no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2014 schwartz communications type private industry public relations founded 1990 founder steve schwartz paula mae schwartz headquarters waltham massachusetts united states number of locations 4 key people bryan scanlon president steve schwartz ceo ari millstein cfo number of employees 200 1 website www.schwartz pr.com schwartz communications is a public relations agency based in waltham massachusetts . contents 1 history 2 clients 3 recognition 4 references 5 external links history edit schwartz communications was founded in 1990 by steve and paula mae schwartz . 1 previous to founding the firm steve served as a speechwriter for general electric s ceo jack welch . 2 the company started out as a general public relations firm for example running a marketing campaign for gerber baby food before specializing on technology and healthcare companies . 1 the company established an office in san francisco in 1996 3 and on november 1 2006 schwartz opened their third office at stockholm . 4 in 2007 they established a location in london . 5 in march 2009 steve schwartz stepped down as president of the firm and named bryan scanlon as his replacement . scanlon has been with the firm since 1997 and most recently ran the company s san francisco office . schwartz continues to hold the title of ceo . schwartz also announced in march 2009 that its chief financial officer ari millstein would assume the additional role of chief operating officer once held by paula mae schwartz who now acts as the firm s chief people officer . schwartz explained that the changes were made so the couple could focus on their film production company chockstone pictures . 4 in 2011 the firm was acquired by msl group a large pr firm owned by publicis groupe . the firm s name was changed to schwartz msl . 6 clients edit in addition to its waltham headquarters schwartz has offices in san francisco london and stockholm . 4 the firm specializes in pr for the high tech medical device pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies . 7 schwartz served 78 clients in 1998 . 3 by 2006 this number was reported to have grown to over 170 clients . 8 clients of schwartz have included staples 9 and lycos . 3 recognition edit in 1997 it was described as the fastest growing high tech pr agency by inside pr . 3 in 2009 schwartz was awarded 13 bells at the 40th annual bell ringer awards . 10 it has been described as the largest public relations agency in massachusetts . 4 references edit a b c sullivan james october 19 2008 . a fork and a bump in the road . the boston globe . retrieved 2009 08 12 . http everything pr.com schwartz communications 742 a b c d dannhauser carol 12.9.98 . how one couple parlayed their differences into a thriving pr company . business week . retrieved 2009 08 12 . check date values in date help a b c d noblett jackie march 23 2009 . schwartz details executive reshuffling . boston business journal . retrieved 2009 08 12 . van der pool lisa february 1 2008 . growing pr firms prepare to weather economic tide . boston business journal . retrieved 2009 08 12 . http adage.com article agency news publicis msl group acquires schwartz communications 229787 pr agency schwartz to open stockholm office . boston business journal . august 24 2006 . retrieved 2009 08 12 . reed keith september 11 2006 . schwartz stable grows by 10 . the boston globe . retrieved 2009 08 12 . qualters sheri july 19 2002 . staples sharpens focus with new marketing firm hire . boston business journal . retrieved 2009 08 12 . van der pool lisa june 2 2009 . museum of science wins top bell award . boston business journal . retrieved 2009 08 12 . external links edit official homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title schwartz communications & oldid 713513505 categories companies established in 1990public relations companies of the united statescompanies based in massachusettshidden categories cs1 errors datesorphaned articles from december 2014all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 april 2016 at 13 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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