About Me

Michael Young
myoung@accesspr.com
AIM: mbyaccesspr

Things I care about:
-- strategy delivered
-- high performance teams
-- statistics with the power of language

One Liner:
In God we trust, all others bring data!

Biography:
Michael Young is a Senior Vice President at Access Communications, and he leads the firm's technology group. Michael is an accomplished communications practitioner with extensive experience in helping market-leading companies articulate vision, engage stakeholders, and lead markets through high-impact public relations.

Michael's background in communications, marketing and journalism includes work with leading technology and B2B companies, including HP, Cars.com, Navigation Technologies, CoolSavings.com, Austin Computer Systems, Schneider National and The Dow Chemical Company.

Before joining Access, Michael was Managing Partner of Agency Analytics, LLC, a consulting group he co-founded focused on helping clients and agencies maximize the return on PR investment. Previously, Michael served as Technology Practice Leader in the Chicago office of Porter Novelli. His other PR agency experience includes leadership positions as Vice President at Ketchum and Vice President at high-tech PR boutique Tech Image, Ltd.