1999–2006
IBM
Built visibility through media relations, public relations, and corporate communications while supporting global business priorities.
Communications Executive
Cas Purdy
Helping organizations communicate through growth, transformation, and complexity.
For more than twenty-five years, I’ve partnered with executive teams during defining moments—from acquisitions and crises to market shifts and periods of rapid growth. My focus has remained the same: helping leaders communicate with clarity when the stakes are highest.
A career across defining moments
2006–2009
Websense / Forcepoint
Helped evolve a cybersecurity leader through category positioning, public relations, and thought leadership.
2010–2011
Guidance Software
Contributed to multiple Analyst Leader recognitions and strengthened the company’s market reputation.
2011–2020
Trustwave
Led global communications and brand strategy through transformation culminating in Singtel’s $850 million acquisition.
2020–2024
Amshore Renewable Energy
Built the communications foundation for a growing renewable energy developer, aligning brand and executive messaging.
2024–Present
PURDYPR
Founded as the professional home of executive communications leadership, perspective, and strategic counsel.
Impact that matters
10,000+Articles influenced
$850MAcquisition supported
10Mergers & acquisitions
5Company rebrands
6Analyst Leader recognitions
25+Years of leadership
What I believe
Communications exists to create understanding and earn trust.
01
Clarity over complexity
The best communications simplify difficult ideas without oversimplifying reality.
02
Leadership communicates
Communications isn’t simply a department. It is a leadership discipline.
03
Reputation compounds
Strong organizations build trust every day—long before they need it most.
04
Discipline beats noise
The organizations that communicate best are rarely the loudest.
05
Change is constant
Technology, platforms, and markets evolve. The need for trustworthy communication does not.
About Cas
Communications leadership shaped inside the business.
I’m a communications executive with more than twenty-five years of experience across enterprise technology, cybersecurity, and renewable energy.
I’ve advised CEOs and leadership teams on communications strategy, executive positioning, analyst relations, corporate reputation, organizational change, acquisitions, crises, and other high-stakes moments that shape the future of their businesses.
Today, I remain available for select advisory engagements through PURDYPR.