Michael A. Gonzales
United States
Summary
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SeniorMichael Appler is a strategic communications leader with a decade of experience shaping brand narratives, executive messaging, and go-to-market strategies across law, finance, and tech. He currently steers internal and external communications for Hogan Lovells, aligning leadership storytelling with global business priorities in a high-stakes, multinational context. He has led brand and communications for Palm Venture Studios and currently serves as Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Trendalytics, guiding AI-driven product narratives and investor-facing positioning for a portfolio of startups. He has built communications infrastructure for early-stage ventures at a private family investment office and ran high-profile campaigns as COO of Cancel Communications for clients including Meta, Instagram, NBCUniversal, and more. A Fordham Journalism and American Studies graduate (Summa Cum Laude), Michael combines rigorous storytelling with hands-on strategy, crisis readiness, and media relations across diverse industries. Based in New York, he is open to conversations on PR, brand strategy, and communications consulting.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
drupal5
testing4
acquia4
automation3
wait3
continuous-testing2
xcode2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kennydurkin/Project-Cyborg
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:14 commits, 4 pushes in 1 day
mgonzales7/mkgo.co
Aug 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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