Catherine Derr

Catherine Derr is an experienced corporate communications professional with a proven record of achieving bottom line results and sustainable change through strategic communications and global collaboration across levels and functions, and by solving complex communications problems resourcefully and creatively.

She is experienced in high-growth, crisis communications, turnaround and restructuring environments and international communications. She has worked in or with publicly held Fortune 500 and global corporations as well as mid-cap and privately held high-tech start-ups.

Catherine's areas of expertise include executive communications, corporate and marketing communications, brand development, public and investor relations, and related financial planning and analysis, program management, and agency and client relationship management.

Before joining BlueChair Group in March 2003, Catherine was vice president of marketing communications for Schlumberger Limited, a publicly held global oilfield and information services company, where she was responsible for all internal and external communications, brand development, media relations and web development for its information technology business segment.

Catherine was responsible for the highly-successful communications programs for Schlumberger's role as award-winning Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. She was responsible for the marketing initiatives of Schlumberger as Top Sponsor of the Olympic Games.

Prior to joining Schlumberger, Catherine worked in a variety of key communication roles with high-technology and technology-based consumer goods companies including Maxtor Corporation, Memorex-Telex Services BV, Sytron Corporation and Fairchild Semiconductor.

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