her ability to navigate corporate transitions and elevate brand positioning through strategic media placements in outlets like CNN and NPR. Her tenure at Panda Security was notable for launching an advanced AI solution, which garnered extensive media coverage and awards, evidenced by 84,000 media placements including a Best Buy cover story in PC World, dramatically expanding global reach for the company within a year.
Prior, Brenda was corporate officer and VP, Corporate Communications and Marketing of Maximiser CRM. She built the company into a customer service and e-commerce software world leader and increased shareholder value over hundredfold, culminating in two financing rounds of 10 million and 15 million respectively. She also oversaw an RTO on a major stock exchange, ultimately leading to growth more than 10 times revenue.Previously, Brenda was a Board Director and head of global PR at an Inc 500 startup, GoldMine Software. She helped grow the business from 500,000 to 100 million in seven years, more than quadrupling its market share.
Her career exemplifies visionary leadership and strategic acumen, setting new benchmarks in the industry.
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