Chris Knight

Chris Knight is a vice president with Cohn & Wolfe’s Technology practice. He has more than a decade of PR experience including national consumer campaigns, digital media, consumer electronics, wireless/online services, software and product reviews programs and corporate communications. Prior to his PR career, he worked in print and broadcast journalism. Large consumer brands he has represented include Pioneer Electronics, Maxtor, Panasonic, Dell, BMW, Yahoo!, Starbucks and Seagate.

Chris currently leads national media relations and corporate communications programs for SanDisk, the world’s leader in innovative flash memory products, and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company. For Pioneer Electronics, he managed product launches and reviews programs for consumer DVD drives. He also served as the primary U.S. press contact for Oracle-BMW Racing’s Challenge for the America’s Cup in 2002-2003, an international campaign that garnered Germany’s top PR award. As a senior media strategist for Sun Microsystems, he played a key role in the Sun-Microsoft settlement in 2004 and led the Sun Labs innovation PR program.

As a news photographer, reporter and producer, he worked for media outlets such as Boston’s ABC affiliate WCVB-TV, Salt Magazine, Vineyard Gazette, the Boston Herald and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He earned a B.S. in advertising from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School, and a Certificate in Business Administration from U.C. Berkeley.