Jay Byrne

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Jay Byrne (born 1962 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American writer, former senior government official and entrepreneur. Byrne is president and founder of v-Fluence Interactive, an online market research and software development firm. He is a frequent public speaker on the use of the Internet and has published several articles on new media and communications. He is a contributing author to “Let Them Eat Precaution” published by the American Enterprise Institute.

Career

As former political campaign operative Byrne is creditedFact|date=July 2008 with executing a range of aggressive communications tactics, including the 1992 presidential campaign’s Chicken George (politics) attack on George H. W. Bush. Byrne was Deputy Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 1997.Fact|date=July 2008 During this time he also served as a White House spokesperson for numerousFact|date=July 2008 presidential and administration foreign policy initiatives including the 1994 G7 Jobs Summit and the Greater Horn of Africa Famine Initiative [ [http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/ghai/ President Clinton's Greater Horn of Africa Initiative] ] . Prior to joining USAID Byrne held communication positions on the Clinton-Gore presidential campaign, for Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn and for Congressman Joseph Patrick Kennedy II (D-MA). After serving in the Clinton Administration, Byrne headed up corporate communications for Monsanto Company from 1997 to 2001.Fact|date=July 2008 A native of Massachusetts, Byrne attended St. John's Preparatory School and graduated from Tufts University.

Awards

During his career Byrne has won numerous awards and recognitions including: 1996 U.S. Agency for International Development Distinguished Service Award; 1999 Creative in Public Relations (CIPRA) Best Web Site Award; and 1999 Netty Award for Best Public Affairs Web Site. Byrne has several patents published for online information systems.Fact|date=July 2008

Books

*cite book | author=Byrne, Jay, et al | title=Let Them Eat Precaution: How Politics Is Undermining The Genetic Revolution in Agriculture| publisher=AEI Press | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-8447-4200-7

Other Publications

*cite book | author=Byrne, Jay | title=Blogs & Beyond: A guide to understanding and engaging consumer-generated media outlets| publisher=Association of Cable Communicators: ACC Briefs | year=2007
*cite book | author=Byrne, Jay | title=New Search Trends Affect Online PR & Marketing Efforts| publisher=O'Dwyers: Public Relations Report | year=2007
*cite book | author=Byrne, Jay | title=Attack of the Killer Labels| publisher=Public Relations Society Press: PR Reporter Magazine | year=2003
*cite book | author=Byrne, Jay | title=When You're Serious About Culture Change| publisher=Ragan Press: Journal of Employee Communications| year=1999
*cite book | author=Byrne, Jay | title=Empowering People, Improving Profits and Breaking Barriers| publisher=Phillips Publishing: PR News Journal | year=1999
*cite book | author=Byrne, Jay | title=How Internal Communications Transforms a Culture| publisher=Ragan Press: Journal of Communications Management | year=1999

External links

* [http://www.v-fluence.com/home/about-us/v-fluence-team/jay-byrne.html v-Fluence Company Biography of Jay Byrne]
* [http://www.aei.org/books/bookID.842,filter.all/book_detail.asp Let Them Eat Precaution by Jay Byrne, et al, published by AEI]
* [http://66.227.50.219/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20334&Itemid=20 Talkers Magazine New Media Seminar with Jay Byrne]

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