VSC Promotes Maggie Philbin, Eric Gonzalez, and Anne Sophie Hurst to Partner

VSC, an independent communications firm that has supported more than 475 startups with 50 exits and three IPOs, announced today that three of its longtime executives -- Maggie Philbin, Anne Sophie Hurst and Eric Gonzalez -- have been promoted to Partner. 

“It’s a dream team,” said Vijay Chattha, CEO at VSC, who founded the firm 18 years ago. “While many firms churn through senior teams and focus on new blood, we have promoted from within and the firm and its culture is a reflection of their grit, contributions and ethics.”

The trio joins Vijay and Archie Chattha as VSC Partners. Together, the promotions bring 40 years of shared experience to the firm, which has built an established presence scaling venture-backed technology startups across consumer and B2B verticals. 

VSC’s experience represents a broad base of consumer and enterprise work for brands such as Admob (acquired by Google), Ample, BYJU’S, ClearCo, Envisics, Fastly (IPO), Honeybook, Autonomic (acquired by Ford), OpenInvest (acquired by JP Morgan), Immunai, Mammoth Biosciences, MapAnything (acquired by SalesForce), Molekule, Nearpod (acquired by Renaissance Learning for $650M), Nesos, Now Corp, Outdoorsy, Poshmark, SteelBrick (acquired by Salesforce), Tile, Tonal, Wyse (acquired by Dell), Xwing, Yodlee (IPO), and Zume.

Maggie Philbin

Maggie is an experienced public relations leader with more than 12 years of experience. Over her seven years at the firm, she ascended the ranks from an account manager to her current role as Partner.

Throughout her career, Ms. Philbin has helped shaped the narrative of 100+ founders and worked on some of the biggest IPOs and exits in their respective industries, including Osmo (acquired by BYJUS), Autonomic (acquired by Ford), and OpenInvest (acquired by J.P. Morgan). 

Anne Sophie Hurst

Anne Sophie is an experienced People and Operations leader with 20 years of experience leading high-growth teams.

Before VSC, Ms. Hurst spent two decades leading teams and clients at digital creative agencies Huge, Prolific Interactive, and Fluid, with clients across retail, lifestyle, tech, and startups in both NYC and the Bay Area, such as Google, Sephora, Overstock, Target and LeTote. After initially consulting on the talent side, she joined VSC full time to run operations and build its company culture.

Ms. Hurst helped transform VSC from its two offices in San Francisco and New York to a remote-first workforce across ten states and two continents. As part of the firm’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, she’s additionally doubled the number of BIPOC employees at the firm.

Eric Gonzalez 

A seasoned public relations executive with more than two decades of experience working with large consumer brands and seed- to growth-stage technology startups, Mr. Gonzalez is responsible for setting campaign strategies and overseeing the execution of initiatives across the company’s growing roster of global clients across the U.S., U.K., Israel, and India, including Brandshield, Envisics, SirionLabs, and Gumi (IPO).

During his tenure, Gonzalez has led the firm’s growth of accounts in several leading verticals, including entertainment, fintech, enterprise/SaaS, AI/retail, cybersecurity, with startup exits to companies including Twitter, Google, and Spotify.

About VSC 

For the past 18 years, VSC has been a brand and storytelling engine supporting firms like Molekule, Poshmark, Tile, Osmo, Mammoth Biosciences and Sama. Through a combination of public relations, content marketing, and multimedia, VSC accelerates tech brands into market leaders. To date, the company has contributed to over $48bn in value and exits and 100+ industry awards. 

Find out more at vsc.co

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