Mike Santoro

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Mike is the president of Walker Sands, a 75 person public relations and digital marketing firm focused on business to business technology and professional services companies. The firm has been recognized as a Bulldog Reporter Small Agency of the Year, a finalist for Holme's Report's North American Technology Agency of the Year and is a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree as one of America's fastest growing companies. Mike has also been honored with PRSA Chicago's PR Professional of the Year award, as a Direct Marketing News' 40 under 40 recipient and as one of EY's Entrepreneur of the Year finalists in the Midwest. With offices in both Chicago and San Francisco, Walker Sands has been cited a leader in traditional PR, social, and search strategy thanks to creative thinking, an understanding of complex concepts, and a commitment to achieving real business results, not just vanity metrics. Mike is also the co-founder of the Little Giraffe Foundation, a Chicago based non-profit dedicated to supporting neonatal research and preeemie families in the NICU. Since 2011 the foundation has delivered more than 7,000 holiday gift bags and funded nearly $100,000 in medical research and NICU support grants.

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