David Politis

David Politis is an award-winning strategic communications, public relations, investor relations and marketing communications professional, with more than 50 industry awards to his credit during his nearly 25 years as a communications consultant.

Since his return to Utah in the fall of 1987, David has been actively involved in helping organizations in the state, throughout the U.S. and overseas to succeed through aggressive strategic marketing communications, public relations and investor/financial relations programs. These efforts have helped David’s clients generate increased visibility in the marketplace, growing sales and revenues, and rising stock market valuations on Wall Street.

David presently heads Politis Communications, an agency that specializes in working with organizations in the high-tech and life science industries, while also serving non-technical firms. Formed in 1990, the agency was selected in 1999 as one of the 100 fastest growing firms in Utah as a member of the Utah100, by the MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN), formerly known as the MountainWest Venture Group.

In addition to running Politis Communications, David founded SOAR Communications in 2004 as a strategic communications agency targeting clients in the sports, outdoor, athletics and recreation industries.

David is also actively involved in the state’stechnology and business community. For example, he served for two years (1997-1998) on the board of directors of the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) and for nine years (1988-1996) he volunteered in a similar role with the MWCN as an officer, board member and a president of the non-profit organization. David has also been a long-time supporter and active participant in the Utah Technology Council (UTC), and over the years Politis Communications has provided PR services to several non-profit organizations on a pro bono basis.

One of the more interesting aspects of David’scareer has been his work to observe, chronicle and support the successful efforts of Utah’s high-tech and life science businesses and technologists to make technology an everyday part of life in modern society. To do this, he wrote Utah Tech Watch for more than 10 years from 1994 through 2004, a self-syndicated column previously published by the Provo, Utah-based Daily Herald, as well as by the Salt Lake City-based Deseret Morning News and The Enterprise. (Begun as a semi-weekly effort, Utah Tech Watch moved to a weekly cycle within six months. Utah Tech Watch has now been resurrected and is published online at www.UtahTechWatch.com.)

David’s ability to make technical matters easily understood by the general public has also made him a favorite among local journalists and media outlets, many of whom still turn to him for on-the-record comments on topics ranging from computer viruses to the technology heavy NASDAQ Stock Market.

In addition to his more than 18 years as the head of Politis Communications, David successfully started and ran Salt Lake-based DSW Public Relations from 1987 through 1990. He also built the successful PR operations of TFB/Davis in Seattle between mid-1995 and 1987, after starting his career in Palo Alto, California with Tycer-Fultz-Bellack in 1994.

Outside of the technology world, David has also taken an active role in community service, including several years as an advisor to the Utah Special Olympics, as a board member for the Utah Alzheimer’s Association, and as a trustee to the Utah chapter of the America-Israel Friendship League. Additionally, he has coached a variety of championship youth teams in sports ranging from volleyball to basketball to football. David was also an adjunct professor while teaching an introductory course in public relations at Brigham Young University for five semesters in the mid-1990s and is a regular guest lecturer and presenter at Utah universities and business functions/conferences.

Born and raised in the heart of Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area, David received his bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications from BYU, and he currently lives with family in Sandy, Utah.