Testimonials
“Ad Hoc Communications consistently exceeds my expectations in all areas, including creativity, delivery, timeliness and quality of work. Shelli and her team has been able to quickly understand my needs and assimilate into my culture so that they’re seen as a critical partner, not just a consultant.”
Michael L. Wooden
Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing
Business Process Solutions Group
ACS, a Xerox Company
“Shelli Ryan is phenomenal and her team at Ad Hoc really “gets it.” Strong ROI driven by smart and strategic senior advisors with unique perspectives – not junior talent. They integrated smoothly into our existing team structure with no ramp-up time. In fact, most didn’t know they were an outside firm. Shelli is a partner that drives results and I give her my highest recommendation.”
John Palmatier
Vice President Business Development & Strategic Initiatives
Business Process Solutions Group
ACS, a Xerox Company
“It has been my pleasure to work with Shelli Ryan and AdHoc for more than a decade and I can say without qualification, that Shelli and her team are the most professional, responsive, results-oriented and innovative group I’ve ever worked with. I have entrusted them with engagements large and small, after reviewing an rejecting proposals from much larger, better-known firms, and I’ve never regretted it. Her ROI-based approach to projects, has been crucial to the ‘internal sale’ when getting engagements approved, and has made intelligent and informed decision-making possible. I’ve worked with many agencies in the past, and work with just one today. AdHoc.”
Timothy Sheehy
Associate Vice President
Global Sales & Client Services
MphasiS – An HP Company
“Every time I work with Shelli, I am astounded and amazed at how easy she makes it look to achieve marketing results. Shelli is like an amazing athlete who is so good, that they make everyone around them look good too. She has worked with…and for me on multiple projects. Time and again she achieves results that I thought were not possible. She is skilled, is a great communicator, and achieves results. I can highly recommend her.”
David Wright
President, Executive Management Consulting
“We were about to launch our iPhone game Kroll on the App Store, the new sales channel for mobile games, and since we first got in touch with Shelli, it became pretty clear that she was what we were looking for: an excellent listener, hands-on professional and top communicator that was ready for the challenge. She put together the plan as fast as we required, with very clear details and objectives, which Shelli then executed in the most professional fashion. Kroll was successfully launched in the market. We have found a great PR partner in the US with Ad Hoc and more projects from us will follow. Keep it up Shelli, there is no finish line.”
Liam Patton
VP of Sales
Business Development
Digital Legends Entertainment (Barcelona, Spain)
“Shelli is a brilliant PR practitioner who combines creativity with a keen knowledge of business to make success happen for her clients. She is a master at building and maintaining relationships — and influencing others in the most positive way. She is a woman of her word and conducts business at every level with the highest degree of integrity. As Professional Adviser to the UNO PRSSA group, Shelli offered her time and skills to coach students, faculty and other stakeholders (and her assistant professional adviser – wink wink) — and provided many valuable tools that the group still uses today.”
Annie Haas
Corporate Communication Manager
ConAgra Foods Inc.
“TechProse worked with Fiona Hughes with Ad Hoc Communications. We appreciated her attentiveness and her interest in our business and how we work with clients. We were pleased with how she revised our corporate messaging – she has a descriptive and compelling writing style that really suited us. She also placed an article by our founder in an industry publication, which was great. Fiona is a very savvy public relations professional and a pleasure to work with.”
Gina Gotsill
Marketing and Proposal Manager
TechProse
“We hired Shelli just six months ago to help expand our reach in key customer channels. I’ve been continuously impressed with Shelli’s insight into our business and her ability to apply her extensive PR expertise where it counts most. And the best part is – we’re already seeing results! Shelli has firmly established Ad Hoc as a very valued resource for our company, one that functions as an extension of our internal team, but with that oh-so-important external perspective. I highly recommend Shelli Ryan and Ad Hoc.”
Allison White
Director of Marketing
TeleVox
“Since our company retained Shelli’s firm late last year to help us get publicity, I’ve been consistently impressed with Shelli’s energy, enthusiasm and intelligence. Shelli knows her stuff—she is always coming up with smart strategies. And she never seems to rest: She keeps us moving ahead, and getting results. Bravo!”
Alison Davis
President
Davis & Company
“Competition for messaging and attention in the business and technology fields – given today’s short attention spans and information relevance half-lives – makes the task of marketing, media communications and public relations look like Darwin’s survival of the fittest as a ‘walk in the park.’ Ad Hoc stands out as the leader in their field – with a sustained record of innovative and effective strategies and tactics. Their recognized subject matter leadership in the information, systems, and network security market segments makes it the ideal go-to-market partner.”
Adam Mikrut
CEO
DigitalStakeout
“I have known Shelli Ryan for eleven years and I recommend her highly. I have retained Shelli for numerous PR projects. With entirely too little direction from me, she has always accurately assessed our needs, developed an appropriate strategy, and executed her plan flawlessly. I’ve been a software company executive for almost sixteen years, and in that time I have learned how challenging it can be to find a PR pro who can both understand one’s goals, industry and products, and effectively communicate one’s message to the media. Shelli has accomplished both tasks many times.”
Matthew Siegal
Vice President of Corporate Development
Vocus, Inc.
“Ad Hoc applied a very structured and systematic approach to our needs for PR, enabling Sentryware to quickly gain market recognition which was invaluable for us as we closed our first deals and signed our first channel partners. And yet, they were flexible enough to work within our organization (both in the US and Spain) and to adhere reliably to our timeframes. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Ad Hoc.”
Chris Adelman
General Manager
Sentryware, US
“Ad Hoc placed positive press coverage for Adesta in the Sacramento Business Journal, The Washington Post, Federal Computer Week, The Roanoke Times, ABC-TV, NPR, Government Computer News, Security Sales & Integration, among other national industry news outlets. They also created a new Adesta corporate messaging platform; managed analyst and media outreach/influencer programs; completed a business development tool boxes for regional office sales force; planned a ground breaking event for a new Network Operation Control Center; and the formation of a redesigned website.”
Bob Sommerfeld
President of Adesta, LLC
“Shelli Ryan is an A+ player and led the charge on a recently completed and complex PR assignment. Based on that experience, we will continue to work with her in the future. A terrific resource for our company!”
Dennis J. McFadden
VP Finance, CFO
Wizmo, Inc.