ABOUT US:

We are pioneering a new category of services -- communications management consulting – that combines internal and external communications strategies to help businesses achieve superior results.

Communications management consulting eliminates the barriers between you and your target audience and generates word of mouth for your business.

We help to ensure that
Your brand messages are clear and compelling
Your messengers are confident and articulate
Your public relations and marketing activities are deployed in a timely and strategic fashion
Your communications efforts are intended to grow lasting relationships

We take the time to understand the vision you have for you company and your clients, and we develop strategic marketing and communications plans to make it become a reality.

“A visionary company is like a great work of art. You can’t point to any one single item that makes the whole thing work; it’s the entire work – all the pieces working together to create an overall effect – that leads to enduring greatness.”
              - Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies                                          - James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras
                                              - HarperBusiness Essentials, 1994

About the Founder:

Originally from Pennsylvania, Ken earned his law degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 1988. From there, he moved to Washington, D.C. to pursue a career on Capitol Hill. In 1989, he landed a job working as Congressman Norm Mineta’s legislative representative to the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, where he helped the Congressman draft legislation and oversee the programs and operations of NASA, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Trade Representative. Ken also helped lead the House of Representatives’ efforts to unify leaders of high tech, biotech, defense, telecommunications, and aerospace industries to develop strategies to bolster U.S. industrial competitiveness

In 1991, Ken took a leave of absence from Congressman Mineta’s office to accept a Field Coordinator position with the Clinton/Gore campaign. In 1993, he was appointed by President Clinton to serve as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Congressional Affairs for the U.S. Small Business Administration. In 1995, he was promoted by the President to serve as the Associate Administrator for Field Operations for the SBA with responsibility for directing the activities of the Agency’s 2,000 field employees and a budget of $87 million.

Ken moved to San Francisco in late 1997. In 1998, he accepted a job as the Director of Economic Development with the San Francisco Marketing Partnership, an arm of the with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce dedicated to marketing the City for purposes of business attraction and retention.

In 1999, Ken left the Chamber to join the Technology Practice at Burson-Marsteller, a global public relations firm. While at Burson, Ken became a strategic positioning and corporate message development expert. He also led public relations campaigns on behalf of a wide variety of Internet and dot-com technology clients.

Ken Stram founded 2Bridge Communications in 2001 to put his communications, management, government, and human resources expertise to work helping visionary companies outperform their competitors.