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Connie is one of new media's pioneers. Throughout her more than 20 year career, she has helped companies capture their share of the emerging technology markets, defining a new approach to public relations and marketing practices in the process. Her work for start ups as well as established companies has earned her numerous awards and honors.
Connie launched Connors Communications in 1985 with the mission to educate the broader consumer audience on how technology can make a difference in the way we live, learn and work. Connie and her team have been responsible for launching many of the major technology initiatives over the past two decades including: the first personal and handheld computers, CD-ROM drives and educational software, the first networked workstations, online services and new Internet brands including Amazon.com and Priceline.com as well as assisting household brands - Disney.com, National Geographic, Nordstrom.com, The New York Times Digital - transition their offerings online.
Connie served as an advisory board member of the New York New Media Association (NYNMA) and also as its president from 1996-1998. She also served on the NY Governor's task force regarding media and Internet development in 1998. Currently, Connors is an advisor to a number of investment funds and is actively involved in an advisory capacity to several startup companies as well as not-for-profit organizations. She is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization..
A graduate of the University of Santa Clara, Connors was a professional dancer and actress before her interest in computers evolved in the early 1980s.
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