19 Facts About Andrea Cunningham

Andrea "Andy" Cunningham is an American strategic marketing and communications entrepreneur.

Andrea Cunningham helped launch the Apple Macintosh in 1984 as a part of Regis McKenna, and founded Cunningham Communication, Inc Andrea Cunningham is currently the President of Cunningham Collective, a brand strategy, marketing, and communications firm.

In 1983, Andrea Cunningham moved to Silicon Valley, where she joined Regis McKenna and worked with Steve Jobs as a project lead on the launch of the Apple Macintosh.

Andrea Cunningham collaborated with Jane Anderson to write the Macintosh launch plan.

Andrea Cunningham continued to work with Apple as a client, helping them launch the desktop publishing category with Aldus Corporation and Adobe Systems.

Andrea Cunningham contributed her experiences with Jobs to Walter Isaacson's biography of him and Aaron Sorkin's script for the film Steve Jobs, in which Sarah Snook portrays her.

In 2003, Andrea Cunningham spun a new consultancy, CXO Communication, out of Citigate Andrea Cunningham and became CEO.

Andrea Cunningham left the firm in 2010 to become CMO of Rearden Commerce, where she repositioned the company's solutions under the Deem brand.

Andrea Cunningham was promoted on January 1,2013 to become the CEO of Bite's worldwide operations.

Andrea Cunningham resigned in June 2013 to focus on SeriesC.

SeriesC officially launched in the spring of 2012 with Andrea Cunningham retaining leadership positions in both SeriesC and Bite.

From April 2014 to August 2015, Andrea Cunningham was the interim Chief Marketing Officer of Avaya.

Andrea Cunningham's tenure there was a Cunningham Collective engagement, as she continued to lead the firm during that period.

Andrea Cunningham led the team that spearheaded the shift in positioning from collaboration to engagement, with an initial focus on Silicon Valley as a catalyst to revitalize awareness of Avaya to the broader tech audience.

Andrea Cunningham held an interim CMO role with Tendril and was an interim Chief Communications Officer with BlackBerry, all as Cunningham Collective engagements.

Andrea Cunningham serves on the corporate boards of MixR, Motiv Power Systems, Onclusive, Specialized Bicycle Components, and Woodward Communications, Inc.

Andrea Cunningham has served as a trustee of the Aspen Institute since 2000 and Menlo College since 2014.

Andrea Cunningham is an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow, and a member of WPO, CEO, TED and Women Corporate Directors.

Andrea Cunningham has taught marketing classes at Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University, New York University, Menlo College, Northwestern University, San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, Stanford University and the University of Southern California.